Promote volume drivers from experimental to master.
Remove volume stubs and use the experimental path as the only path. Signed-off-by: David Calavera <david.calavera@gmail.com> Upstream-commit: c4d45b6a29a91f2fb5d7a51ac36572f2a9b295c6 Component: engine
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<!--[metadata]>
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title = "Volume plugins"
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description = "How to manage data with external volume plugins"
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keywords = ["Examples, Usage, volume, docker, data, volumes, plugin, api"]
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[menu.main]
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parent = "mn_extend"
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<![end-metadata]-->
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# Write a volume plugin
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Docker volume plugins enable Docker deployments to be integrated with external
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storage systems, such as Amazon EBS, and enable data volumes to persist beyond
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the lifetime of a single Docker host. See the [plugin documentation](plugins.md)
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for more information.
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# Command-line changes
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A volume plugin makes use of the `-v`and `--volume-driver` flag on the `docker run` command. The `-v` flag accepts a volume name and the `--volume-driver` flag a driver type, for example:
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$ docker run -ti -v volumename:/data --volume-driver=flocker busybox sh
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This command passes the `volumename` through to the volume plugin as a
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user-given name for the volume. The `volumename` must not begin with a `/`.
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By having the user specify a `volumename`, a plugin can associate the volume
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with an external volume beyond the lifetime of a single container or container
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host. This can be used, for example, to move a stateful container from one
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server to another.
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By specifying a `volumedriver` in conjunction with a `volumename`, users can use plugins such as [Flocker](https://clusterhq.com/docker-plugin/) to manage volumes external to a single host, such as those on EBS.
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# Create a VolumeDriver
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The container creation endpoint (`/containers/create`) accepts a `VolumeDriver`
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field of type `string` allowing to specify the name of the driver. It's default
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value of `"local"` (the default driver for local volumes).
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# Volume plugin protocol
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If a plugin registers itself as a `VolumeDriver` when activated, then it is
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expected to provide writeable paths on the host filesystem for the Docker
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daemon to provide to containers to consume.
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The Docker daemon handles bind-mounting the provided paths into user
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containers.
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### /VolumeDriver.Create
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Instruct the plugin that the user wants to create a volume, given a user
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specified volume name. The plugin does not need to actually manifest the
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volume on the filesystem yet (until Mount is called).
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Remove
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Create a volume, given a user specified volume name.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Mount
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Docker requires the plugin to provide a volume, given a user specified volume
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name. This is called once per container start.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
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available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Path
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Docker needs reminding of the path to the volume on the host.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
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available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Unmount
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Indication that Docker no longer is using the named volume. This is called once
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per container stop. Plugin may deduce that it is safe to deprovision it at
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this point.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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