You can use csi-plugin to mount and unmount volumes. Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) allows you to mount the following types of volumes by using csi-plugin: disks, Apsara File Storage NAS (NAS) file systems, and Object Storage Service (OSS) buckets. This topic describes the release notes for csi-plugin.

Introduction

The csi-plugin component provided by Alibaba Cloud follows the standard specification of Container Storage Interface (CSI) and allows you to mount storage media such as Elastic Block Storage (EBS) devices, NAS file systems, and OSS buckets. By default, the latest version of csi-plugin is installed when you create ACK clusters of Kubernetes 1.16 or later. You can directly use csi-plugin to mount storage services provided by Alibaba Cloud after your cluster is created. The csi-plugin component supports volume lifecycle management. You can use csi-plugin to create, mount, unmount, delete, and expand volumes.

Usage notes

For more information, see CSI overview.

Release notes

March 2022

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.22.8-8d3a569-aliyun registry.cn-{{regionID}}.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.22.8-8d3a569-aliyun 2022-03-16
Note The Kubernetes version of your ACK clusters must be later than 1.20.
  • The issue that ossfs runs with a delay of 1 second on Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 is fixed.
  • New features that are provided by CSI 1.22 are supported for clusters that run Kubernetes 1.22.
  • IOPS limits and throughput limits can be specified in cgroups for Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volumes.
  • NVMe disks can be expanded.
  • Vulnerabilities in the CentOS 7 base image are patched.
No impact on workloads

December 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.20.8-ba07e52-aliyun registry.cn-{{regionID}}.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.20.8-ba07e52-aliyun 2021-12-22
  • TLS authentication is supported by LVM.
  • csi-provisioner must be updated before csi-plugin when you update CSI.
No impact on workloads

November 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.20.7-aafce42-aliyun registry.cn-{{regionID}}.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.20.7-aafce42-aliyun 2021-11-26
  • The issue that ossfs cannot synchronize data in real time is fixed.
  • The issue that NAS volumes fail to be mounted is fixed.
No impact on workloads

October 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.20.6-2be29b1-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.20.6-2be29b1-aliyun 2021-10-29 Images based on ContainerOS are supported. No impact on workloads

September 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.20.5-ff6490f-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.20.5-ff6490f-aliyun 2021-09-24
  • The sharepath feature of NAS is supported.
  • When the Quota feature is enabled in NAS, automatic expansion and storage monitoring are supported.
  • ARM64 and AMD64 architectures are supported.
No impact on workloads

August 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.18.8.51-c504ef45-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.18.8.51-c504ef45-aliyun 2021-08-19
  • The time parameter for the recycle bin is added to Container Network File System (CNFS).
  • The apiVersion of CNFS is changed from v1alpha1 to v1beta1.
  • The issue that ossfs cannot synchronize data in real time is fixed.
  • By default, the forcibly detach disk option is disabled.
No impact on workloads

July 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.18.8.47-06405694-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.18.8.47-06405694-aliyun 2021-07-06
  • The issue that NAS file systems cannot be expanded by using CNFS is fixed.
  • Object Storage Service (OSS) buckets can be mounted to nodes that are deployed by using the Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 image.
No impact on workloads

June 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.18.8.47-30ba5d25-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.18.8.47-30ba5d25-aliyun 2021-06-25
  • Persistent volumes (PVs) can be created by using CNFS.
  • The snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1 and snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1beta1 API versions are supported by VolumeSnapshots, VolumeSnapshotClasses, and VolumeSnapshotContents. Update the API version to snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1 at the earliest opportunity.
  • csi-snapshotter and snapshot-controller are updated to V4.0.0.
  • The occasional issue that the token expires when you perform the List Snapshot operation is fixed.
No impact on workloads

May 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.18.8.47-906bd535-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.18.8.47-906bd535-aliyun 2021-05-20
  • Disk partitions can be mounted.
  • Disk partitions can be expanded.
No impact on workloads

April 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.18.8.46-afb19e46-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.18.8.46-afb19e46-aliyun 2021-04-08
  • NAS monitoring is supported.
  • Disks are supported in the China (Qingdao) region.
No impact on workloads

