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+# ======================================================================
+#
+# EOL Config :: system tools
+#
+# REMARK: Do not change the delivered default file.
+# You can add custom files matching "check_eol-data/*.cfg" i.e. 
+# check_eol-data/custom-[my-name].cfg 
+#
+# SYNTAX
+# [Key]:METADATA for a product (can be multiline)
+#
+# see https://endoflife.software/
+# ======================================================================
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/releases/#ceph-releases-index
+ceph:Ceph delivers object, block, and file storage in one unified system.
+ceph:website https://www.ceph.com
+# ......................................................................
+
+ceph:16.2:2023-10-01
+ceph:17.2:2024-06-01
+ceph:18.2:2025-08-01
diff --git a/check_eol-versiondetect/detect-ceph b/check_eol-versiondetect/detect-ceph
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+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 
+# EOL - End of life detection - Warn before reaching end of life
+#
+# detect version of CEPH
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2024-03-26  v1.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----- example output
+#  ceph --version
+#  ceph version 17.2.7 (b12291d110049b2f35e32e0de30d70e9a4c060d2) quincy (stable)
+ceph --version | awk '{ print $3 }' | cut -f 1,2 -d '.'
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