[pve-devel] Storage plugin questions

[Max Schettler]

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