Overview
Xloud Software-Defined Storage (XSDS) is powered by Ceph. Useceph and rbd CLI commands to manage the cluster, pools, block storage images, and object gateway.
Prerequisites
- SSH access to a Ceph monitor or admin node
cephandrbdCLI tools installed (apt install ceph-common)- Ceph keyring with admin permissions:
/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
Cluster Health
Pools
OSDs
RBD (Block Storage Images)
Object Gateway (RGW)
Next Steps
XSDS Architecture
Understand Ceph cluster components and data placement
Pool Management
Create and configure Ceph storage pools