Ceph is a free and open-source distributed storage platform that provides object, block, and file storage in a single system. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Ceph on MXLinux Latest.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
First, update the MXLinux package list and upgrade the system by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
To install Ceph on MXLinux, you need to install some dependencies. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install -y python3-pip python3-dev librados2 librados-dev librbd1 librbd-dev libcephfs1 libcephfs-dev libradosstriper1 libradosstriper-dev
Next, you need to add the Ceph repository to MXLinux. To do this, run the following command:
echo "deb http://download.ceph.com/debian-octopus/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list
After adding the Ceph repository, run the following command to install Ceph:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y ceph
Once Ceph is installed, start the Ceph service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start ceph.service
You can use the following command to check the status of the Ceph service:
sudo systemctl status ceph.service
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Ceph on MXLinux Latest. You can now proceed to configure and use Ceph for your storage needs.
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