This repo contains scripts for setting up a 3 node ceph cluster with minimal configuration on a RHEL OS on Power You need access to the ceph rpms for this.

###Prerequisites:

1. 3 VMs + an additional VM for testing.
2. each of these 3 VMs should have a free disk with 500G.
3. Update the node IP and client IP in nodes.info
4. You need a repository whre you have ceph rpms, which needs to be updated in nodes.info

###Setup:

1. Enable password root login, set the root password and also setup the RHEL subscription. You need to update the subscription user credentials in the script before running it.

   sh env_setup.sh

2. Next run the ceph.sh script to install the ceph rpm and configure ceph cluster. Before running, comment #if selinux is enabled, run below part if the selinux is not enabled.

3. Run ceph -s to verify the cluster status

4. If the cluster health is in WARN state , run the following

   ceph crash ls

   ceph crash archive <crash id>

   # ceph crash ls
   # ceph crash archive '2024-10-07T17:36:59.449933Z_370f950c-a23c-4424-b4a2-83b934691c22'
   

###Clean Up:

1. To remove the ceph cluster setup run uninstall_ceph.sh