6 .. _orchestrator-cli-cephfs:
11 One or more MDS daemons is required to use the :term:`CephFS` file system.
12 These are created automatically if the newer ``ceph fs volume``
13 interface is used to create a new file system. For more information,
14 see :ref:`fs-volumes-and-subvolumes`.
20 ceph fs volume create <fs_name> --placement="<placement spec>"
22 where ``fs_name`` is the name of the CephFS and ``placement`` is a
23 :ref:`orchestrator-cli-placement-spec`.
25 For manually deploying MDS daemons, use this specification:
35 The specification can then be applied using:
39 ceph orch apply -i mds.yaml
41 See :ref:`orchestrator-cli-stateless-services` for manually deploying
42 MDS daemons on the CLI.
47 * :ref:`ceph-file-system`