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The purpose of this guide is to help you become familiar with [Kubernetes Persistent Volumes](/docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/). By the end of the guide, we'll have
nginx serving content from your persistent volume.
This document describes the current state of `PersistentVolumes` in Kubernetes. Familiarity with [volumes](/docs/user-guide/volumes/) is suggested.
You can view all the files for this example in [the docs repo
here](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes.github.io/tree/{{page.docsbranch}}/docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes).
* TOC
{:toc}
This guide assumes knowledge of Kubernetes fundamentals and that you have a cluster up and running.
## Introduction
See [Persistent Storage design document](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/{{page.githubbranch}}/docs/design/persistent-storage.md) for more information.
Managing storage is a distinct problem from managing compute. The `PersistentVolume` subsystem provides an API for users and administrators that abstracts details of how storage is provided from how it is consumed. To do this we introduce two new API resources: `PersistentVolume` and `PersistentVolumeClaim`.
## Provisioning
A `PersistentVolume` (PV) is a piece of networked storage in the cluster that has been provisioned by an administrator. It is a resource in the cluster just like a node is a cluster resource. PVs are volume plugins like Volumes, but have a lifecycle independent of any individual pod that uses the PV. This API object captures the details of the implementation of the storage, be that NFS, iSCSI, or a cloud-provider-specific storage system.
A Persistent Volume (PV) in Kubernetes represents a real piece of underlying storage capacity in the infrastructure. Cluster administrators
must first create storage (create their Google Compute Engine (GCE) disks, export their NFS shares, etc.) in order for Kubernetes to mount it.
A `PersistentVolumeClaim` (PVC) is a request for storage by a user. It is similar to a pod. Pods consume node resources and PVCs consume PV resources. Pods can request specific levels of resources (CPU and Memory). Claims can request specific size and access modes (e.g, can be mounted once read/write or many times read-only).
PVs are intended for "network volumes" like GCE Persistent Disks, NFS shares, and AWS ElasticBlockStore volumes. `HostPath` was included
for ease of development and testing. You'll create a local `HostPath` for this example.
Please see the [detailed walkthrough with working examples](/docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/).
> IMPORTANT! For `HostPath` to work, you will need to run a single node cluster. Kubernetes does not
support local storage on the host at this time. There is no guarantee your pod ends up on the correct node where the `HostPath` resides.
```shell
# This will be nginx's webroot
$ mkdir /tmp/data01
$ echo 'I love Kubernetes storage!' > /tmp/data01/index.html
## Lifecycle of a volume and claim
PVs are resources in the cluster. PVCs are requests for those resources and also act as claim checks to the resource. The interaction between PVs and PVCs follows this lifecycle:
### Provisioning
A cluster administrator will create a number of PVs. They carry the details of the real storage which is available for use by cluster users. They exist in the Kubernetes API and are available for consumption.
### Binding
A user creates a `PersistentVolumeClaim` with a specific amount of storage requested and with certain access modes. A control loop in the master watches for new PVCs, finds a matching PV (if possible), and binds them together. The user will always get at least what they asked for, but the volume may be in excess of what was requested.
Claims will remain unbound indefinitely if a matching volume does not exist. Claims will be bound as matching volumes become available. For example, a cluster provisioned with many 50Gi PVs would not match a PVC requesting 100Gi. The PVC can be bound when a 100Gi PV is added to the cluster.
### Using
Pods use claims as volumes. The cluster inspects the claim to find the bound volume and mounts that volume for a pod. For volumes which support multiple access modes, the user specifies which mode desired when using their claim as a volume in a pod.
Once a user has a claim and that claim is bound, the bound PV belongs to the user for as long as they need it. Users schedule Pods and access their claimed PVs by including a persistentVolumeClaim in their Pod's volumes block. [See below for syntax details](#claims-as-volumes).
### Releasing
When a user is done with their volume, they can delete the PVC objects from the API which allows reclamation of the resource. The volume is considered "released" when the claim is deleted, but it is not yet available for another claim. The previous claimant's data remains on the volume which must be handled according to policy.
### Reclaiming
The reclaim policy for a `PersistentVolume` tells the cluster what to do with the volume after it has been released. Currently, volumes can either be Retained or Recycled. Retention allows for manual reclamation of the resource. For those volume plugins that support it, recycling performs a basic scrub (`rm -rf /thevolume/*`) on the volume and makes it available again for a new claim.
## Types of Persistent Volumes
`PersistentVolume` types are implemented as plugins. Kubernetes currently supports the following plugins:
* GCEPersistentDisk
* AWSElasticBlockStore
* NFS
* iSCSI
* RBD (Ceph Block Device)
* Glusterfs
* HostPath (single node testing only -- local storage is not supported in any way and WILL NOT WORK in a multi-node cluster)
## Persistent Volumes
Each PV contains a spec and status, which is the specification and status of the volume.
