RBD-FUSE(8) Ceph RBD-FUSE(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

rbd-fuse - expose rbd images as files

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
rbd-fuse [ -p pool ] [-c conffile] mountpoint [ fuse options ]
```

# [NOTE](#NOTE)

**rbd-fuse** is not recommended for any production or high performance workloads.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**rbd-fuse** is a FUSE ("Filesystem in USErspace") client for RADOS block device (rbd) images. Given a pool containing rbd images, it will mount a userspace file system allowing access to those images as regular files at **mountpoint**.

The file system can be unmounted with:

```
fusermount -u mountpoint
```

or by sending **SIGINT** to the **rbd-fuse** process.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

Any options not recognized by rbd-fuse will be passed on to libfuse.

[**-c ceph.conf**](#c)

Use *ceph.conf* configuration file instead of the default **/etc/ceph/ceph.conf** to determine monitor addresses during startup.

[**-p pool**](#p)

Use *pool* as the pool to search for rbd images. Default is **rbd**.

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

**rbd-fuse** 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)

[fusermount(8)](/man/os/ceph-20/fusermount.8), rbd <>(8)

# [Copyright](#Copyright)

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

September 24, 2026 dev

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Document: rbd-fuse(8) from ceph-20 20.2.4-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/ceph/ceph.git