Connecting ecosystems: How Cinder CSI, Ember CSI & Manila CSI leverage OpenStack bits in Kubernetes

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The Container Storage Interface (CSI) exposes block and file level storage for containerized workloads. It provides a standardized way to provision and consume storage backends in Kubernetes and other Container Orchestration systems (COs).
Within the OpenStack ecosystem there are services for block and file storage systems with support for a big number of backends, and thanks to the CSI specification they can be easily leveraged in Kubernetes and other COs.
There are currently 3 CSI projects leveraging OpenStack to provide storage for container workloads:
* Cinder CSI: Using the OpenStack block storage service.
* Manila CSI: Providing access to the OpenStack shared file system service.
* Ember CSI: Putting a spin on using the Cinder drivers for containers.

This talk starts with an introduction to CSI itself before going over an introduction of the three CSI implementations.

Speakers: Christian Schwede, Gorka Eguileor, Eric Harney
Track: Container Infrastructure

source by Open Infrastructure Foundation

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