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Volumes

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View the Persistent Volume Guide for a step by step explanation.

name​

The name option is mandatory and expects a string with the name of this volume.

size​

The size option is used for persistent volumes and expects a string with the size of the persistent volume that should be provisioned.

emptyDir​

The emptyDir option is used for defining a Kubernetes emptyDir volume. {} will enable an emptyDir with default values. emptyDir.medium can optionally be Memory. emptyDir.sizeLimit can be use to specify the size limit.

hostPath​

The hostPath option is used for defining a Kubernetes hostPath volume. It is rendered directly into the Pod spec and supports the Kubernetes hostPath fields, such as path and type.

volumes:
- name: host-logs
  hostPath:
    path: /var/log
    type: Directory
containers:
- image: john/appbackend
  volumeMounts:
  - containerPath: /host-logs
    volume:
      name: host-logs
      readOnly: true

configMap​

The configMap option is used for defining a Kubernetes ConfigMap as volume. It requires defining configMap.name.

secret​

The secret option is used for defining a Kubernetes Secret as volume. It requires defining secret.secretName.

storageClassName​

The storageClassName option expects a string with the name of a Kubernetes storage class.

volumeMode​

The volumeMode option expects a string with the Kubernetes volume mode.

volumeName​

The volumeName option expects a string with the name of a Kubernetes volume to bind this volume claim to.

dataSource​

The dataSource option expects an object with information about a Kubernetes data source (e.g. for using VolumeSnapshots).

accessModes​

The accessModes option expects an array of strings with volume access modes (default is: [ReadWriteOnce]).

labels​

The labels option expects a map with Kubernetes labels.

annotations​

The annotations option expects a map with Kubernetes annotations.