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Signed-off-by: Nolan Brubaker <nolan@heptio.com>
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Heptio Ark has a plugin architecture that allows users to add their own custom functionality to Ark backups & restores
without having to modify/recompile the core Ark binary. To add custom functionality, users simply create their own binary
containing an implementation of one of Ark's plugin kinds (described below), plus a small amount of boilerplate code to
expose the plugin implementation to Ark. This binary is added to a container image that serves as an init container for
containing implementations of Ark's plugin kinds (described below), plus a small amount of boilerplate code to
expose the plugin implementations to Ark. This binary is added to a container image that serves as an init container for
the Ark server pod and copies the binary into a shared emptyDir volume for the Ark server to access.
Multiple plugins, of any type, can be implemented in this binary.
A fully-functional [sample plugin repository][1] is provided to serve as a convenient starting point for plugin authors.
## Plugin Kinds
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- **Backup Item Action** - executes arbitrary logic for individual items prior to storing them in a backup file
- **Restore Item Action** - executes arbitrary logic for individual items prior to restoring them into a cluster
## Plugin Naming
Ark relies on a naming convention to identify plugins. Each plugin binary should be named `ark-<plugin-kind>-<name>`,
where `plugin-kind` is one of `objectstore`, `blockstore`, `backupitemaction`, or `restoreitemaction`, and `name` is
unique within the plugin kind.
## Plugin Logging
Ark provides a [logger][2] that can be used by plugins to log structured information to the main Ark server log or
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[1]: https://github.com/heptio/ark-plugin-example
[2]: https://github.com/heptio/ark/blob/master/pkg/plugin/logger.go
[2]: https://github.com/heptio/ark/blob/master/pkg/plugin/logger.go