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 Quick Start
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Ceph is intended for large-scale deployments, but you may install Ceph on a
single host. Quick start is intended for Debian/Ubuntu Linux distributions.

#. `Install Ceph packages`_
#. Create a ``ceph.conf`` file. 
   See `Ceph Configuration Files`_ for details.
#. Deploy the Ceph configuration.
   See `Deploying the Ceph Configuration`_ for details.
#. Configure a Ceph cluster	
   See `Deploying Ceph with mkcephfs`_ for details.
#. Start a Ceph cluster.
   See `Starting a Cluster`_ for details.


.. _Install Ceph packages: ../../install/debian
.. _Ceph Configuration Files: ../../config-cluster/ceph-conf
.. _Deploying the Ceph Configuration: ../../config-cluster/deploying-ceph-conf
.. _Deploying Ceph with mkcephfs: ../../config-cluster/deploying-ceph-with-mkcephfs
.. _Starting a Cluster: ../../init/start-cluster/