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
name: pv0003
spec:
capacity:
storage: 5Gi
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Recycle
nfs:
path: /tmp
server: 172.17.0.2
```
PVs are created by posting them to the API server.
### Capacity
```shell
$ kubectl create -f docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/volumes/local-01.yaml
NAME LABELS CAPACITY ACCESSMODES STATUS CLAIM REASON
pv0001 type=local 10737418240 RWO Available
Generally, a PV will have a specific storage capacity. This is set using the PV's `capacity` attribute. See the Kubernetes [Resource Model](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/{{page.githubbranch}}/docs/design/resources.md) to understand the units expected by `capacity`.
Currently, storage size is the only resource that can be set or requested. Future attributes may include IOPS, throughput, etc.
### Access Modes
A `PersistentVolume` can be mounted on a host in any way supported by the resource provider. Providers will have different capabilities and each PV's access modes are set to the specific modes supported by that particular volume. For example, NFS can support multiple read/write clients, but a specific NFS PV might be exported on the server as read-only. Each PV gets its own set of access modes describing that specific PV's capabilities.
The access modes are:
* ReadWriteOnce -- the volume can be mounted as read-write by a single node
* ReadOnlyMany -- the volume can be mounted read-only by many nodes
* ReadWriteMany -- the volume can be mounted as read-write by many nodes
In the CLI, the access modes are abbreviated to:
* RWO - ReadWriteOnce
* ROX - ReadOnlyMany
* RWX - ReadWriteMany
> __Important!__ A volume can only be mounted using one access mode at a time, even if it supports many. For example, a GCEPersistentDisk can be mounted as ReadWriteOnce by a single node or ReadOnlyMany by many nodes, but not at the same time.
### Recycling Policy
Current recycling policies are:
* Retain -- manual reclamation
* Recycle -- basic scrub ("rm -rf /thevolume/*")
Currently, NFS and HostPath support recycling.
### Phase
A volume will be in one of the following phases:
* Available -- a free resource that is not yet bound to a claim
* Bound -- the volume is bound to a claim
* Released -- the claim has been deleted, but the resource is not yet reclaimed by the cluster
* Failed -- the volume has failed its automatic reclamation
The CLI will show the name of the PVC bound to the PV.
## PersistentVolumeClaims
Each PVC contains a spec and status, which is the specification and status of the claim.
```yaml
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: myclaim
spec:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 8Gi
```
## Requesting storage
### Access Modes
Users of Kubernetes request persistent storage for their pods. They don't know how the underlying cluster is provisioned.
They just know they can rely on their claim to storage and can manage its lifecycle independently from the many pods that may use it.
Claims use the same conventions as volumes when requesting storage with specific access modes.
Claims must be created in the same namespace as the pods that use them.
### Resources
```shell
$ kubectl create -f docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/claims/claim-01.yaml
Claims, like pods, can request specific quantities of a resource. In this case, the request is for storage. The same [resource model](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/{{page.githubbranch}}/docs/design/resources.md) applies to both volumes and claims.
$ kubectl get pvc
NAME LABELS STATUS VOLUME
myclaim-1 map[]
# A background process will attempt to match this claim to a volume.
# The eventual state of your claim will look something like this:
## Claims As Volumes
$ kubectl get pvc
NAME LABELS STATUS VOLUME
myclaim-1 map[] Bound pv0001
Pods access storage by using the claim as a volume. Claims must exist in the same namespace as the pod using the claim. The cluster finds the claim in the pod's namespace and uses it to get the `PersistentVolume` backing the claim. The volume is then mounted to the host and into the pod.
$ kubectl get pv
NAME LABELS CAPACITY ACCESSMODES STATUS CLAIM REASON
pv0001 type=local 10737418240 RWO Bound default/myclaim-1
```
## Using your claim as a volume
Claims are used as volumes in pods. Kubernetes uses the claim to look up its bound PV. The PV is then exposed to the pod.
```shell
$ kubectl create -f docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/simpletest/pod.yaml
$ kubectl get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
mypod 1/1 Running 0 1h
$ kubectl create -f docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/simpletest/service.json
$ kubectl get services
NAME CLUSTER_IP EXTERNAL_IP PORT(S) SELECTOR AGE
frontendservice 10.0.0.241 <none> 3000/TCP name=frontendhttp 1d
kubernetes 10.0.0.2 <none> 443/TCP <none> 2d
```
## Next steps
You should be able to query your service endpoint and see what content nginx is serving. A "forbidden" error might mean you
need to disable SELinux (setenforce 0).
```shell
$ curl 10.0.0.241:3000
I love Kubernetes storage!
```
Hopefully this simple guide is enough to get you started with PersistentVolumes. If you have any questions, join the team on [Slack](/docs/troubleshooting/#slack) and ask!
Enjoy!
```yaml
kind: Pod
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: mypod
spec:
containers:
- name: myfrontend
image: dockerfile/nginx
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: "/var/www/html"
name: mypd
volumes:
- name: mypd
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: myclaim
```