rbd-nbd - map rbd images to nbd device
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Availability
rbd-nbd is part of Ceph, a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system. Please refer to
the Ceph documentation at https://docs.ceph.com/ for more information.
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dev May 22, 2025 RBD-NBD(8)
Description
rbd-nbd is a client for RADOS block device (rbd) images like rbd kernel module. It will map a rbd image
to a nbd (Network Block Device) device, allowing access it as regular local block device.
Image And Snap Specs
image-spec is [pool-name]/image-namesnap-spec is [pool-name]/image-name@snap-name
The default for pool-name is "rbd". If an image name contains a slash character ('/'), pool-name is
required.
Name
rbd-nbd - map rbd images to nbd device
Options
-cceph.conf
Use ceph.conf configuration file instead of the default /etc/ceph/ceph.conf to determine monitor
addresses during startup.
--read-only
Map read-only.
--nbds_max*limit*
Override the parameter nbds_max of NBD kernel module when modprobe, used to limit the count of nbd
device.
--max_part*limit*
Override for module param max_part.
--exclusive
Forbid writes by other clients.
--notrim
Turn off trim/discard.
--encryption-format
Image encryption format. Possible values: luks, luks1, luks2--encryption-passphrase-file
Path of file containing a passphrase for unlocking image encryption.
--io-timeout*seconds*
Override device timeout. Linux kernel will default to a 30 second request timeout. Allow the user
to optionally specify an alternate timeout.
--reattach-timeout*seconds*
Specify timeout for the kernel to wait for a new rbd-nbd process is attached after the old process
is detached. The default is 30 second.
--snap-id*snapid*
Specify a snapshot to map/unmap/attach/detach by ID instead of by name.
See Also
rbd(8)
Synopsis
rbd-nbd [-c conf] [--read-only] [--device nbddevice] [--snap-id snap-id] [--nbds_max limit] [--max_part limit] [--exclusive] [--notrim] [--encryption-format format] [--encryption-passphrase-file passphrase-file] [--io-timeout seconds] [--reattach-timeout seconds] map image-spec | snap-specrbd-nbd unmap nbddevice | image-spec | snap-specrbd-nbd list-mapped
rbd-nbd attach --device nbddeviceimage-spec | snap-specrbd-nbd detach nbddevice | image-spec | snap-spec