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OSD Creation Issue - Bootstrap Keyring

Date: 2025-12-13
Status: ⚠️ OSD CREATION FAILED - BOOTSTRAP KEYRING MISSING

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What Happened

✅ Success: All 6 drives (sdc-sdh) were successfully wiped
❌ Failure: OSD creation failed due to missing Ceph bootstrap keyring

Error Messages

unable to find a keyring on /etc/pve/priv/ceph.client.bootstrap-osd.keyring
RADOS timed out (error connecting to the cluster)
RuntimeError: Unable to create a new OSD id

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Root Cause

The Ceph bootstrap keyring is missing or Ceph cluster is not accessible. This is needed to authenticate when creating new OSDs.

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Quick Fix

Run these commands on R630-01:

# 1. Check Ceph cluster connectivity
ceph health
ceph mon stat

# 2. Get bootstrap keyring from cluster
mkdir -p /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-osd
ceph auth get client.bootstrap-osd -o /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-osd/ceph.keyring

# 3. Verify keyring exists
ls -la /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-osd/ceph.keyring

# 4. Create OSDs (drives are already wiped)
for drive in sdc sdd sde sdf sdg sdh; do
    ceph-volume lvm create --data /dev/$drive
done

# 5. Verify
ceph osd tree
ceph health

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Alternative: Use pveceph

If you're using Proxmox's Ceph integration:

# Check if available
which pveceph

# Create OSDs
pveceph create /dev/sdc
pveceph create /dev/sdd
pveceph create /dev/sde
pveceph create /dev/sdf
pveceph create /dev/sdg
pveceph create /dev/sdh

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Status

• ✅ Drives wiped: All 6 drives ready
• ⚠️ OSD creation: Blocked by bootstrap keyring issue
• 🎯 Next step: Fix bootstrap keyring and retry OSD creation

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Last Updated: 2025-12-13