VFS_CEPH_NEW(8)

NAME
vfs_ceph_new - Utilize features provided by libcephfs low-level APIs

SYNOPSIS

vfs objects = ceph_new

DESCRIPTION

This VFS module is part of the samba(8) suite.

The vfs_ceph_new VFS module exposes CephFS specific features for use by Samba.

Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This is a shared library allowing applications to access a Ceph distributed file system via a POSIX-like interface.

This module can be combined with other modules, but it should be the last module in the vfs objects list. Modules added to this list to the right of the ceph entry may not have any effect at all.

vfs_ceph_new performs mapping between Windows and POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs). To ensure correct processing and enforcement of POSIX ACLs, the following Ceph configuration parameters are automatically applied:

    		client acl type = posix_acl
    		fuse default permissions = false

NOTE: This is a second implementation of a ceph module which uses libcephfs low-level APIs (compared to the original vfs_ceph(8) module which uses path-based APIs). Using the low-level API allows more optimized and fine-grained access to the Ceph storage layer.

CONFIGURATION

vfs_ceph_new requires that the underlying share path is a Ceph filesystem.

    		[share]
    		vfs objects = ceph_new
    		path = /non-mounted/cephfs/path
    		kernel share modes = no

Since vfs_ceph_new does not require a filesystem mount, the share path is treated differently: it is interpreted as an absolute path within the Ceph filesystem on the attached Ceph cluster. In a ctdb cluster environment where ctdb manages Samba, CTDB_SAMBA_SKIP_SHARE_CHECK=yes must be configured to disable local share path checks, otherwise ctdb will not reach a healthy state.

Note that currently kernel share modes have to be disabled in a share running with the CephFS vfs module for file serving to work properly.

OPTIONS

ceph_new:config_file = path
    Allows one to define a ceph configfile to use. Empty by default.

    Example: ceph_new:config_file = /etc/ceph/ceph.conf

ceph_new:user_id = name
    Allows one to explicitly set the client ID used for the CephFS mount handle. Empty by default (use the libcephfs client default).

    Example: ceph_new:user_id = samba

ceph_new:filesystem = fs_name
    Allows one to explicitly select the CephFS file system to use when the Ceph cluster supports more than one file system. Empty by default (use the default file system of the Ceph cluster).

    Example: ceph_new:filesystem = myfs2

VERSION

This man page is part of version 4.21.0 of the Samba suite.

AUTHOR

The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.