ceph-create-keys - ceph keyring generate tool
Contents
Availability
ceph-create-keys 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.
Copyright
2010-2014, Inktank Storage, Inc. and contributors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share
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dev May 22, 2025 CEPH-CREATE-KEYS(8)
Description
ceph-create-keys is a utility to generate bootstrap keyrings using the given monitor when it is ready.
It creates following auth entities (or users)
client.admin
and its key for your client host.
client.bootstrap-{osd,rgw,mds}
and their keys for bootstrapping corresponding services
To list all users in the cluster:
ceph auth ls
Name
ceph-create-keys - ceph keyring generate tool
Options
--cluster
name of the cluster (default 'ceph').
-t time out after seconds (default: 600) waiting for a response from the monitor
-i,--id
id of a ceph-mon that is coming up. ceph-create-keys will wait until it joins quorum.
-v,--verbose
be more verbose.
See Also
ceph(8)
Synopsis
ceph-create-keys [-h] [-v] [-t seconds] [--cluster name] --id id
