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4 Internal developer documentation
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7 .. note:: If you're looking for how to use Ceph as a library from your
8 own software, please see :doc:`/api/index`.
10 You can start a development mode Ceph cluster, after compiling the source, with::
13 install -d -m0755 out dev/osd0
15 # check that it's there
18 .. todo:: vstart is woefully undocumented and full of sharp sticks to poke yourself with.
23 .. rubric:: Mailing list
25 The official development email list is ``ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org``. Subscribe by sending
26 a message to ``majordomo@vger.kernel.org`` with the line::
30 in the body of the message.