Kubernetes

In Kubernetes it is possible to use Persistent Volumes to add persistent storage to your Docker containers. When creating a Persistent Volume (Claim) you have to configure a storage type and storage capacity. When your application gets successful and your storage exceeds the limits, you have to extend the volume or create a new persistent volume. The latter isn’t a feasible solution in a production environment, but extending a persistent volume isn’t supported out-of-the-box in Kubernetes. There is a solution though! Extending the volume outside Kubernetes!

The last few weeks I’m working with Kubernetes and OpenStack. It’s a steep learning curve to get a production-ready Kubernetes Cluster running on OpenStack, especially because I didn’t want to use the available ready-to-use tools. In the next few blog posts, I want to share my experience how to run Kubernetes on an OpenStack platform.