To add a volume to a Pod manifest, there are two new stanzas to add to our configuration. The first is a new spec.volumes section. This array defines all of the volumes that may be accessed by containers in the Pod manifest. It’s important to note that not all containers are required to mount all volumes defined in the Pod. The second addition is the volumeMounts array in the container definition. This array defines the volumes that are mounted into a particular container and the path where each volume should be mounted. Note that two different containers in a Pod can mount the same volume at different mount paths.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: kuard
spec:
  volumes:
    - name: "kuard-data"
      hostPath:
        path: "/var/lib/kuard"
  containers:
    - image: gcr.io/kuar-demo/kuard-amd64:blue
      name: kuard
      volumeMounts:
        - mountPath: "/data"
          name: "kuard-data"
      ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
          name: http
          protocol: TCP

Many applications are stateful, and as such we must preserve any data and ensure access to the underlying storage volume regardless of what machine the application runs on. This can be achieved using a persistent volume backed by network-attached storage. 

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: kuard
spec:
  volumes:
    - name: "kuard-data"
      nfs:
        server: my.nfs.server.local
        path: "/exports"
  containers:
    - image: gcr.io/kuar-demo/kuard-amd64:blue
      name: kuard
      ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
          name: http
          protocol: TCP
      resources:
        requests:
          cpu: "500m"
          memory: "128Mi"
        limits:
          cpu: "1000m"
          memory: "256Mi"
      volumeMounts:
        - mountPath: "/data"
          name: "kuard-data"
      livenessProbe:
        httpGet:
          path: /healthy
          port: 8080
        initialDelaySeconds: 5
        timeoutSeconds: 1
        periodSeconds: 10
        failureThreshold: 3
      readinessProbe:
        httpGet:
          path: /ready
          port: 8080
        initialDelaySeconds: 30
        timeoutSeconds: 1
        periodSeconds: 10
        failureThreshold: 3