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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 18:24:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 18:24:20 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 14.2.21.upstream/14.2.21upstream
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diff --git a/doc/dev/generatedocs.rst b/doc/dev/generatedocs.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d9d0c073 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/dev/generatedocs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Building Ceph Documentation +=========================== + +Ceph utilizes Python's Sphinx documentation tool. For details on +the Sphinx documentation tool, refer to `The Sphinx Documentation Tool <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/>`_. + +To build the Ceph documentation set, you must: + +1. Clone the Ceph repository +2. Install the required tools +3. Build the documents +4. Demo the documents (Optional) + +Clone the Ceph Repository +------------------------- + +To clone the Ceph repository, you must have ``git`` installed +on your local host. To install ``git``, execute:: + + sudo apt-get install git + +To clone the Ceph repository, execute:: + + git clone git://github.com/ceph/ceph + +You should have a full copy of the Ceph repository. + + +Install the Required Tools +-------------------------- + +To build the Ceph documentation, some dependencies are required. +To know what packages are needed, you can launch this command:: + + cd ceph + admin/build-doc + +If dependencies are missing, the command above will fail +with a message that suggests you a command to install all +missing dependencies. + + +Build the Documents +------------------- + +Once you have installed all the dependencies, execute the build (the +same command as above):: + + cd ceph + admin/build-doc + +Once you build the documentation set, you may navigate to the source directory to view it:: + + cd build-doc/output + +There should be an ``html`` directory and a ``man`` directory containing documentation +in HTML and manpage formats respectively. + + +Demo the Documents +------------------- + +Once you build the documentation, as described above, you can demo the rendered documents +by running ``serve-doc``:: + + cd ceph + admin/serve-doc + +This will serve the ``build-doc/output/html`` directory over port 8080 via +Python's ``SimpleHTTPServer`` module. |