and meaning any individual or system actor such as an application).
Mount helper can fill in the cluster FSID by reading the ceph configuration file.
-Its recommended to call the mount helper via mount(8) as per::
+It is recommended to call the mount helper via mount(8) as per::
mount -t ceph name@.fs_name=/ /mnt/mycephfs -o mon_addr=1.2.3.4
that will be mounted at the mount point.
Monitor addresses can be passed using ``mon_addr`` mount option. Multiple monitor
-addresses can be passed by separating addresses with a slash (`/`). Only one
+addresses can be passed by separating addresses with a slash ("/"). Only one
monitor is needed to mount successfully; the client will learn about all monitors
from any responsive monitor. However, it is a good idea to specify more than one
in case the one happens to be down at the time of mount. Monitor addresses takes
Set the connection mode that the client uses for transport. The available
modes are:
- - ``legacy``: use messenger v1 protocol to talk to the cluster
+ - ``legacy``: Use messenger v1 protocol to talk to the cluster.
- - ``crc``: use messenger v2, without on-the-wire encryption
+ - ``crc``: Use messenger v2, without on-the-wire encryption.
- - ``secure``: use messenger v2, with on-the-wire encryption
+ - ``secure``: Use messenger v2, with on-the-wire encryption.
- - ``prefer-crc``: crc mode, if denied agree to secure mode
+ - ``prefer-crc``: ``crc`` mode, if denied agree to ``secure`` mode.
- - ``prefer-secure``: secure mode, if denied agree to crc mode
+ - ``prefer-secure``: ``secure`` mode, if denied agree to ``crc`` mode.
:command:`mon_addr`
- Monitor address of the cluster in the form of ip_address[:port]
+ Monitor address of the cluster in the form of ip_address[:port].
:command:`fsid`
Cluster FSID. This can be found using `ceph fsid` command.
:command:`secret`
- secret key for use with CephX. This option is insecure because it exposes
- the secret on the command line. To avoid this, use the secretfile option.
+ Secret key for use with CephX. This option is insecure because it exposes
+ the secret on the command line. To avoid this, use the ``secretfile`` option.
:command:`secretfile`
- path to file containing the secret key to use with CephX
+ Path to file containing the secret key to use with CephX.
:command:`recover_session=<no|clean>`
Set auto reconnect mode in the case where the client is blocklisted. The
available modes are ``no`` and ``clean``. The default is ``no``.
- - ``no``: never attempt to reconnect when client detects that it has been
+ - ``no``: Never attempt to reconnect when client detects that it has been
blocklisted. Blocklisted clients will not attempt to reconnect and
their operations will fail too.
- - ``clean``: client reconnects to the Ceph cluster automatically when it
+ - ``clean``: Client reconnects to the Ceph cluster automatically when it
detects that it has been blocklisted. During reconnect, client drops
dirty data/metadata, invalidates page caches and writable file handles.
After reconnect, file locks become stale because the MDS loses track of
them. If an inode contains any stale file locks, read/write on the inode
is not allowed until applications release all stale file locks.
-:command: `fs=<fs-name>`
+:command:`fs=<fs-name>`
Specify the non-default file system to be mounted, when using the old syntax.
-:command: `mds_namespace=<fs-name>`
- A synonym of "fs=" (Deprecated).
+:command:`mds_namespace=<fs-name>`
+ A synonym of "fs=" (deprecated).
Advanced
--------
no data crc on writes
:command:`noshare`
- create a new client instance, instead of sharing an existing instance of
- a client mounting the same cluster
+ Create a new client instance, instead of sharing an existing instance of
+ a client mounting the same cluster.
:command:`osdkeepalive`
int, Default: 5
string, set the name of the hidden snapdir. Default: .snap
:command:`write_congestion_kb`
- int (kb), max writeback in flight. scale with available
+ int (kb), max writeback in flight. Scales with available
memory. Default: calculated from available memory
:command:`wsize`
:command:`crush_location=x`
Specify the location of the client in terms of CRUSH hierarchy (since 5.8).
- This is a set of key-value pairs separated from each other by '|', with
- keys separated from values by ':'. Note that '|' may need to be quoted
+ This is a set of key-value pairs separated from each other by "|", with
+ keys separated from values by ":". Note that "|" may need to be quoted
or escaped to avoid it being interpreted as a pipe by the shell. The key
is the bucket type name (e.g. rack, datacenter or region with default
bucket types) and the value is the bucket name. For example, to indicate
- ``balance``: When a replicated pool receives a read request, pick a random
OSD from the PG's acting set to serve it (since 5.8).
- This mode is safe for general use only since Octopus (i.e. after "ceph osd
- require-osd-release octopus"). Otherwise it should be limited to read-only
+ This mode is safe for general use only since Octopus (i.e. after `ceph osd
+ require-osd-release octopus`). Otherwise it should be limited to read-only
workloads such as snapshots.
- ``localize``: When a replicated pool receives a read request, pick the most
local OSD to serve it (since 5.8). The locality metric is calculated against
- the location of the client given with crush_location; a match with the
+ the location of the client given with ``crush_location``; a match with the
lowest-valued bucket type wins. For example, an OSD in a matching rack
is closer than an OSD in a matching data center, which in turn is closer
than an OSD in a matching region.
- This mode is safe for general use only since Octopus (i.e. after "ceph osd
- require-osd-release octopus"). Otherwise it should be limited to read-only
+ This mode is safe for general use only since Octopus (i.e. after `ceph osd
+ require-osd-release octopus`). Otherwise it should be limited to read-only
workloads such as snapshots.
mount.ceph fs_user@.mycephfs2=/ /mnt/mycephfs -o mon_addr=192.168.0.1
-Pass the port along with IP address if it's running on a non-standard port::
+Pass the port along with IP address if it is running on a non-standard port::
mount.ceph fs_user@.mycephfs2=/ /mnt/mycephfs -o mon_addr=192.168.0.1:7000
-If there are multiple monitors, pass each address separated by a `/`::
+If there are multiple monitors, pass each address separated by a "/"::
mount.ceph fs_user@.mycephfs2=/ /mnt/mycephfs -o mon_addr=192.168.0.1/192.168.0.2/192.168.0.3