kubernetes-retired/external-storage
[EOL] External storage plugins, provisioners, and helper libraries observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3481
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2142
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2690 stars · 1556 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A retired Kubernetes incubator project containing community-maintained out-of-tree dynamic PersistentVolume provisioners and a helper library for building custom provisioners. It is deprecated and its successor lives in kubernetes-sigs/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner.
Use cases
- dynamically provision persistent volumes in kubernetes
- build a custom external PV provisioner
- auto-create persistent volumes from storage classes
- deploy nfs provisioner for kubernetes
- run out-of-tree storage provisioners independent of kubernetes releases
When to choose
- studying legacy kubernetes storage provisioner implementations
- maintaining an old cluster that still depends on these provisioners
When to avoid
- starting a new kubernetes storage project - use kubernetes-sigs/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner or CSI drivers instead
- needing maintained or supported storage provisioning
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
infrastructure-as-code developer-tools cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code go cloud kubernetes persistent-volumes dynamic-provisioning storage-classes deprecated nfs-provisioner out-of-tree storage-provisioning containers devops docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/external-storage · fetched 2026-08-28 · e309cde7d8ad
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kubernetes-retired/external-storage | main | 10 |
For agents
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