ceph-volume
===========
Deploy OSDs with different device technologies like lvm or physical disks using
-pluggable tools (:doc:`lvm/index` itself is treated like a plugin). It tries to
-follow the workflow of ``ceph-disk`` for deploying OSDs, with a predictable,
-and robust way of preparing, activating, and starting OSDs.
+pluggable tools (:doc:`lvm/index` itself is treated like a plugin) and trying to
+follow a predictable, and robust way of preparing, activating, and starting OSDs.
:ref:`Overview <ceph-volume-overview>` |
:ref:`Plugin Guide <ceph-volume-plugins>` |
**Command Line Subcommands**
-Although currently there is support for ``lvm``, the plan is to support other
-technologies, including plain disks.
+There is currently support for ``lvm``, and plain disks (with GPT partitions)
+that may have been deployed with ``ceph-disk``.
* :ref:`ceph-volume-lvm`
+* :ref:`ceph-volume-simple`
+
+
+Migrating
+---------
+Starting on Ceph version 12.2.2, ``ceph-disk`` is deprecated. Deprecation
+warnings will show up that will link to this page. It is strongly suggested
+that users start consuming ``ceph-volume``. There are two paths for migrating:
+
+#. Keep OSDs deployed with ``ceph-disk``: The :ref:`ceph-volume-simple` command
+ provides a way to take over the management while disabling ``ceph-disk``
+ triggers.
+#. Redeploy existing OSDs with ``ceph-volume``: This is covered in depth on
+ :ref:`rados-replacing-an-osd`
+
+New deployments
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+For new deployments, :ref:`ceph-volume-lvm` is recommended, it can use any
+logical volume as input for data OSDs, or it can setup a minimal/naive logical
+volume from a device.
+
+Existing OSDs
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+If the cluster has OSDs that were provisioned with ``ceph-disk``, then
+``ceph-volume`` can take over the management of these with
+:ref:`ceph-volume-simple`. A scan is done on the data device or OSD directory,
+and ``ceph-disk`` is fully disabled. Encryption is fully supported.
+
.. toctree::
:hidden:
:caption: Contents:
intro
+ systemd
lvm/index
lvm/activate
+ lvm/encryption
lvm/prepare
lvm/scan
lvm/systemd
+ lvm/list
+ lvm/zap
+ simple/index
+ simple/activate
+ simple/scan
+ simple/systemd