plugins.md

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Plugins Customization

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Configure Velero Plugins

There are mainly two categories of Velero plugins that can be specified while installing Velero:

1. defaultPlugins:
   There are six types of default Velero plugins can be installed:

   • AWS Plugins for AWS
   • GCP Plugins for Google Cloud Platform
   • Azure Plugins for Microsoft Azure
   • OpenShift OpenShift Velero Plugin
   • CSI Plugins for CSI
   • kubevirt Plugins for Kubevirt
   • VSM (OADP 1.2 or below) Plugin for Volume-Snapshot-Mover

   For installation, you need to specify them in the oadp_v1alpha1_dpa.yaml file during deployment.

    apiVersion: oadp.openshift.io/v1alpha1
    kind: DataProtectionApplication
    metadata:
      name: dpa-sample
    spec:
      configuration:
        velero:
          defaultPlugins:
          - openshift
          - aws
          - azure
          - gcp
   

   The above specification will install Velero with four of the default plugins.

2. customPlugins:
   For installation of custom Velero plugins, you need to specify the plugin image and plugin name in the oadp_v1alpha1_dpa.yaml file during deployment.

   For instance,

    apiVersion: oadp.openshift.io/v1alpha1
    kind: DataProtectionApplication
    metadata:
      name: dpa-sample
    spec:
      configuration:
        velero:
          defaultPlugins:
          - azure
          - gcp
          customPlugins:
          - name: custom-plugin-example
            image: quay.io/example-repo/custom-velero-plugin
   

   The above specification will install Velero with three plugins: azure, gcp, and custom-plugin-example.