Explanation
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The explanatory and conceptual guides in this section provide a better understanding of MicroCeph.
They enable you to expand your knowledge and become better at configuring, encrypting, managing, deploying and backing up your workloads.

Working with MicroCeph
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Understand the steps to take to successfully deploy and manage your Ceph clusters quickly.

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   cluster-configurations
   cluster-scaling
   taking-snapshots
   
Full-disk encryption
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Learn how to enable support for MicroCeph's automatic full disk encryption on OSDs.

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   full-disk-encryption

The Snap content interface
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Access MicroCeph's configuration and credentials.

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   :maxdepth: 1

   snap-content-interface

The MicroCeph charm
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The MicroCeph charm helps you deploy and manage your MicroCeph deployment with `Juju`_.

.. LINKS
.. _Juju: https://juju.is/

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   :maxdepth: 1

   microceph-charm

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If you have a specific goal, but are already familiar with MicroCeph, our :doc:`how-to guides <../how-to/index>` have more in-depth detail and instructions.

Take a look at our :doc:`reference <../reference/index>` section when you need to know which MicroCeph commands to use.