January 2021

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.18.8.45-1c5d2cd1-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.18.8.45-1c5d2cd1-aliyun 2021-01-13
  • By default, volume monitoring is enabled.
  • The VolumeSnapshot List feature is supported.
  • Quota groups are supported by NAS volumes.
  • Custom disk types are supported.
No impact on workloads

November 2020

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.16.9.43-f36bb540-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.16.9.43-f36bb540-aliyun 2020-11-02
  • The deployment template is updated to put drivers in one container.
  • The issue that subdirectories fail to be created in Extreme NAS file systems is fixed.
  • Kubernetes 1.18 is supported.
  • Labels can be added to NAS volumes when you create NAS volumes.
No impact on workloads

August 2020

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.14.8.41-9efe2ede-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.14.8.41-9efe2ede-aliyun 2020-08-05
  • The issue that snapshots cannot be created from disks is fixed.
  • The issue that dynamic provisioning of NAS volumes fails due to residual data is fixed.
  • The logic for inspecting BDF nodes when csi-provisioner is started is fixed.
  • The use of UUIDs to obtain device paths is no longer supported.
No impact on workloads

July 2020

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.14.8.40-146fd1d8-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.14.8.40-146fd1d8-aliyun 2020-07-13
  • Elastic Block Storage (EBS) snapshots are supported. You can use EBS snapshots to restore data to a beta version.
  • Extreme NAS volumes can be created and deleted.
  • The Config SysConfig parameter of EBS volumes is supported when you configure PVs.
  • The issue that block volumes are loaded twice in BDF mode is fixed.
  • EBS and NAS volumes are allowed to access APIs by using internal domain names.
  • The Cloud Paralleled File System (CPFS) driver is upgraded and the dependency on the kernel is removed.
No impact on workloads

April 2020

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.14.8.38-fe611ad1-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.14.8.38-fe611ad1-aliyun 2020-04-20
  • EBS volumes can be unmounted before you delete the volumes.
  • The disk creation policy is updated. Standard SSDs are created in preference to ultra disks. Ultra disks are created only when no standard SSD is available.
  • UUID is supported as a high-priority search option to search for devices that use EBS volumes.
  • The authentication management in managed Kubernetes clusters is updated.
  • Security Token Service (STS) is supported to connect to OSS buckets.
  • DuplicateMountPoint errors in EBS are fixed.
  • The BDF protocol is supported to bind EBS volumes after the volumes are connected.
No impact on workloads

March 2020

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.14.8.36-93f2b131-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.14.8.36-93f2b131-aliyun 2020-03-14
  • OSSFS is updated to support Key Management Service (KMS) and Bring Your Own Key (BYOK).
  • Kubernetes 1.16 is supported.
  • EBS volumes can be connected by using the controller server.
  • EBS metric values can be obtained.
No impact on workloads

February 2020

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.14.8.37-aae7f495-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.14.8.37-aae7f495-aliyun 2020-02-18
  • Kubernetes clusters that use CSI and do not have Internet access are supported.
  • The issues related to mount path checks in EBS are fixed.
No impact on workloads

December 2019

Version Image address Release date Description Impact
v1.14.8.32-c77e277b-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.14.8.32-c77e277b-aliyun 2019-12-20
  • The EBS PV name can be used as the disk ID. This feature is also supported by FlexVolume.
  • Mount options can be configured for EBS volumes in MKFS Stage.
  • Mount options can be configured to have a higher priority than the volume attributes of NAS volumes.
  • Mount options of OSS volumes can be validated in OSS connectors.
  • Subpaths of OSS buckets can be mounted as volumes.
  • Volume topology can be used to dynamically configure Logical Volume Manager (LVM).
No impact on workloads
v1.14.5.60-5318afe-aliyun registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/csi-plugin:v1.14.5.60-5318afe-aliyun 2019-12-20
  • The mounted subpath and file system type can be configured for a NAS volume.
  • Labels can be added to disk volumes when you configure disk volumes.
  • Multiple regions can be configured for disk volumes that are used in multi-region clusters in the StorageClass definition.
  • KMS-based authentication can be configured when you configure disk volumes.
  • Disk volumes can be expanded. This feature is in internal preview.
  • The topology awareness feature is supported when you configure disk volumes.
No impact on workloads