Volume Snapshot Classes
This document describes the concept of VolumeSnapshotClass in Kubernetes. Familiarity
with volume snapshots and
storage classes is suggested.
Introduction
Just like StorageClass provides a way for administrators to describe the “classes”
of storage they offer when provisioning a volume, VolumeSnapshotClass provides a
way to describe the “classes” of storage when provisioning a volume snapshot.
The VolumeSnapshotClass Resource
Each VolumeSnapshotClass contains the fields snapshotter and parameters,
which are used when a VolumeSnapshot belonging to the class needs to be
dynamically provisioned.
The name of a VolumeSnapshotClass object is significant, and is how users can
request a particular class. Administrators set the name and other parameters
of a class when first creating VolumeSnapshotClass objects, and the objects cannot
be updated once they are created.
Administrators can specify a default VolumeSnapshotClass just for VolumeSnapshots
that don’t request any particular class to bind to.
apiVersion: snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1alpha1
kind: VolumeSnapshotClass
metadata:
name: csi-hostpath-snapclass
snapshotter: csi-hostpath
parameters:Snapshotter
Volume snapshot classes have a snapshotter that determines what CSI volume plugin is used for provisioning VolumeSnapshots. This field must be specified.
Parameters
Volume snapshot classes have parameters that describe volume snapshots belonging to
the volume snapshot class. Different parameters may be accepted depending on the
snapshotter.
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