Ceph is a free, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware. It provides scalable object, block and file storage without a single point of failure. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Ceph on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we install Ceph, we need to install its dependencies. Run the following command in the terminal:
pkg install cmake libuuid libatomic_ops libaio boost-libs snappy leveldb
This command installs the required libraries for Ceph to function correctly.
To download Ceph from its official website, open your web browser and visit the following URL:
https://download.ceph.com/tarballs/
Select the version you want to download and copy the link to its tarball. Alternatively, you can use the following command to download the latest version:
wget https://download.ceph.com/tarballs/ceph-15.2.14.tar.gz
After downloading Ceph, we need to compile it. Extract the tarball by running the following command:
tar -zxvf ceph-15.2.14.tar.gz
Once extracted, change into the Ceph directory:
cd ceph-15.2.14
Now we can begin compiling Ceph using the following command:
./install-deps.sh
./do_cmake.sh
make
sudo make install
These commands will install the dependencies mentioned in the previous step, run the Cmake script to configure the build, compile the source code, and finally install the compiled binaries.
After installing Ceph, visit the following directory:
cd /usr/local/etc/ceph/
Here, you need to create a new configuration file by running the following command:
sudo cp ceph.conf.sample ceph.conf
You can modify the configuration file using your favorite text editor. The default configuration is suitable for most installations.
Now that Ceph is installed and configured, we need to start it. You can start Ceph by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start ceph
Congratulations, you have successfully installed, configured and started Ceph on FreeBSD Latest.
This tutorial covered the installation, configuration, and starting up of a Ceph cluster running on FreeBSD Latest. Ceph provides a highly scalable, distributed storage system that is proven to be reliable and fault-tolerant.
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