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+ Deploying a development cluster
+=================================
+
+In order to develop on ceph, a Ceph utility,
+*vstart.sh*, allows you to deploy fake local cluster for development purpose.
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+It allows to deploy a fake local cluster on your machine for development purpose. It starts mon, osd and/or mds, or all of them if not specified.
+
+To start your development cluster, type the following::
+
+ vstart.sh [OPTIONS]... [mon] [osd] [mds]
+
+In order to stop the cluster, you can type::
+
+ ./stop.sh
+
+Options
+=======
+
+.. option:: -i ip_address
+
+ Bind to the specified *ip_address* instead of guessing and resolve from hostname.
+
+.. option:: -k
+
+ Keep old configuration files instead of overwritting theses.
+
+.. option:: -l, --localhost
+
+ Use localhost instead of hostanme.
+
+.. option:: -m ip[:port]
+
+ Specifies monitor *ip* address and *port*.
+
+.. option:: -n, --new
+
+ Create a new cluster.
+
+.. option:: -o config
+
+ Add *config* to all sections in the ceph configuration.
+
+.. option:: -r
+
+ Start radosgw (ceph needs to be compiled with --radosgw), create an apache2 configuration file, and start apache2 with it (needs apache2 with mod_fastcgi) on port starting from 8000.
+
+.. option:: --nodaemon
+
+ Use ceph-run as wrapper for mon/osd/mds.
+
+.. option:: --smallmds
+
+ Configure mds with small limit cache size.
+
+.. option:: -x
+
+ Enable Cephx (on by default).
+
+.. option:: -X
+
+ Disable Cephx.
+
+.. option:: -d, --debug
+
+ Launch in debug mode
+
+.. option:: --valgrind[_{osd,mds,mon}] 'valgrind_toolname [args...]'
+
+ Launch the osd/mds/mon/all the ceph binaries using valgrind with the specified tool and arguments.
+
+Environment variables
+=====================
+
+CEPH_NUM_{OSD,MDS,MON,RGW}
+
+Theses environment variables will contains the number of instances of the desired ceph process you want to start.
+