================ Ceph Internals

.. note:: For information on how to use Ceph as a library (from your own software), see :doc:/api/index.

Starting a Development-mode Ceph Cluster

Compile the source and then run the following commands to start a development-mode Ceph cluster::

cd build
OSD=3 MON=3 MGR=3 ../src/vstart.sh -n -x
# check that it's there
bin/ceph health

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