Part VI Configuring a Cluster #

This chapter describes how to configure the Ceph cluster by means of configuration options.

The architecture of the Ceph Manager (refer to Section 1.2.3, “Ceph nodes and daemons” for a brief introduction) allows extending its functionality via modules, such as 'dashboard' (see Part I, “Ceph Dashboard”), 'prometheus' (see Chapter 16, Monitoring and alerting), or 'balancer'.

To identify clients and protect against man-in-the-middle attacks, Ceph provides its cephx authentication system. Clients in this context are either human users—such as the admin user—or Ceph-related services/daemons, for example OSDs, monitors, or Object Gateways.