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+===========================
+Windows basic configuration
+===========================
+
+This page describes the minimum Ceph configuration required for using the
+client components on Windows.
+
+ceph.conf
+=========
+
+The default location for the ``ceph.conf`` file on Windows is
+``%ProgramData%\ceph\ceph.conf``, which usually expands to
+``C:\ProgramData\ceph\ceph.conf``.
+
+Below you may find a sample. Please fill in the monitor addresses
+accordingly.
+
+.. code:: ini
+
+    [global]
+        log to stderr = true
+        ; Uncomment the following in order to use the Windows Event Log
+        ; log to syslog = true
+
+        run dir = C:/ProgramData/ceph/out
+        crash dir = C:/ProgramData/ceph/out
+
+        ; Use the following to change the cephfs client log level
+        ; debug client = 2
+    [client]
+        keyring = C:/ProgramData/ceph/keyring
+        ; log file = C:/ProgramData/ceph/out/$name.$pid.log
+        admin socket = C:/ProgramData/ceph/out/$name.$pid.asok
+
+        ; client_permissions = true
+        ; client_mount_uid = 1000
+        ; client_mount_gid = 1000
+    [global]
+        mon host = <ceph_monitor_addresses>
+
+Don't forget to also copy your keyring file to the specified location and make
+sure that the configured directories exist (e.g. ``C:\ProgramData\ceph\out``).
+
+Please use slashes ``/`` instead of backslashes ``\`` as path separators
+within ``ceph.conf``.
+