+.. note::
+ It is highly recommended to use :doc:`/cephadm/index` or another Ceph
+ orchestrator for setting up the ceph cluster. Use this approach only if you
+ are setting up the ceph cluster manually. If one still intends to use the
+ manual way for deploying MDS daemons, :doc:`/cephadm/services/mds/` can
+ also be used.
+
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Deploying Metadata Servers
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Adding an MDS
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-#. Create an mds data point ``/var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-${id}``. The daemon only uses this directory to store its keyring.
+#. Create an mds directory ``/var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-${id}``. The daemon only uses this directory to store its keyring.
#. Create the authentication key, if you use CephX: ::