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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<refentry id="vfs_ceph_snapshots.8">

<refmeta>
	<refentrytitle>vfs_ceph_snapshots</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
	<refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
	<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
	<refmiscinfo class="version">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>


<refnamediv>
	<refname>vfs_ceph_snapshots</refname>
	<refpurpose>
		Expose CephFS snapshots as shadow-copies
	</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
	<cmdsynopsis>
		<command>vfs objects = ceph_snapshots</command>
	</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
	<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

	<para>This VFS module is part of the
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>

	<para>
		The <command>vfs_ceph_snapshots</command> VFS module exposes
		CephFS snapshots for use by Samba. When enabled, SMB clients
		such as Windows Explorer's Previous Versions dialog, can
		enumerate snapshots and access them via "timewarp" tokens.
	</para>

	<para>
		This module can be combined with <command>vfs_ceph</command>,
		but <command>vfs_ceph_snapshots</command> must be listed first
		in the <command>vfs objects</command> parameter list.
	</para>

	<para>
		CephFS support for ceph.snap.btime virtual extended attributes
		is required for this module to work properly. This support was
		added via https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/38838.
	</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>CONFIGURATION</title>

	<para>
		When used atop <command>vfs_ceph</command>,
		<command>path</command> refers to an absolute path within the
		Ceph filesystem and should not be mounted locally:
	</para>

	<programlisting>
		<smbconfsection name="[share]"/>
		<smbconfoption name="vfs objects">ceph_snapshots ceph</smbconfoption>
		<smbconfoption name="path">/non-mounted/cephfs/path</smbconfoption>
		<smbconfoption name="kernel share modes">no</smbconfoption>
	</programlisting>

	<para>
		<command>vfs_ceph_snapshots</command> can also be used atop a
		kernel CephFS mounted share path, without
		<command>vfs_ceph</command>. In this case Samba's default VFS
		backend <command>vfs_default</command> is used:
	</para>

	<programlisting>
		<smbconfsection name="[share]"/>
		<smbconfoption name="vfs objects">ceph_snapshots</smbconfoption>
		<smbconfoption name="path">/mnt/cephfs/</smbconfoption>
	</programlisting>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>OPTIONS</title>

	<variablelist>
		<varlistentry>
		<term>ceph:snapdir = subdirectory</term>
		<listitem>
		<para>
			Allows for the configuration of the special CephFS
			snapshot subdirectory name. This parameter should only
			be changed from the ".snap" default if the ceph.conf
			<command>client snapdir</command> or
			<command>snapdirname</command> mount option settings
			are changed from their matching ".snap" defaults.
		</para>
		<para>
			Default:
			<smbconfoption name="ceph:snapdir">.snap</smbconfoption>
		</para>
		<para>
			Example:
			<smbconfoption name="ceph:snapdir">.snapshots</smbconfoption>
		</para>
		</listitem>
		</varlistentry>
	</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>VERSION</title>

	<para>
		This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.
	</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>AUTHOR</title>

	<para>The original Samba software and related utilities
	were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
	by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
	to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>