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The Ceph VFS is a thin wrapper over the S3 VFS. It maps a CephConfig to an S3Config and reuses the exact same backend, commands, and behavior as S3, it just points at your Ceph Rados Gateway endpoint_url and uses path-style addressing by default. Ceph RGW is self-hosted, so endpoint_url is required (there is no region-derived host). Uses aioboto3 against the gateway’s S3-compatible API. Install the extra:

Config

Both READ and WRITE modes are supported. Fields marked secret are redacted in snapshots. For write: conditional on this provider, see S3-compatible stores.

VFS.md

The VFS.md an agent reads with Ceph (Rados Gateway) mounted at /<path>.

Virtual Filesystem

Supported Unix Commands for VFS

Unix commands work on each path as on a local filesystem, as far as the path supports them:

Limitations of Unix Commands for VFS

Where a path differs from a local filesystem:Run man <cmd> or <cmd> --help for one command’s usage.

Example

Notes

  • Ceph registers under its own VFSName and routes through the same core/s3 implementation, so the full S3 shell-command set applies. See the S3 VFS for the complete command reference, range reads, streaming, and the index cache fast path.
  • For credential setup, see Ceph Setup.