VMware, Inc.
PARAVIRTUAL STORAGE LAYER FOR A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATOR IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM

Abstract:

An example method of managing storage for a containerized application executing in a virtualized computing system having a cluster of hosts and a virtualization layer executing thereon, is described. The method includes receiving, at a supervisor container orchestrator, a request for a first persistent volume lifecycle operation from a guest container orchestrator, the supervisor container orchestrator being part of an orchestration control plane integrated with the virtualization layer and configured to manage a guest cluster and virtual machines (VMs), supported by the virtualization layer, in which the guest cluster executes, the guest container orchestrator being part of the guest cluster; and sending, in response to the first persistent volume lifecycle operation, a request for a second persistent volume lifecycle operation from the supervisor container orchestrator to a storage provider of the virtualized computing system to cause the storage provider to perform an operation on a storage volume.