Using Storage - Kubectl

Manage Storage Volumes using Kubectl

Creating Storage Volumes
Storage can be managed via the Kubernetes API natively using kubectl. Below are some example manifests to do this, as well as descriptions of the fields used.
Field name
Field type
Description
storageClassName
string
Sets the storage class name for the volume's PVC; determines which kind of storage class the volume will be
accessModes
list
Sets the access mode for the volume
resources
array
Defines which resources with which to provision the Volume
requests
array
Defines the resource requests to create the volume
storage
string
Determines the size of the volume, in Gi
storage.root.serial
bool
The root disk serial number. When not specified, a new serial number is generated, which is preserved between restarts.
All-NVMe volumes
All-NVMe Cloud Storage Volumes can be provisioned using the following storage class convention:
Block Volumes: block-nvme-<region>
Shared File System: shared-nvme-<region>
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: data
spec:
  storageClassName: block-nvme-ord1
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 10Gi
HDD storage volumes
All HDD Cloud Storage Volumes can be provisioned using the following storage class convention:
Block Volumes: block-hdd-<region>
Shared File System: shared-hdd-<region>
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: shared-data
spec:
  storageClassName: shared-hdd-ord1
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 10Gi
Attaching Storage Volumes
Important
The volumes must first be created and provisioned before they can be attached to a Pod or Virtual Server.
Attaching Storage Volumes using the Kubectl command line varies depending on whether you are attaching to Pods or to Virtual Servers.
To Pods
Filesystem attachments
To attach filesystem storage to a Pod, specify the mountPath and name under the volumeMounts stanza. Then, specify the volumes.name and the persistentVolumeClaim.claimName as shown in the following example.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: filesystem-storage-example
spec:
  containers:
  - image: nginx:1.14.2
    name: nginx
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /storage
      name: filesystem-storage
  volumes:
  - name: filesystem-storage
    persistentVolumeClaim:
      claimName: filesystem-storage-pvc
Block storage attachments
As a kind of device, block storage is attached to a Pod by providing the devicePath under volumeDevices, in addition to the volumes.name and persistentVolumeClaim.claimName values, as demonstrated in the example below.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: block-storage-example
spec:
  containers:
  - image: nginx:1.14.2
    name: nginx
    volumeDevices:
    - devicePath: /dev/vda1
      name: block-storage
  volumes:
  - name: block-storage
    persistentVolumeClaim:
      claimName: block-storage-pvc
To Virtual Servers
Filesystem attachments
The filesystem attachment information for Virtual Servers is provided in the storage.filesystems stanza of the spec. The following example demonstrates specifying values for filesystems.name, filesystems.mountPoint, and persistentVolumeClaim.name:
apiVersion: virtualservers.coreweave.com/v1alpha1
kind: VirtualServer
metadata:
  name: filesystem-storage-example
spec:
  [...]
  storage:
    filesystems:
    - name: filesystem-storage
      mountPoint: /mnt/storage
      spec:
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          name: filesystem-storage-pvc
Block storage attachments
To attach a block storage device to a Virtual Server, specify the block device's values in the storage.additionalDisks stanza, as demonstrated in the following example.
apiVersion: virtualservers.coreweave.com/v1alpha1
kind: VirtualServer
metadata:
  name: block-storage-example
spec:
  ...
  storage:
    additionalDisks:
    - name: block-storage
      spec:
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          name: block-storage-pvc
Read-only additional disks
Attach disks as read-only by including readOnly: true in the additionalDisks specification. 
apiVersion: virtualservers.coreweave.com/v1alpha1
kind: VirtualServer
metadata:
  name: block-storage-example
spec:
  ...
  storage:
    additionalDisks:
    - name: block-storage
      readOnly: true
      spec:
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          name: block-storage-pvc
Note
It's required for readOnly to be true when attaching a PersistentVolumeClaim with accessMode set to ReadOnlyMany.
Resizing Volumes
Shared File System Volumes are resized online without disruption the workload, but resizing Block Volumes requires stopping or restarting all workloads that are attached the Volume in order for the resize to take effect.
Important
Volumes cannot be downsized again once they are expanded.
Expanding storage volumes via kubectl is as simple as a single-line command:
kubectl patch pvc <myvolume> -p \
'{"spec":{"resources":{"requests":{"storage": "500Gi"}}}}'
Ephemeral Storage
All physical nodes are equipped with SSD or NVMe ephemeral (local) storage. Ephemeral storage available ranges between 512GB to 2TB, depending upon node type.
No volume claims are needed to allocate ephemeral storage - simply write anywhere in the container file system.
If a larger amount (above 20Gi) of ephemeral storage is used, it is recommended to include ephemeral storage in the workloads resource request. For example:
spec:
  containers:
  - name: example
    resources:
      limits:
        cpu: 3
        memory: 16Gi
        nvidia.com/gpu: 1
        ephemeral-storage: 20Gi

Field name	Field type	Description
`storageClassName`	string	Sets the storage class name for the volume's PVC; determines which kind of storage class the volume will be
`accessModes`	list	Sets the access mode for the volume
`resources`	array	Defines which resources with which to provision the Volume
`requests`	array	Defines the resource requests to create the volume
`storage`	string	Determines the size of the volume, in Gi
`storage.root.serial`	bool	The root disk serial number. When not specified, a new serial number is generated, which is preserved between restarts.

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