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discourse: '[Introducing MicroCeph](15457)'
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# CephFS - `cephfs`

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{abbr}`CephFS (Ceph File System)` is Ceph's file system component that provides a robust, fully-featured POSIX-compliant distributed file system.
Internally, it maps files to Ceph objects and stores file metadata (for example, file ownership, directory paths, access permissions) in a separate data pool.

## Terminology

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A *CephFS file system* consists of two OSD storage pools, one for the actual data and one for the file metadata.

## `cephfs` driver in LXD

```{note}
The `cephfs` driver can only be used for custom storage volumes with content type `filesystem`.

For other storage volumes, use the {ref}`Ceph <storage-ceph>` driver.
That driver can also be used for custom storage volumes with content type `filesystem`, but it implements them through Ceph RBD images.
```

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You must create the CephFS file system that you want to use beforehand and specify it through the [`source`](storage-cephfs-pool-config) option.

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The `cephfs` driver in LXD supports snapshots if snapshots are enabled on the server side.

## Configuration options

The following configuration options are available for storage pools that use the `cephfs` driver and for storage volumes in these pools.

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### Storage pool configuration

Key                           | Type                          | Default                                 | Description
:--                           | :---                          | :------                                 | :----------
`cephfs.cluster_name`         | string                        | `ceph`                                  | Name of the Ceph cluster that contains the CephFS file system
`cephfs.fscache`              | bool                          | `false`                                 | Enable use of kernel `fscache` and `cachefilesd`
`cephfs.path`                 | string                        | `/`                                     | The base path for the CephFS mount
`cephfs.user.name`            | string                        | `admin`                                 | The Ceph user to use
`source`                      | string                        | -                                       | Existing CephFS file system or file system path to use
`volatile.pool.pristine`      | string                        | `true`                                  | Whether the CephFS file system was empty on creation time

{{volume_configuration}}

### Storage volume configuration

Key                     | Type      | Condition                 | Default                                        | Description
:--                     | :---      | :--------                 | :------                                        | :----------
`security.shifted`      | bool      | custom volume             | same as `volume.security.shifted` or `false`   | {{enable_ID_shifting}}
`security.unmapped`     | bool      | custom volume             | same as `volume.security.unmapped` or `false`  | Disable ID mapping for the volume
`size`                  | string    | appropriate driver        | same as `volume.size`                          | Size/quota of the storage volume
`snapshots.expiry`      | string    | custom volume             | same as `volume.snapshots.expiry`              | {{snapshot_expiry_format}}
`snapshots.pattern`     | string    | custom volume             | same as `volume.snapshots.pattern` or `snap%d` | {{snapshot_pattern_format}} [^*]
`snapshots.schedule`    | string    | custom volume             | same as `volume.snapshots.schedule`            | {{snapshot_schedule_format}}

[^*]: {{snapshot_pattern_detail}}