Create ReadWriteMany Persistent Volume Claims

Container images have an ephemeral file system by default. For data to survive beyond the lifetime of a container, it can read and write files to a volume obtained with a Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) created to provide persistent storage.

About this task

For multiple containers to mount the same PVC, create a PVC with accessMode of ReadWriteMany (RWX).

The following steps show an example of creating a 1GB PVC with ReadWriteMany accessMode.

Procedure

1. Create the rwx-test-claim Persistent Volume Claim.

   1. Create a yaml file defining the claim and its attributes. For example:

      ~(keystone_admin)]$ cat <<EOF > rwx-claim.yaml
      kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
      apiVersion: v1
      metadata:
        name: rwx-test-claim
      spec:
        accessModes:
        - ReadWriteMany
        resources:
          requests:
            storage: 1Gi
        storageClassName: cephfs
      EOF
      

   2. Apply the settings created above.

      ~(keystone_admin)]$ kubectl apply -f rwx-claim.yaml
      persistentvolumeclaim/rwx-test-claim created
      

1GB PVC has been created. You can view the PVCs using the following command.

~(keystone_admin)]$ kubectl get persistentvolumeclaims

NAME              STATUS   VOLUME       CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   STORAGECLASS
rwx-test-claim    Bound    pvc-df9f..   1Gi        RWX            cephfs

~(keystone_admin)]$ kubectl get persistentvolume
NAME       CAPACITY ACCESS.. RECLAIM.. STATUS CLAIM                   STORAGECLASS
pvc-df9f.. 1Gi      RWX       Delete    Bound  default/rwx-test-claim  cephfs

For more information on using CephFS for internal Ceph backends, see, StarlingX Storage Configuration and Management About Persistent Volume Support.