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Ceph

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Ceph#

Lithops with Ceph storage backend.

Installation#

Install Ceph.
Create a new user.
Create a new bucket (e.g. lithops-data). Remember to update the corresponding Lithops config field with this bucket name.

Configuration#

Edit your lithops config file and add the following keys:

    lithops:
        storage: ceph

    ceph:
        storage_bucket: <BUCKET_NAME>
        endpoint: <ENDPOINT_URL>
        access_key_id: <ACCESS_KEY>
        secret_access_key: <SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
        session_token : <SESSION_TOKEN>  # Optional

Summary of configuration keys for Ceph:#

Group	Key	Default	Mandatory	Additional info
ceph	storage_bucket		yes	The name of a bucket that exists in you account. This will be used by Lithops for intermediate data. If set, this will overwrite the `storage_bucket` set in `lithops` section
ceph	endpoint		yes	The host ip adress where you installed the Ceph server. Must start with http:// or https://
ceph	access_key_id		yes	Account user access key
ceph	secret_access_key		yes	Account user secret access key
ceph	session_token		no	Session token for temporary AWS credentials