Hi, We discussed during the kolla virtual PTG [1] the option of removing support for deploying Ceph, as a way to improve the long term sustainability of the project. Ceph support in kolla does require maintenance, and is not the core focus of the project. There are other good tools for deploying Ceph (ceph-deploy, ceph-ansible), and Kolla Ansible supports integration with an external Ceph cluster deployed using these or other methods. To avoid leaving people in a difficult position, we would recommend a deployment tool (probably ceph-ansible), and provide an automated, tested and documented migration path to it. Here is a rough proposed schedule for removal: * Train: deprecate Ceph deployment, add CI tests for kolla-ansible with ceph-ansible * U: Obsolete Ceph deployment, provide migration path to ceph-ansible * V: Remove Ceph deployment Please provide feedback on this plan and how it will affect you. Thanks, Mark [1] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/kolla-train-ptg