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

# rbd-fuse(8)

expose rbd images as files

## NAME

rbd-fuse - expose rbd images as files

## SYNOPSIS

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

## NOTE

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

## 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

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

- **-c ceph.conf**

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

- **-p pool**

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

## 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

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

## COPYRIGHT

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