# Rook Ceph Block Storage API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/rook/rook-ceph-block-storage-api/  
**Provider:** Rook — https://apis.io/providers/rook/  
**Documentation:** https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Block-Storage/ceph-block-pool-crd/

Rook Ceph Block Storage API is one of 6 APIs that [Rook](https://apis.io/providers/rook/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Block Storage, Ceph, Kubernetes, PersistentVolume, and RBD. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and 2 JSON Schemas.

Rook provides Ceph block storage (RBD) through Kubernetes StorageClasses and PersistentVolumeClaims. The CephBlockPool CRD and associated StorageClass allow applications to dynamically provision block volumes backed by Ceph RADOS Block Device, supporting ReadWriteOnce access modes for stateful workloads.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Block-Storage/ceph-block-pool-crd/
- **Reference** — https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Block-Storage/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rook/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rook-ceph-block-pool-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rook/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rook-ceph-block-pool-structure.json

## Other Rook APIs (5)

- [Rook Ceph Custom Resource API](https://apis.io/apis/rook/rook-ceph-crd-api/)
- [Rook Ceph Shared Filesystem API](https://apis.io/apis/rook/rook-ceph-filesystem-api/)
- [Rook Buckets API](https://apis.io/apis/rook/rook-buckets-api/)
- [Rook Multipart Uploads API](https://apis.io/apis/rook/rook-multipart-uploads-api/)
- [Rook Objects API](https://apis.io/apis/rook/rook-objects-api/)

## Tags

Block Storage, Ceph, Kubernetes, PersistentVolume, RBD

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