Thanks for all the help, guys! Let me give back to community by listing all the minimal steps I needed to make it work on current versions of the software. Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS ceph 0.61.2-1precise Hadoop 1.1.2 1. Install additional packages: libcephfs-java libcephfs-jni 2. Download http://ceph.com/download/hadoop-cephfs.jar 3. In hadoop-env.sh export HADOOP_CLASSPATH=/path/to/hadoop-cephfs.jar:/usr/share/java/libcephfs.jar export HADOOP_OPTS="-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true" 4. Symink JNI library cd $HADOOP_HOME/lib/native/Linux-amd64-64 (or Linux-i386-32 on 32-bit platform) ln -s /usr/lib/jni/libcephfs_jni.so . I have tried adding -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni to HADOOP_OPTS in hadoop-env.sh and exporting LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/jni in hadoop-env.sh, but it didn't work for me. I'd love to hear about a more elegant method of making Hadoop Ceph JNI aware w/o symlinking. 5. core-site.xml needed all 3 properties below fs.default.name=ceph:/// fs.ceph.impl=org.apache.hadoop.fs.ceph.CephFileSystem ceph.conf.file=/etc/ceph/ceph.conf Cheers, Ilja This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any review, dissemination, disclosure, alteration, printing, circulation, retention or transmission of this e-mail and/or any file or attachment transmitted with it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail or any file or attachment transmitted with it in error please notify postmaster@xxxxxxxxxx. Although Openet has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments. _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com