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Velero plugin system
Velero uses storage provider plugins to integrate with a variety of storage systems to support backup and snapshot operations.
For server installation, Velero requires that at least one plugin is added (with the --plugins flag). The plugin will be either of the type object store or volume snapshotter, or a plugin that contains both. An exception to this is that when the user is not configuring a backup storage location or a snapshot storage location at the time of install, this flag is optional.
Any plugin can be added after Velero has been installed by using the command velero plugin add <registry/image:version>.
Example with a dockerhub image: velero plugin add velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.0.0.
In the same way, any plugin can be removed by using the command velero plugin remove <registry/image:version>.
Creating a new plugin
Anyone can add integrations for any platform to provide additional backup and volume storage without modifying the Velero codebase. To write a plugin for a new backup or volume storage platform, take a look at our example repo and at our documentation for Custom plugins.
Adding a new plugin
After you publish your plugin on your own repository, open a PR that adds a link to it under the appropriate list of supported providers page in our documentation.
You can also add the
velero-plugin GitHub Topic to your repo, and it will be shown under the aggregated list of repositories automatically.
Getting Started
To help you get started, see the documentation.