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+---
+# Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# reference: https://rook.github.io/docs/rook/v0.8/ceph-cluster-crd.html
+# Modeled after "Storage Configuration: Cluster wide Directories"
+
+apiVersion: ceph.rook.io/v1beta1
+kind: Cluster
+metadata:
+  name: rook-ceph
+  namespace: {{ .Values.rookClusterNamespace }}
+spec:
+  dataDirHostPath: /var/lib/rook
+  serviceAccount: rook-ceph-cluster
+  # cluster level storage configuration and selection
+  storage:
+    useAllNodes: true
+    useAllDevices: false
+    config:
+      databaseSizeMB: "1024" # this value can be removed for environments with normal sized disks (100 GB or larger)
+      journalSizeMB: "1024"  # this value can be removed for environments with normal sized disks (20 GB or larger)
+    directories:
+      - path: {{ .Values.cephDataDir | quote }}
+
+---
+# reference: https://rook.io/docs/rook/v0.8/ceph-pool-crd.html
+
+apiVersion: ceph.rook.io/v1beta1
+kind: Pool
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.rookPoolName }}
+  namespace: {{ .Values.rookClusterNamespace }}
+spec:
+  replicated:
+    size: 2
+
+---
+# reference: https://rook.io/docs/rook/v0.8/block.html
+
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+   name: {{ .Values.rbdStorageClassName }}
+provisioner: ceph.rook.io/block
+parameters:
+  pool:  {{ .Values.rookPoolName }}
+  clusterNamespace: {{ .Values.rookClusterNamespace }}
+