CEPH-POST-FILE(8) Ceph CEPH-POST-FILE(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

ceph-post-file - post files for ceph developers

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
ceph-post-file [-d description] [-u *user] file or dir ...
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**ceph-post-file** will upload files or directories to ceph.com for later analysis by Ceph developers.

Each invocation uploads files or directories to a separate directory with a unique tag. That tag can be passed to a developer or referenced in a bug report (<http://tracker.ceph.com/>). Once the upload completes, the directory is marked non-readable and non-writeable to prevent access or modification by other users.

# [WARNING](#WARNING)

Basic measures are taken to make posted data be visible only to developers with access to ceph.com infrastructure. However, users should think twice and/or take appropriate precautions before posting potentially sensitive data (for example, logs or data directories that contain Ceph secrets).

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-d \*description\*, --description \*description\***](#d)

Add a short description for the upload. This is a good opportunity to reference a bug number. There is no default value.

[**-u \*user\***](#u)

Set the user metadata for the upload. This defaults to *whoami\`@\`hostname -f*.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

To upload a single log:

```
ceph-post-file /var/log/ceph/ceph-mon.`hostname`.log
```

To upload several directories:

```
ceph-post-file -d 'mon data directories' /var/log/ceph/mon/*
```

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

**ceph-post-file** 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)

ceph <>(8), ceph-debugpack <>(8),

# [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-post-file(8) from ceph-fips-19 19.2.7-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/ceph/ceph.git