diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md index fe9ff2e5dc213..bf27efb74f845 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md +++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md @@ -1153,6 +1153,26 @@ persistent volume: secret is required. If the secret object contains more than one secret, all secrets are passed. +#### CSI raw block volume support + +{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.11" state="alpha" >}} + +Starting with version 1.11, CSI introduced support for raw block volumes, which +relies on the raw block volume feature that was introduced in a previous version of +Kubernetes. This feature will make it possible for vendors with external CSI drivers to +implement raw block volumes support in Kubernetes workloads. + +CSI block volume support is feature-gated and turned off by default. To run CSI with +block volume support enabled, a cluster administrator must enable the feature for each +Kubernetes component using the following feature gate flags: + +``` +--feature-gates=BlockVolume=true,CSIBlockVolume=true +``` + +Learn how to +[setup your PV/PVC with raw block volume support](/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/#raw-block-volume-support). + ### FlexVolume `FlexVolume` is an out-of-tree plugin interface that has existed in Kubernetes diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md index 6fa4f11e2146e..2f0e6368940aa 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md +++ b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ different Kubernetes components. | `CPUManager` | `true` | Beta | 1.10 | | | `CRIContainerLogRotation` | `false` | Alpha | 1.10 | 1.10 | | `CRIContainerLogRotation` | `true` | Beta| 1.11 | | +| `CSIBlockVolume` | `false` | Alpha | 1.11 | 1.11 | | `CSIPersistentVolume` | `false` | Alpha | 1.9 | 1.9 | | `CSIPersistentVolume` | `true` | Beta | 1.10 | | | `CustomPodDNS` | `false` | Alpha | 1.9 | 1.9 | @@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ Each feature gate is designed for enabling/disabling a specific feature: for more details. - `CPUManager`: Enable container level CPU affinity support, see [CPU Management Policies](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cpu-management-policies/). - `CRIContainerLogRotation`: Enable container log rotation for cri container runtime. +- `CSIBlockVolume`: Enable external CSI volume drivers to support block storage. See the [`csi` raw block volume support](/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#csi-raw-block-volume-support) documentation for more details. - `CSIPersistentVolume`: Enable discovering and mounting volumes provisioned through a [CSI (Container Storage Interface)](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/storage/container-storage-interface.md) compatible volume plugin.