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+Mount CephFS: Prerequisites
+===========================
+
+You can use CephFS by mounting it to your local filesystem or by using
+`cephfs-shell`_. Mounting CephFS requires superuser privileges to trim
+dentries by issuing a remount of itself. CephFS can be mounted
+`using kernel`_ as well as `using FUSE`_. Both have their own
+advantages. Read the following section to understand more about both of
+these ways to mount CephFS.
+
+For Windows CephFS mounts, please check the `ceph-dokan`_ page.
+
+Which CephFS Client?
+--------------------
+
+The FUSE client is the most accessible and the easiest to upgrade to the
+version of Ceph used by the storage cluster, while the kernel client will
+always gives better performance.
+
+When encountering bugs or performance issues, it is often instructive to
+try using the other client, in order to find out whether the bug was
+client-specific or not (and then to let the developers know).
+
+General Pre-requisite for Mounting CephFS
+-----------------------------------------
+Before mounting CephFS, ensure that the client host (where CephFS has to be
+mounted and used) has a copy of the Ceph configuration file (i.e.
+``ceph.conf``) and a keyring of the CephX user that has permission to access
+the MDS. Both of these files must already be present on the host where the
+Ceph MON resides.
+
+#. Generate a minimal conf file for the client host and place it at a
+   standard location::
+
+    # on client host
+    mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/ceph
+    ssh {user}@{mon-host} "sudo ceph config generate-minimal-conf" | sudo tee /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+
+   Alternatively, you may copy the conf file. But the above method generates
+   a conf with minimal details which is usually sufficient. For more
+   information, see `Client Authentication`_ and :ref:`bootstrap-options`.
+
+#. Ensure that the conf has appropriate permissions::
+
+    chmod 644 /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+
+#. Create a CephX user and get its secret key::
+
+    ssh {user}@{mon-host} "sudo ceph fs authorize cephfs client.foo / rw" | sudo tee /etc/ceph/ceph.client.foo.keyring
+
+   In above command, replace ``cephfs`` with the name of your CephFS, ``foo``
+   by the name you want for your CephX user and ``/`` by the path within your
+   CephFS for which you want to allow access to the client host and ``rw``
+   stands for both read and write permissions. Alternatively, you may copy the
+   Ceph keyring from the MON host to client host at ``/etc/ceph`` but creating
+   a keyring specific to the client host is better. While creating a CephX
+   keyring/client, using same client name across multiple machines is perfectly
+   fine.
+
+   .. note:: If you get 2 prompts for password while running above any of 2
+             above command, run ``sudo ls`` (or any other trivial command with
+             sudo) immediately before these commands.
+
+#. Ensure that the keyring has appropriate permissions::
+
+    chmod 600 /etc/ceph/ceph.client.foo.keyring
+
+.. note:: There might be few more prerequisites for kernel and FUSE mounts
+   individually, please check respective mount documents.
+
+.. _Client Authentication: ../client-auth
+.. _cephfs-shell: ../cephfs-shell
+.. _using kernel: ../mount-using-kernel-driver
+.. _using FUSE: ../mount-using-fuse
+.. _ceph-dokan: ../ceph-dokan