The Q3 #Ceph Foundation newsletter is out 🐙

Inside: trademark now under the #LinuxFoundation, a new member welcome, #CephDays Korea recap, #CephDev Summit, new pitch deck, and board recordings now on YouTube.

Read it here: t.ly/q3-newsletter
#CephCommunity #OpenSource

Securing #Kafka bucket notifications in #Ceph #RGW involves two decisions: the connection and the user.

Read about it in this new two-part series

Part 1: TLS, mTLS, SASL PLAIN/SCRAM: t.ly/kafka-bucket-n…
Part 2: Kerberos & OAuthBearer: t.ly/kafka-bucket-n…
#OpenSource

The Ceph Days Chicago schedule is now live. Talks include State of the #Cephalopod, #RADOS fsync, CRUSH data movement, and Releasing the #Kraken.

Registration is still open: t.ly/CDChicago26
#Ceph #CephDays

Ceph v20.2.5 Tentacle is out, the fifth minor release in the series. We recommend that all users update.
Read more here: t.ly/v20-2-5-tentac…
#Ceph #CephCommunity

Reminder: the 2026 #CephCommunity Survey closes Nov 13.

Tell the #Ceph Foundation what you need from docs, events, the contributor process, and AI policy. Your answers shape next year's priorities.

🔗 : t.ly/CephSurvey2026
#OpenSource

Back in September, #KCD x #Ceph x #OpenInfra Day Korea 2026 hosted a full day of talks across three #OpenSource communities.

The session recordings are now available on our YouTube channel! 🎥

Watch here: t.ly/KCD-Ceph-Openl…
#KCDKorea #CephCommunity

#Ceph v21.2.0 Umbrella is out, the first stable Umbrella release. Highlights: optimized erasure coding, CephX security hardening, #RGW object dedup, and #CephFS client-side encryption

Check the CPU requirements before upgrading
🔗 : t.ly/v21.2.0Umbrella
#OpenSource #Storage

Will you be in Chicago for #SC26?

Join us on Nov 16 for the first-ever #CephDays Chicago. Hear from Ceph devs, users, and partners on project status, recent improvements, and the roadmap, then stay for the networking reception.

📋️ : t.ly/CDChicago26
#Ceph #OpenSource

The #Ceph #Berlin #Meetup returns on Tuesday, Dec 1 🐙

Newcomer intro at 17:50; open discussion at 18:50 covering community news, real-world deployments, and planning for next year’s meetups.

RSVP by Nov 29: t.ly/CephMeetupBerl…
#CephCommunity #OpenSource #DataStorage

The next #Ceph User + Dev #Meetup is this Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:00 AM PDT / 14:00 UTC.

Bring your questions and topics to help move Ceph conversations forward! 🚀

RSVP here: t.ly/Oct-Ceph-UersD… 🐙
#CephUsers #CephDevs #CephCommunity #OpenSource #CloudInfrastructure

Just one more day until the #CephCommunity gathers for #CephDaysZürich!

Plan your day now! Check out the list of speakers and talks on the event page: t.ly/CephDaysZurich…

Let us know which talks you're most excited about!
#Ceph #OpenSource #DataStorage #Switzerland

It's #CephalopodAwarenessWeek 🐙. An octopus gets things done with all eight arms working together. So does Ceph.

The 2026 #CephCommunity Survey is open. Tell us what you think about #Cephalocon, AI, and Foundation priorities.

🔗: t.ly/CephSurvey2026
#Ceph #OpenSource

Just one more week to submit your talk to #CephDaysChicago 2026!

Share your #Ceph technical insights or community story at this in-person Chicago event

CFP deadline: Friday, Oct 15
Event date: Monday, Nov 16

Submit here: t.ly/CDChicago26
#CFP #CephCommunity #Speakers

Pull the drive in bay 6.

Sounds clear. On a 12-bay chassis, there are four legitimate ways to number the bays. Pick the wrong one in a degraded pool, and you're explaining an outage.

Check out this new #Ceph blog: t.ly/remote-hands-ai
#CephCommunity

October's Ceph Tech Talk is on OIDC Web Identity for #Ceph #RGW

Our speaker from @vexxhost will deliver a live demo featuring #Terraform/#OpenTofu, #Kubernetes pod identity, #Cyberduck, and more

📅 Oct 19, 2026, at 12 pm EDT / 17:00 UTC
🔗 t.ly/ceph-tech-talks
#CephCommunity

Our next #CephDevMeetup is tomorrow, Wed, Oct 7th, at 15:00 UCT. This monthly session brings Ceph Developers together to discuss current topics in the Ceph ecosystem. 🐙

RSVP here: t.ly/OctCephDevMeet…
#CephDevs #CephCommunity #OpenSource #CloudInfrastructure #Storage #Meetup

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 6th, for the #Ceph Google Summer of Code intern showcase.

See how our 3 mentees spent the summer tackling real-world Ceph problems.

🕗 8:00 AM PDT / 11:00 AM EDT
🔗: t.ly/Ceph-GSoC2026
#GSoC #RGW #CephDashboard #KafkaSecurity #ObjectStorage

Today's #CephTechTalk explores how AI and Slack can streamline datacenter remote hands tasks.

Join us at 10 am PDT as we cover one of the most manual, error-prone parts of running distributed storage at scale.

🔗 meet.jit.si/ceph-tech-talks
#CephUsers #CephDevs #CephCommunity

Join #Ceph #TechTalk on Using AI and Slack to Streamline Datacenter Remote Hands Tasks!

If your team manages datacenter operations for #CephClusters, this talk is for you.

📅 Sept 30 at 10 am PDT
🔗 t.ly/Ceph-Community…
#CephCommunity #OpenSource

#Ceph's 2026 Google Summer of Code interns are done, and we're celebrating their work on Oct 6 at 15:00 UTC ☀️🧑‍🎓🐙

Three Ceph problems:
#RGW Admin UX & Docs
#Kafka Security
#CephDashboard

🔗: https://t.ly/Ceph-GSoC2026
#GSoC #ObjectStorage #CephCommunity