Re: [pve-devel] Storage plugin questions

[Max Schettler via pve-devel <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>]

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From: Max Schettler <max@simplyblock.io>
To: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>, Proxmox VE development discussion <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>
Subject: Re: [pve-devel] Storage plugin questions
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:47:26 +0200
Message-ID: <dea094a2-1d2a-4503-a372-154b7469f7e3@simplyblock.io>

On 21.03.25 15:45, Fiona Ebner wrote:
> Am 18.03.25 um 11:32 schrieb Max Schettler via pve-devel:
>> - is it possible to integrate with the webinterface, to allow creation of a custom storage provider from there, instead of the CLI?
> 
> Not yet and we can't give a timeline/promises, but others requested this
> as well, see:
> https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/D8E8OZGX1HI7.QH6MQS4GLOTI@proxmox.com/

Thanks for the pointer, I'll follow the list to be up-to-date with the 
development.

>> - when an image is deleted, are derived snapshots supposed to be removed as well? Depending on the storage type this is a technical necessity, but if not, should it still be done? From the perspective of the storage provider it'd be difficult to prevent stale snapshots of deleted VMs to persist.
> 
> Yes, storage snapshots (the ones created via volume_snapshot()) in
> Proxmox VE belong to the volume they are created with. And removing the
> volume should also remove those snapshots.

That makes sense, I had the impression, but depending on the storage 
backend this is not a necessity.

Kind regards
Max



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