On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 3:32 PM Sage Weil <sweil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > During CDM on Wednesday I suggested that ceph-daemon should probably be > renamed before octopus (and before the name sticks). In speech "ceph > daemon" is confusing, and the name doesn't really reflect what it > is: > > a user-facing tool > - to bootstrap a new cluster, > - launch a (containerized) shell, > - enter an existing daemon container, > - tail a daemon's log, or > - adopt a daemon deployed with a legacy tool (ceph-deploy, ceph-ansible, > etc) into a ceph-daemon style container > - remove all trace of a cluster from the localhost, > > and an internal tool used by ssh-orch to > - deploy or remove a container running a ceph daemon > - start, stop, or update an existing container > - run ceph-volume (to gather device inventory, create osds, zap, etc.) > - gather a host inventory of services (containers) > > The original tool was more like "ceph daemon tool" but it was shortened to > ceph-daemon at the start. > > We voted on some alternatives here: > > https://pad.ceph.com/p/ceph-daemon-tool > > but the winner is currently 'cephctl' with is IMO a non-starteer. > Usually 'ctl' utilities are for interacting with running systems/daemons > via some runtime API--that's basically what the 'ceph' CLI utility is. > ceph-daemon is more akin to kubeadm or ceph-deploy or something like > that. > > So... I shortened/pruned the list again. Please weigh in. And if you > have a bright idea for a better name, feel free to add it. A "pseudomorph" [1] is a fake body made of ink/mucus left behind by cephalopods attempting to escape. I couldn't help but think of the vintage xkcd comic about getting someone to do what you want [2]. So I'm putting forth: pseudo-ceph $ ceph start osd What? Make it yourself. $ psuedo-ceph start osd Okay. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomorph (See biology) [2] https://xkcd.com/149/ -- Patrick Donnelly, Ph.D. He / Him / His Senior Software Engineer Red Hat Sunnyvale, CA GPG: 19F28A586F808C2402351B93C3301A3E258DD79D _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list -- dev@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to dev-leave@xxxxxxx
