[pve-devel] [RFC cluster/manager/storage 0/4] add storage mapping support

[Mira Limbeck]

On 11/10/25 18:01, Mira Limbeck wrote:
> This RFC is the first draft of storage mapping support. It
> includes a reworked iSCSI plugin that handles storage mapping, as well
> as an API to get/create/delete mappings.
> 
> Some features are not yet implemented, for example reachability checks
> for iSCSI.
> The pve-manager patches are limited to the API, no UI exists for now.
> 
> The idea would be to make it easy for iSCSI storages to use local
> mappings that are managed through the GUI.
> For this we would need to check the reachability of all announced
> portals for each node.
> This will be the next step after the basic mapping support.
> 
> For now only an iSCSI plugin exists, but this could be extended to other
> (future) storages as well. As such the idea is to have a generic base.
> 

I forgot to mention the order it has to be built (and installed) in:
1. pve-cluster
2. pve-storage
3. pve-manager