rbd-ggate -- map rbd images via FreeBSD GEOM Gate
Synopsis
Description
rbd-ggate is a client for RADOS block device (rbd) images. It will map a rbd image to a ggate (FreeBSD GEOM Gate class) device, allowing access it as regular local block device.
Commands
map
Spawn a process responsible for the creation of ggate device and forwarding I/O requests between the GEOM Gate kernel subsystem and RADOS.
unmap
Destroy ggate device and terminate the process responsible for it.
list
List mapped ggate devices.
Options
- --device *ggate device*
Specify ggate device path.
- --read-only
Map read-only.
- --exclusive
Forbid writes by other clients.
Image and snap specs
The default for pool-name is “rbd”. If an image name contains a slash character (‘/’), pool-name is required.
Availability
rbd-ggate is part of Ceph, a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system. Please refer to the Ceph documentation at https://docs.ceph.com for more information.