Hi, > My background is that ceph-volume activate does not work on non-systemd Linux distributions Why not using the --no-systemd option during the ceph-volume activate command? The systemd part is only enabling and starting the service but the tmpfs part should work if you're not using systemd https://github.com/ceph/ceph/blob/master/src/ceph-volume/ceph_volume/devices/lvm/activate.py#L212 Dimitri On Monday, April 19, 2021, Nico Schottelius <nico.schottelius@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The best questions are the ones that one can answer oneself. > The great documentation on > > https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/dev/ceph-volume/lvm/ > > gives the right pointers. The right search term is "lvm list tags" and > results into something like this: > > [15:56:04] server20.place6:~# lvs -o lv_tags > /dev/sda: open failed: No medium found > /dev/sdb: open failed: No medium found > LV Tags > ceph.block_device=/dev/ceph-26fdb7c4-17af-42af-8353- > 06d95b0071c7/osd-block-bb63e9b6-b2d7-40d1-83ee-815262ae8b45,... > > If anyone is interested in upstream ceph-volume support for non-systemd > Linux distributions to activate the ceph-osds, let me know. > > In any case, we'll publish our new style scripts on [0]. > > Best regards, > > Nico > > [0] https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/ungleich-tools > > Nico Schottelius <nico.schottelius@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Good morning, > > > > is there any documentation available regarding the meta data stored > > within LVM that ceph-volume manages / creates? > > > > My background is that ceph-volume activate does not work on non-systemd > > Linux distributions, but if I know how to recreate the tmpfs, we can > > easily start the osd without systemd. > > > > Any pointers in the right direction are appreciated. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Nico > > > -- > Sustainable and modern Infrastructures by ungleich.ch > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx