website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/volume-plugin.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
Volume Plugin	volumeplugin	2018-04-12		A Volume Plugin enables integration of storage within a Pod.		core-object storage

A Volume Plugin enables integration of storage within a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pod" term_id="pod" >}}.

A Volume Plugin lets you attach and mount storage volumes for use by a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pod" term_id="pod" >}}. Volume plugins can be in tree or out of tree. In tree plugins are part of the Kubernetes code repository and follow its release cycle. Out of tree plugins are developed independently.