Snapshot Support for Kubernetes (CRD + External Controller)

[xing-yang]

Feature Description

• One-line feature description (can be used as a release note): Snapshot/restore functionality for Kubernetes and CSI. This provides standardized APIs design (CRDs) and adds PV snapshot/restore support for CSI volume drivers.
• Primary contact (assignee): @jingxu97 @xing-yang
• Responsible SIGs: @kubernetes/sig-storage-feature-requests
• Design proposal link (community repo): CSI snapshot design community#2335
• Reviewer(s) - (for LGTM) recommend having 2+ reviewers (at least one from code-area OWNERS file) agreed to review. Reviewers from multiple companies preferred:
  @saad-ali
  @jsafrane
• Approver (likely from SIG/area to which feature belongs):
  @thockin
• Feature target (which target equals to which milestone):
  • Alpha release target (x.y): 1.12
  • Beta release target (x.y): 1.13
  • Stable release target (x.y): 1.14

[k8s-ci-robot]

@xing-yang: Reiterating the mentions to trigger a notification:
@kubernetes/sig-storage-feature-requests

In response to this:

Feature Description

• One-line feature description (can be used as a release note): Move snapshot support in-tree.
• Primary contact (assignee): @jingxu97 @xing-yang
• Responsible SIGs: @kubernetes/sig-storage-feature-requests
• Design proposal link (community repo): Add Volume Snapshot Support Proposal community#1624
• Reviewer(s) - (for LGTM) recommend having 2+ reviewers (at least one from code-area OWNERS file) agreed to review. Reviewers from multiple companies preferred:
  @saad-ali
  @jsafrane
• Approver (likely from SIG/area to which feature belongs):
  @thockin
• Feature target (which target equals to which milestone):
• Alpha release target (x.y): 1.10
• Beta release target (x.y): 1.11
• Stable release target (x.y): 1.12

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[xing-yang]

@kubernetes/sig-storage-feature-requests

[k8s-ci-robot]

@xing-yang: Reiterating the mentions to trigger a notification:
@kubernetes/sig-storage-feature-requests

In response to this:

@kubernetes/sig-storage-feature-requests

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[idvoretskyi]

/assign @jingxu97 @xing-yang

[saad-ali]

We're moving this to 1.11. For this quarter the focus is on coming up with a Restore API and CSI implementation (both out-of-tree)