add volume cloning doc

README.md

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ This option does not depend on cloud provider config file, supports cross subscr
  - [Basic usage](./deploy/example/e2e_usage.md)
  - [NFSv3](./deploy/example/nfs)
  - [fsGroupPolicy](./deploy/example/fsgroup)
+ - [Volume cloning](./deploy/example/cloning)
  - [Workload identity](./docs/workload-identity.md)
 
 ### Troubleshooting

deploy/example/cloning/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Volume Cloning Example
+## Feature Status: Beta
+
+- supported from v1.23.2
+
+## Create a Source PVC
+
+```console
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/blob-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/storageclass-blobfuse2.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/blob-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/pvc-blob-csi.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/blob-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/nginx-pod-blob.yaml
+```
+
+### Check the Source PVC
+
+```console
+$ kubectl exec nginx-blob -- ls /mnt/blob
+outfile
+```
+
+## Create a PVC from an existing PVC
+>  Make sure application is not writing data to source blob container
+```console
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/blob-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/cloning/pvc-blob-cloning.yaml
+```
+### Check the Creation Status
+
+```console
+$ kubectl describe pvc pvc-blob-cloning
+Name:          pvc-blob-cloning
+Namespace:     default
+StorageClass:  blob-fuse
+Status:        Bound
+Volume:        pvc-6db5af93-3b32-4c24-a68e-b727d7801fd5
+Labels:        <none>
+Annotations:   kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration:
+                 {"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"PersistentVolumeClaim","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"pvc-blob-cloning","namespace":"default"},"spec":{"a...
+               pv.kubernetes.io/bind-completed: yes
+               pv.kubernetes.io/bound-by-controller: yes
+               volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner: blob.csi.azure.com
+               volume.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner: blob.csi.azure.com
+Finalizers:    [kubernetes.io/pvc-protection]
+Capacity:      100Gi
+Access Modes:  RWX
+VolumeMode:    Filesystem
+Mounted By:    <none>
+Events:
+  Type    Reason                 Age                From                                                                                       Message
+  ----    ------                 ----               ----                                                                                       -------
+  Normal  Provisioning           16s                blob.csi.azure.com_aks-nodepool1-34988195-vmss000002_8ecdf8ad-b636-4ca5-81ee-0f1a49337168  External provisioner is provisioning volume for claim "default/pvc-blob-cloning"
+  Normal  ExternalProvisioning   14s (x3 over 16s)  persistentvolume-controller                                                                waiting for a volume to be created, either by external provisioner "blob.csi.azure.com" or manually created by system administrator
+  Normal  ProvisioningSucceeded  8s                 blob.csi.azure.com_aks-nodepool1-34988195-vmss000002_8ecdf8ad-b636-4ca5-81ee-0f1a49337168  Successfully provisioned volume pvc-6db5af93-3b32-4c24-a68e-b727d7801fd5
+```
+
+## Restore the PVC into a Pod
+
+```console
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/blob-csi-driver/master/deploy/example/cloning/nginx-pod-restored-cloning.yaml
+```
+
+### Check Sample Data
+
+```console
+$ kubectl exec nginx-blob-restored-cloning -- ls /mnt/blob
+outfile
+```

deploy/example/cloning/nginx-pod-restored-cloning.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+kind: Pod
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: nginx-blob-restored-cloning
+spec:
+  nodeSelector:
+    kubernetes.io/os: linux
+  containers:
+    - image: mcr.microsoft.com/oss/nginx/nginx:1.17.3-alpine
+      name: nginx-blob-restored-cloning
+      args:
+        - sleep
+        - "3600"
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: blob-cloning
+          mountPath: "/mnt/blob"
+  volumes:
+    - name: blob-cloning
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: pvc-blob-cloning

deploy/example/pvc-blob-csi-clone.yaml → deploy/example/cloning/pvc-blob-csi-cloning.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 metadata:
-  name: pvc-blob-clone
+  name: pvc-blob-cloning
   namespace: default
 spec:
   accessModes:

hack/verify-yamllint.sh

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if [[ "${deployDirNum}" != "${helmDirNum}" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-for path in "deploy/*.yaml" "deploy/example/*.yaml"  "deploy/example/metrics/*.yaml"
+for path in "deploy/*.yaml" "deploy/example/*.yaml"  "deploy/example/metrics/*.yaml" "deploy/example/cloning/*.yaml"
 do
     echo "checking yamllint under path: $path ..."
     yamllint -f parsable $path | grep -v "line too long" > $LOG