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# [NAME](#NAME)

ceph-rbdnamer - udev helper to name RBD devices

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
ceph-rbdnamer num
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**ceph-rbdnamer** prints the pool, namespace, image and snapshot names for a given RBD device to stdout. It is used by *udev* device manager to set up RBD device symlinks. The appropriate *udev* rules are provided in a file named *50-rbd.rules*.

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

**ceph-rbdnamer** 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)

rbd <>(8), ceph <>(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 5, 2026 dev

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Document: ceph-rbdnamer(8) from ceph-20 20.2.4-r6 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/ceph/ceph.git