/etc/ceph/ceph.conf
===================
-Cephadm uses a minimized ``ceph.conf`` that only contains
+Cephadm distributes a minimized ``ceph.conf`` that only contains
a minimal set of information to connect to the Ceph cluster.
-To update the configuration settings, use::
+To update the configuration settings, instead of manually editing
+the ``ceph.conf`` file, use the config database instead::
ceph config set ...
+See :ref:`ceph-conf-database` for details.
-To set up an initial configuration before calling
-`bootstrap`, create an initial ``ceph.conf`` file. For example::
+By default, cephadm does not deploy that minimized ``ceph.conf`` across the
+cluster. To enable the management of ``/etc/ceph/ceph.conf`` files on all
+hosts, please enable this by running::
+
+ ceph config set mgr mgr/cephadm/manage_etc_ceph_ceph_conf true
+
+To set up an initial configuration before bootstrapping
+the cluster, create an initial ``ceph.conf`` file. For example::
cat <<EOF > /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
[global]
osd crush chooseleaf type = 0
EOF
+
+Then, run bootstrap referencing this file::
+
cephadm bootstrap -c /root/ceph.conf ...