snapshot

Azure File Snapshot feature

• Snapshot feature is beta since Kubernetes v1.17.0, refer to Snapshot & Restore Feature for more details.

NOTE: Due to Azure File snapshot restore API limitation, this driver only supports snapshot creation, snapshot could be restored from Azure portal or cli.

Install CSI Driver

Follow the instructions to install snapshot driver.

1. Create source PVC and an example pod to write data

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/azurefile-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/storageclass-azurefile-csi.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/azurefile-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/pvc-azurefile-csi.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/azurefile-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/nginx-pod-azurefile.yaml

• Check source PVC

$ kubectl exec nginx-azurefile -- ls /mnt/azurefile
outfile

2. Create a snapshot on source PVC

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/azurefile-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/snapshot/volumesnapshotclass-azurefile.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/azurefile-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/snapshot/volumesnapshot-azurefile.yaml

• Check snapshot Status

$ kubectl describe volumesnapshot azurefile-volume-snapshot
Name:         azurefile-volume-snapshot
Namespace:    default
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  API Version:  snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1
Kind:         VolumeSnapshot
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2020-07-21T08:00:50Z
  Finalizers:
    snapshot.storage.kubernetes.io/volumesnapshot-as-source-protection
    snapshot.storage.kubernetes.io/volumesnapshot-bound-protection
  Generation:        1
  Resource Version:  16078
  Self Link:         /apis/snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1/namespaces/default/volumesnapshots/azurefile-volume-snapshot
  UID:               d7a3a5fb-cf58-4e57-b561-f6d7a0d10d6d
Spec:
  Source:
    Persistent Volume Claim Name:  pvc-azurefile
  Volume Snapshot Class Name:      csi-azurefile-vsc
Status:
  Bound Volume Snapshot Content Name:  snapcontent-d7a3a5fb-cf58-4e57-b561-f6d7a0d10d6d
  Creation Time:                       2020-07-21T07:36:02Z
  Ready To Use:                        true
  Restore Size:                        100Gi
Events:                                <none>

In above example, snapcontent-2b0ef334-4112-4c86-8360-079c625d5562 is the snapshot name

Links

• CSI Snapshotter