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+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2013,2014 Loic Dachary <loic@dachary.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+set -e
+set -u
+
+DIR=$1
+
+#if ! dpkg -l ceph ; then
+# wget -q -O- 'https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc' | sudo apt-key add -
+# echo deb http://ceph.com/debian-dumpling/ $(lsb_release -sc) main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list
+# sudo apt-get update
+# sudo apt-get --yes install ceph ceph-common
+#fi
+
+# get rid of process and directories leftovers
+pkill ceph-mon || true
+pkill ceph-osd || true
+rm -fr $DIR
+
+# cluster wide parameters
+mkdir -p ${DIR}/log
+cat >> $DIR/ceph.conf <<EOF
+[global]
+fsid = $(uuidgen)
+osd crush chooseleaf type = 0
+run dir = ${DIR}/run
+auth cluster required = none
+auth service required = none
+auth client required = none
+osd pool default size = 1
+EOF
+export CEPH_ARGS="--conf ${DIR}/ceph.conf"
+
+# single monitor
+MON_DATA=${DIR}/mon
+mkdir -p $MON_DATA
+
+cat >> $DIR/ceph.conf <<EOF
+[mon.0]
+log file = ${DIR}/log/mon.log
+chdir = ""
+mon cluster log file = ${DIR}/log/mon-cluster.log
+mon data = ${MON_DATA}
+mon addr = 127.0.0.1
+EOF
+
+ceph-mon --id 0 --mkfs --keyring /dev/null
+touch ${MON_DATA}/keyring
+ceph-mon --id 0 
+
+# single osd
+OSD_DATA=${DIR}/osd
+mkdir ${OSD_DATA}
+
+cat >> $DIR/ceph.conf <<EOF
+[osd.0]
+log file = ${DIR}/log/osd.log
+chdir = ""
+osd data = ${OSD_DATA}
+osd journal = ${OSD_DATA}.journal
+osd journal size = 100
+osd objectstore = memstore
+EOF
+
+OSD_ID=$(ceph osd create)
+ceph osd crush add osd.${OSD_ID} 1 root=default host=localhost
+ceph-osd --id ${OSD_ID} --mkjournal --mkfs
+ceph-osd --id ${OSD_ID}
+
+# check that it works
+rados --pool rbd put group /etc/group
+rados --pool rbd get group ${DIR}/group
+diff /etc/group ${DIR}/group
+ceph osd tree
+
+export CEPH_CONF="${DIR}/ceph.conf"