diff --git a/chef/roles/ceph-mds.json b/chef/roles/ceph-mds.json
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+{
+  "name": "ceph-mds",
+  "description": "Ceph Metadata Server",
+  "run_list": [
+    "recipe[ceph::repo]",
+    "recipe[ceph::mds]"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/chef/roles/ceph-mon.json b/chef/roles/ceph-mon.json
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+{
+  "name": "ceph-mon",
+  "description": "Ceph Monitor",
+  "run_list": [
+    "recipe[ceph::repo]",
+    "recipe[ceph::mon]"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/chef/roles/ceph-osd.json b/chef/roles/ceph-osd.json
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+{
+  "name": "ceph-osd",
+  "description": "Ceph Object Storage Device",
+  "run_list": [
+    "recipe[ceph::repo]",
+    "recipe[ceph::osd]"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/chef/roles/ceph-radosgw.json b/chef/roles/ceph-radosgw.json
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+{
+  "name": "ceph-radosgw",
+  "description": "Ceph RADOS Gateway",
+  "run_list": [
+    "recipe[ceph::repo]",
+    "recipe[ceph::radosgw]"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/chef/roles/ceph-tgt.json b/chef/roles/ceph-tgt.json
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+{
+  "name": "ceph-tgt",
+  "description": "Ceph iSCSI Target",
+  "run_list": [
+    "recipe[ceph::repo]",
+    "recipe[ceph::tgt]"
+  ]
+}