This is a presentation about Container Storage Interface (CSI) and its implementation in Kubernetes / OpenShift.

CSI is a new protocol between container orchestrators such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Mesos or Docker Swarm and storage backends such as AWS EBS, GCE PD, Gluster, Ceph or various propriatery NetApp and EMC appliances. Since Kubernetes does not accept new volume plugins, it will be the only way how to connect Kubernetes or OpenShift with a new storage technology.

The first part will be introduction into CSI, what it is and how it's useful to us and our customers. In the second part, I'll dive deep into CSI protocol, and its implementation and not-so-trivial deployment in Kubernetes.