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+# DAOS
+
+Standalone RADOS Gateway (RGW) on [DAOS](http://daos.io/) (Experimental)
+
+## CMake Option
+
+Add below cmake option
+
+```bash
+    -DWITH_RADOSGW_DAOS=ON
+```
+
+## Build
+
+```bash
+    cd build
+    ninja [vstart]
+```
+
+## Running Test cluster
+
+Edit ceph.conf to add below option
+
+```conf
+    [client]
+        rgw backend store = daos
+```
+
+Restart vstart cluster or just RGW server
+
+```bash
+    [..] RGW=1 ../src/vstart.sh -d
+```
+
+The above configuration brings up an RGW server on DAOS.
+
+## Creating a test user
+
+ To create a `testid` user to be used for s3 operations, use the following command:
+
+ ```bash
+local akey='0555b35654ad1656d804'
+local skey='h7GhxuBLTrlhVUyxSPUKUV8r/2EI4ngqJxD7iBdBYLhwluN30JaT3Q=='
+    radosgw-admin user create --uid testid \
+        --access-key $akey --secret $skey \
+        --display-name 'M. Tester' --email tester@ceph.com --no-mon-config
+ ```