Kylo

Kowabunga Distributed Network File System

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Kylo is Kowabunga’s incarnation of NFS. While all Kompute instances have their own local block-device storage disks, Kylo provides the capability to access a network storage, shared amongst virtual machines.

Kylo fully implements the NFSv4 protocol, making it easy for Linux instances (and even Windows) to mount it without any specific tools.

Under the hood, Kylo relies on underlying CephFS volume, exposed by Kaktus nodes, making it natively distributed and resilient (i.e. one doesn’t need trying to add HA on top).

Warning

Kylo access is restricted to project’s private network. While all your project’s instances can mount a Kylo endpoint, it can’t be reached from the outside.

Last modified August 19, 2025: add services description (a4a788e)