Ceph Keyring and Network Security 101

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This article details some recommended best practices for maintaining the security of your Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster. Ceph uses a client authentication technique called 'cephx' which stores client keyrings in plaintext.

  1. Only have the ceph.client.admin.keyring file on Admin nodes

    • Do not widely distribute this keyring as it's equival...

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