How to Install Ceph on Manjaro

Ceph is a distributed storage system that is designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. By following these steps, you can quickly install Ceph on your Manjaro system.

Install Dependencies

First, you need to install some dependencies to compile and install Ceph. Here are the commands you need to run to install the dependencies:

sudo pacman -S git make gcc cmake automake autoconf libtool ccache libaio libatomic_ops libcurl-compat libevent libyaml python-setuptools py-pip python2-setuptools python2-pip python2-markdown python2-configobj python2-docutils python2-jinja python2-nose python2-six python2-pyopenssl python2-dateutil python2-prettytable python2-protobuf python2-pysocks python2-pyudev python2-daemon python2-netifaces

Download Ceph

Next, you need to download the Ceph package from the official website. You can download the package from http://ceph.com. Extract the package and navigate to it.

wget -q -O- 'https://download.ceph.com/keys/release.asc' | sudo apt-key add -
echo deb http://download.ceph.com/debian-octopus/ $(lsb_release -sc) main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list
sudo apt update
sudo install ceph ceph-fuse radosgw ceph-libs --yes

Install Ceph

Once you have downloaded the Ceph package, you need to compile and install it. Here are the commands you need to run to compile and install Ceph:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

Configure Ceph

After installing Ceph on your system, you need to configure it to run correctly. Here are the steps you need to follow to configure Ceph:

  1. First, create a new directory to store your Ceph configuration files.

    sudo mkdir /etc/ceph
    
  2. Next, copy the sample configuration files to the directory.

    sudo cp -r ceph.conf.sample keyring /etc/ceph/
    
  3. Edit the Ceph configuration file to match your requirements.

    sudo nano /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
    
  4. Finally, start the Ceph daemon.

    sudo systemctl start ceph.service
    

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can easily install Ceph on your Manjaro system. You can now use Ceph to store and retrieve your data with excellent performance, reliability, and scalability.

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