# Ceph RADOS storage driver
An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses
[Ceph RADOS Object Storage][rados] for storage backend.
## Parameters
Parameter |
Required |
Description |
poolname
|
yes
|
Ceph pool name.
|
username
|
no
|
Ceph cluster user to connect as (i.e. admin, not client.admin).
|
chunksize
|
no
|
Size of the written RADOS objects. Default value is 4MB (4194304).
|
The following parameters must be used to configure the storage driver
(case-sensitive):
* `poolname`: Name of the Ceph pool
* `username` *optional*: The user to connect as (i.e. admin, not client.admin)
* `chunksize` *optional*: Size of the written RADOS objects. Default value is
4MB (4194304).
This drivers loads the [Ceph client configuration][rados-config] from the
following regular paths (the first found is used):
* `$CEPH_CONF` (environment variable)
* `/etc/ceph/ceph.conf`
* `~/.ceph/config`
* `ceph.conf` (in the current working directory)
## Developing
To include this driver when building Docker Distribution, use the build tag
`include_rados`. Please see the [building documentation][building] for details.
[rados]: http://ceph.com/docs/master/rados/
[rados-config]: http://ceph.com/docs/master/rados/configuration/ceph-conf/
[building]: https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/master/docs/building.md#optional-build-tags