Describe the issue: Running ceph-volume lvm prepare will run into error without extracting bootstrap-osd keying Describe the task you were trying to accomplish: Suggestions for improvement: Add step extract the ceph keyring before running ceph-volume prepare: # ceph auth get client.bootstrap-osd -o /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-osd/ceph.keyring Document URL: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_ceph_storage/5/html-single/administration_guide/index#preparing-ceph-osds-using-ceph-volume_admin Chapter/Section Number and Title: 7.4. Preparing Ceph OSDs using ceph-volume Product Version: All versions Environment Details: Any other versions of this document that also needs this update: Additional information: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2216748#c3