Zones
-----
-Ceph Object Gateway supports the notion of zones. A zone defines a
-logical group consisting of one or more Ceph Object Gateway instances.
+A zone defines a logical group that consists of one or more Ceph Object Gateway
+instances. Ceph Object Gateway supports zones.
-Configuring zones differs from typical configuration procedures, because
-not all of the settings end up in a Ceph configuration file. You can
-list zones, get a zone configuration and set a zone configuration.
+The procedure for configuring zones differs from typical configuration
+procedures, because not all of the settings end up in a Ceph configuration
+file. Zones can be listed. You can "get" a zone configuration and "set" a zone
+configuration.
Create a Zone
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-To create a zone, specify a zone name. If it is a master zone, specify
-the ``--master`` option. Only one zone in a zone group may be a master
-zone. To add the zone to a zonegroup, specify the ``--rgw-zonegroup``
-option with the zonegroup name.
+To create a zone, specify a zone name. If you are creating a master zone,
+specify the ``--master`` flag. Only one zone in a zone group may be a master
+zone. To add the zone to a zonegroup, specify the ``--rgw-zonegroup`` option
+with the zonegroup name.
.. prompt:: bash #
[--master] [--default] \
--access-key $SYSTEM_ACCESS_KEY --secret $SYSTEM_SECRET_KEY
-Then, update the period:
+After you have created the zone, update the period:
.. prompt:: bash #
Delete a Zone
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-To delete zone, first remove it from the zonegroup.
+To delete a zone, first remove it from the zonegroup:
.. prompt:: bash #
radosgw-admin period update --commit
-Next, delete the zone. Execute the following:
+Next, delete the zone:
.. prompt:: bash #
consider deleting the pools. Replace ``<del-zone>`` in the example below
with the deleted zone’s name.
-.. important:: Only delete the pools with prepended zone names. Deleting the root
- pool, such as, ``.rgw.root`` will remove all of the system’s
- configuration.
+.. important:: Only delete the pools with prepended zone names. Deleting the
+ root pool (for example, ``.rgw.root``) will remove all of the system’s
+ configuration.
-.. important:: Once the pools are deleted, all of the data within them are deleted
- in an unrecoverable manner. Only delete the pools if the pool
- contents are no longer needed.
+.. important:: When the pools are deleted, all of the data within them are
+ deleted in an unrecoverable manner. Delete the pools only if the pool's
+ contents are no longer needed.
.. prompt:: bash #