External Rook Ceph Cluster

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Describes an external Rook operator pattern that connects a standalone Ceph cluster to Kubernetes via CSI by running a Python fetch script that outputs JSON and an import script that creates k8s Secrets and StorageClasses and ConfigMaps. Implements an external.yaml + CRDs to run the operator; verification shows the cluster reaches Connected state and health OK. Tested connecting about three to four consumer clusters; missing rados-namespace, volume-group and IPv6 support plus docs.

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1. 0:00Introduction to External Ceph
2. 2:06Use Cases for External Clusters
3. 4:06Connecting and Setup Process
4. 5:43Importing Cluster Details
5. 7:25Verification and Storage Usage
6. 8:24Future Work and Improvements
7. 9:13Q&A and Cluster Scaling

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