Package Management

Install

To install Ceph packages on your cluster hosts, open a command line on yourclient machine and type the following:

  1. ceph-deploy install {hostname [hostname] ...}

Without additional arguments, ceph-deploy will install the most recentmajor release of Ceph to the cluster host(s). To specify a particular package,you may select from the following:

  • —release <code-name>

  • —testing

  • —dev <branch-or-tag>

For example:

  1. ceph-deploy install --release cuttlefish hostname1
  2. ceph-deploy install --testing hostname2
  3. ceph-deploy install --dev wip-some-branch hostname{1,2,3,4,5}

For additional usage, execute:

  1. ceph-deploy install -h

Uninstall

To uninstall Ceph packages from your cluster hosts, open a terminal onyour admin host and type the following:

  1. ceph-deploy uninstall {hostname [hostname] ...}

On a Debian or Ubuntu system, you may also:

  1. ceph-deploy purge {hostname [hostname] ...}

The tool will uninstall ceph packages from the specified hosts. Purgeadditionally removes configuration files.