CEPH-CREATE-KEYS(8) Ceph CEPH-CREATE-KEYS(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

ceph-create-keys - ceph keyring generate tool

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
ceph-create-keys [-h] [-v] [-t seconds] [--cluster name] --id id
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**ceph-create-keys** is a utility to generate bootstrap keyrings using the given monitor when it is ready.

It creates following auth entities (or users)

**client.admin**

and its key for your client host.

**client.bootstrap-{osd, rgw, mds}**

and their keys for bootstrapping corresponding services

To list all users in the cluster:

```
ceph auth ls
```

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**--cluster**](#cluster)

name of the cluster (default 'ceph').

[**-t**](#t)

time out after **seconds** (default: 600) waiting for a response from the monitor

[**-i, --id**](#i,)

id of a ceph-mon that is coming up. **ceph-create-keys** will wait until it joins quorum.

[**-v, --verbose**](#v,)

be more verbose.

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

**ceph-create-keys** is part of Ceph, a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system. Please refer to the Ceph documentation at <https://docs.ceph.com> for more information.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

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# [Copyright](#Copyright)

2010-2014, Inktank Storage, Inc. and contributors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

October 9, 2026 dev

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Document: ceph-create-keys(8) from ceph-fips-19 19.2.7-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/ceph/ceph.git