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Appendix E. Manually Installing Ceph Object Gateway

The Ceph object gateway, also know as the RADOS gateway, is an object storage interface built on top of the librados API to provide applications with a RESTful gateway to Ceph storage clusters.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Enable the Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 Tools repository: 

    [root@gateway ~]# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rhceph-3-tools-els-rpms

  2. On the Object Gateway node, install the ceph-radosgw package: 

    # yum install ceph-radosgw

  3. On the initial Monitor node, do the following steps.

    1. Update the Ceph configuration file as follows: 

      [client.rgw.<obj_gw_hostname>]
host = <obj_gw_hostname>
rgw frontends = "civetweb port=80"
rgw dns name = <obj_gw_hostname>.example.com

      Where <obj_gw_hostname> is a short host name of the gateway node. To view the short host name, use the hostname -s command.

    2. Copy the updated configuration file to the new Object Gateway node and all other nodes in the Ceph storage cluster:

      Syntax

      # scp /etc/ceph/<cluster_name>.conf <user_name>@<target_host_name>:/etc/ceph

      Example

      # scp /etc/ceph/ceph.conf root@node1:/etc/ceph/

    3. Copy the <cluster_name>.client.admin.keyring file to the new Object Gateway node:

      Syntax

      # scp /etc/ceph/<cluster_name>.client.admin.keyring <user_name>@<target_host_name>:/etc/ceph/

      Example

      # scp /etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring root@node1:/etc/ceph/

  4. On the Object Gateway node, create the data directory:

    Syntax

    # mkdir -p /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/<cluster_name>-rgw.`hostname -s`

    Example

    # mkdir -p /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/ceph-rgw.`hostname -s`

  5. On the Object Gateway node, add a user and keyring to bootstrap the object gateway:

    Syntax

    # ceph auth get-or-create client.rgw.`hostname -s` osd 'allow rwx' mon 'allow rw' -o /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/<cluster_name>-rgw.`hostname -s`/keyring

    Example

    # ceph auth get-or-create client.rgw.`hostname -s` osd 'allow rwx' mon 'allow rw' -o /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/ceph-rgw.`hostname -s`/keyring

    Important

    When you provide capabilities to the gateway key you must provide the read capability. However, providing the Monitor write capability is optional; if you provide it, the Ceph Object Gateway will be able to create pools automatically.

    In such a case, ensure to specify a reasonable number of placement groups in a pool. Otherwise, the gateway uses the default number, which might not be suitable for your needs. See Ceph Placement Groups (PGs) per Pool Calculator for details.

  6. On the Object Gateway node, create the done file:

    Syntax

    # touch /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/<cluster_name>-rgw.`hostname -s`/done

    Example

    # touch /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/ceph-rgw.`hostname -s`/done

  7. On the Object Gateway node, change the owner and group permissions: 

    # chown -R ceph:ceph /var/lib/ceph/radosgw
# chown -R ceph:ceph /var/log/ceph
# chown -R ceph:ceph /var/run/ceph
# chown -R ceph:ceph /etc/ceph

  8. For storage clusters with custom names, as root, add the following line:

    Syntax

    # echo "CLUSTER=<custom_cluster_name>" >> /etc/sysconfig/ceph

    Example

    # echo "CLUSTER=test123" >> /etc/sysconfig/ceph

  9. On the Object Gateway node, open TCP port 80: 

    # firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp
# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp --permanent

  10. On the Object Gateway node, start and enable the ceph-radosgw process:

    Syntax

    # systemctl enable ceph-radosgw.target
# systemctl enable ceph-radosgw@rgw.<rgw_hostname>
# systemctl start ceph-radosgw@rgw.<rgw_hostname>

    Example

    # systemctl enable ceph-radosgw.target
# systemctl enable ceph-radosgw@rgw.node1
# systemctl start ceph-radosgw@rgw.node1

Once installed, the Ceph Object Gateway automatically creates pools if the write capability is set on the Monitor. See the Pools chapter in the Storage Strategies Guide for information on creating pools manually.

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