Hi list, I have been able to fix my earlier errors and the others i encountered while trying to setup my system for ceph. I think the error i faced was due to some other package which was installed on my system. This is because, in the cause of my struggle to fix the error my system crashed. After setting up a new linux system, the building phase commands ./do_cmake.sh, cd build and make ran completely. During the running phase that is "../src/vstart.sh --debug --new -x --localhost --bluestore" i faced another error which looked as such: ... File "/usr/local/bin/ceph", line 128, in <module> import rados ImportError: librados.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I tried locating the file "locate librados.so.2" in which case i found this /home/kerlyn/FOSS/ceph/build/lib/librados.so.2 /home/kerlyn/FOSS/ceph/build/lib/librados.so.2.0.0 After running sudo apt-get install ceph , then i tried running ceph cluster again . I got it working and now am able to access the dashboard. Since my system is now up and running, i wish to ask if you can propose me a beginners task i can start working on. Thanks, Kerlyn Nkep.