---
name: "ceph-rbdnamer"
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-rbdnamer"
---

# ceph-rbdnamer(8)

udev helper to name RBD devices

## NAME

ceph-rbdnamer - udev helper to name RBD devices

## SYNOPSIS

```
ceph-rbdnamer num
```

## 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

**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

[*rbd*(8)](/rbd/8.md), [*ceph*(8)](/ceph/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

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