Indeed.  mon_host tells a client how to find the mons, with the central config 
DB that's all that really should be needed. 

> On Nov 19, 2025, at 10:00 AM, Albert Shih <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Le 19/11/2025 à 09:39:00-0500, Anthony D'Atri a écrit
>> 
>> 
> Hi,
> 
>>> 
>>> I don't need the ceph.conf for ceph himself. I «need» the ceph.conf so I
>>> can launch
>>> 
>>> ceph fsid
>>> 
>>> on any node.
>> 
>> I suspect that the requirement for this to be in ceph.conf may be an 
>> artifact of the days when vanity cluster names were intended for multiple 
>> logical clusters to run on the same node. One might assert today that a 
>> client should be able to get this from the mons, I would suggest entering a 
>> tracker ticket to that effect.
>> 
> 
> Ok, but just to be clear I got only
> 
> [global]
>        fsid = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>        mon_host = [v2:a.b.c.10:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.10:6789/0] 
> [v2:a.b.c.11:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.11:6789/0] 
> [v2:a.b.c.12:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.12:6789/0] [v2:a.b.c. 
> 13:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.13:6789/0] [v2:a.b.c.14:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.14:6789/0] 
> [v2:a.b.c.15:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.15:6789/0] 
> [v2:a.b.c.16:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.16:6789/0] 
> [v2:a.b.c.17:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.17:6789/0] 
> [v2:a.b.c.18:3300/0,v1:a.b.c.18:6789/0]
> 
> 
>>> 
>>> chown -R ceph:ceph /var/lib/ceph/FSID/crash/posted
>>> 
>>> so with the hability to launch ceph fsid on any node I can get that info
>>> through a «facter» in puppet so I can add this line in the crontab.
>> 
>> I have to ask:  why not use a wildcard?
>> 
> 
> Because this is just one example of the using of fsid in puppet. But you'r
> right I can use a wildcard.
> 
> Regards
> 
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