I'm getting terrible performance exposing CephFS over samba, I wonder if this might solve those issues as well.
And thanks for your work on samba, it really is great and it's really enabling our way of working.
Here's the info you need:
https://documentation.suse.com/ses/6/html/ses-all/cha-ses-ci...
Note the share definition:
[SHARE_NAME] path = / vfs objects = ceph ceph: config_file = /etc/ceph/ceph.conf ceph: user_id = samba.gw read only = no kernel share modes = no
The "vfs objects = ceph" is the important part.
(if you're only exporting via Samba you can safely leave leases/oplocks enabled).
That article considers vfs_ceph to be legacy, and instead recommends to use the regular mount, but then does recommend to install samba-ceph and gives a configuration that does not mention ceph at all.
What does the samba-ceph package do if you're not mentioning ceph in the configuration, does samba detect the filesystem is mounted through ceph act accordingly?
I guess I should just try both approaches and see which one performs best.
Using "vfs objects = ceph" causes Samba to load a custom VFS module that translates SMB1/2/3 requests -> Samba VFS -> cephfs calls. That's why the share sets "path = /" (as it's not a local path) and then redirects all filesystem access via vfs_ceph.