[WIP] Proposal: Support for platforms other than *NIX

[jdef]

.. namely windows. A couple of cross-platform compatibility issues to resolve/consider:

• CSI_ENDPOINT
  • Linux (as per spec): UNIX sockets
  • Windows (as proposed): Named Pipes (e.g. npipe://./pipe/some_name)
• Windows container isolation
  • TODO: flesh this out more
• Windows container capabilities
  • TODO: flesh this out more
• ... other?

[friism]

I only saw this now and opened a separate issue for named pipe support: https://github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/issues/35

Since the spec doesn't dictate that the CO manage the plugin process, I think named pipe is the only blocker for prototyping plugins on Windows.

[jdef]

via @friism

It'd like to propose that Windows Named Pipes be permitted too. Named pipes are used for gRPC by Docker when running on Windows on npipe://./pipe/docker_engine.

I've skimmed the spec, and I think this is the only issue that would block building a prototype implementation that can run on Windows.

Both Kubernetes and Docker Swarm have support for Windows Docker containers:

https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/windows/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/manage-containers/swarm-mode