Author: Ben Swartzlander (NetApp)
The volume populators feature is now two releases old and
entering beta!The AnyVolumeDataSouce feature gate
defaults to enabled in Kubernetes v1.24, which means that users can
specify any custom resource as the data source of a PVC.
An earlier blog article detailed how the volume populators feature works.In short, a cluster administrator can install a CRD and associated populator controller in the cluster, and any user who can create instances of the CR can create pre-populated volumes by taking advantage of the populator.