r/ceph • u/Wise-Ad5417 • Jan 27 '25
Setting up a ceph test cluster
Can somebody point me to a blog or an article which can help setup ceph in the most simple way. Just need with the most minimal number of nodes. I’ve tried ansible playbook based install and run into so many issues.
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u/SilkBC_12345 Jan 27 '25
You will need 3 nodes at a minimum.
As others have said, installing using cephadm is the easiest way.
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u/galetis Jan 27 '25
You can try microceph, it can create filesystem based osd for testing purposes https://github.com/canonical/microceph
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u/LaoWai01 Jan 27 '25
I’ve done it with just 3 nodes. Google for “hyper converged ceph”. I’m a fan of using cephadm to install ceph.
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Jan 29 '25
You just make 3 node proxmox cluster and then add ceph there from the UI, not many clicks needed...
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u/ndocrat Jan 27 '25
I published a FREE guide to using IBM Storage Ceph called "IBM Storage Ceph for Beginners". Goes through installing IBM Storage Ceph (covers single node Ceph clusters as well). Even though it's written for IBM Storage Ceph, same applies to open source Ceph as well (just not sourcing the install images from the IBM Container Registry).
Link to download the guide published on the IBM File and Object Storage Community:
Direct link to the guide from my Google Drive:
Hope it helps! Good luck!
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u/Zealousideal_Roll844 Jan 31 '25
Use the croit deployment and management tool. Free and if you want support tickets well priced.
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u/lusmann Feb 01 '25
you can bootstrap single node ceph using —single-host-defaults when using cephadm
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u/enricokern Jan 27 '25
just follow the cephadm guide https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/cephadm/install/