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+Adding/Removing OSD(s) after a cluster is deployed is a common operation that should be straight-forward to achieve.
+
+
+Adding osd(s)
+-------------
+
+Adding new OSD(s) on an existing host or adding a new OSD node can be achieved by running the main playbook with the ``--limit`` ansible option.
+You basically need to update your host_vars/group_vars with the new hardware and/or the inventory host file with the new osd nodes being added.
+
+The command used would be like following:
+
+``ansible-playbook -vv -i <your-inventory> site-container.yml --limit <node>``
+
+example:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ cat hosts
+ [mons]
+ mon-node-1
+ mon-node-2
+ mon-node-3
+
+ [mgrs]
+ mon-node-1
+ mon-node-2
+ mon-node-3
+
+ [osds]
+ osd-node-1
+ osd-node-2
+ osd-node-3
+ osd-node-99
+
+ $ ansible-playbook -vv -i hosts site-container.yml --limit osd-node-99
+
+
+Shrinking osd(s)
+----------------
+
+Shrinking OSDs can be done by using the shrink-osd.yml playbook provided in ``infrastructure-playbooks`` directory.
+
+The variable ``osd_to_kill`` is a comma separated list of OSD IDs which must be passed to the playbook (passing it as an extra var is the easiest way).
+
+The playbook will shrink all osds passed in ``osd_to_kill`` serially.
+
+example:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ ansible-playbook -vv -i hosts infrastructure-playbooks/shrink-osds.yml -e osd_to_kill=1,2,3
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+Purging the cluster
+-------------------
+
+ceph-ansible provides two playbooks in ``infrastructure-playbooks`` for purging a Ceph cluster: ``purge-cluster.yml`` and ``purge-container-cluster.yml``.
+
+The names are pretty self-explanatory, ``purge-cluster.yml`` is intended to purge a non-containerized cluster whereas ``purge-container-cluster.yml`` is to purge a containerized cluster.
+
+example:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ ansible-playbook -vv -i hosts infrastructure-playbooks/purge-container-cluster.yml
+
+.. note::
+ These playbooks aren't intended to be run with the ``--limit`` option.
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