diff --git a/manuscript/ha-docker-swarm/shared-storage-ceph.md b/manuscript/ha-docker-swarm/shared-storage-ceph.md
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--- a/manuscript/ha-docker-swarm/shared-storage-ceph.md
+++ b/manuscript/ha-docker-swarm/shared-storage-ceph.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ I originally provided shared storage to my nodes using GlusterFS (see the next r
 Since our Ceph components will be containerized, we need to ensure the SELinux context on the base OS's ceph files is set correctly:
 
 ```
+mkdir /var/lib/ceph
 chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t /etc/ceph
 chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t /var/lib/ceph
 ```