The configuration management system exists to provide every daemon with the proper configuration information. The configuration can be viewed as a set of key-value pairs.
the ceph configuration file, usually named ceph.conf
–debug-ms=1 –debug-pg=10 etc.
arguments injected at runtime by using injectargs
Most configuration settings originate in the Ceph configuration file.
Each stanza of the configuration file describes the key-value pairs that will be in effect for a particular subset of the daemons. The “global” stanza applies to everything. The “mon”, “osd”, and “mds” stanzas specify settings to take effect for all monitors, all OSDs, and all mds servers, respectively. A stanza of the form mon.$name, osd.$name, or mds.$name gives settings for the monitor, OSD, or MDS of that name, respectively. Configuration values that appear later in the file win over earlier ones.
A sample configuration file can be found in src/sample.ceph.conf.
The configuration system allows any configuration value to be substituted into another value using the $varname syntax, similar to how bash shell expansion works.
There are two ways for Ceph code to get configuration values. One way is to read it directly from a variable named “g_conf,” or equivalently, “g_ceph_ctx->_conf.” The other is to register an observer that will called every time the relevant configuration values changes. This observer will be called soon after the initial configuration is read, and every time after that when one of the relevant values changes. Each observer tracks a set of keys and is invoked only when one of the relevant keys changes.
The interface to implement is found in common/config_obs.h.
For these reasons, reading directly from g_conf should be considered deprecated and not done in new code. Do not ever alter g_conf.
Configuration values can be changed by calling g_conf->set_val. After changing the configuration, you should call g_conf->apply_changes to re-run all the affected configuration observers. For convenience, you can call g_conf->set_val_or_die to make a configuration change which you think should never fail.
Injectargs, parse_argv, and parse_env are three other functions which modify the configuration. Just like with set_val, you should call apply_changes after calling these functions to make sure your changes get applied.