---
name: "ceph-post-file"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ceph-common"
version: "18.2.7+ds-1+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ceph-post-file"
---

# ceph-post-file(8)

post files for ceph developers

## NAME

ceph-post-file - post files for ceph developers

## SYNOPSIS

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

## 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

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

- **-d \*description\*, --description \*description\***

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

- **-u \*user\***

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

## 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

**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

[*ceph*(8)](/ceph/8.md), [*ceph-debugpack*(8)](/ceph-debugpack/8.md),

## COPYRIGHT

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