Dynamically provision an Alibaba Cloud disk as a PV by using the CLI

Create a StorageClass with a specified zone ID (zoneId)

1. Create a storage-class.yaml file and copy the following content to the file:

   kind: StorageClass
   apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1beta1
   metadata:
     name: alicloud-disk-ssd-hangzhou-b
   provisioner: alicloud/disk
   parameters:
     type: cloud_ssd
     regionid: cn-hangzhou
     zoneId: cn-hangzhou-b
   reclaimPolicy: Retain

   The following table describes the parameters that are included in the file.

   Parameter	Description
   provisioner	Set the value to alicloud/disk. This is a volume plug-in used to provision Alibaba Cloud disks.
   type	The disk type. Valid values include cloud_efficiency, cloud_ssd, cloud_essd, and available. If you set this parameter to available, the system attempts to create a disk. The system selects a disk type in sequence from this list: an enhanced SSD (ESSD), a standard SSD, and an ultra disk. The system keeps trying until a disk is created.
   regionid	The region of the disk to create.
   reclaimPolicy	The policy to reclaim a disk. By default, this parameter is set to Delete. You can also set this parameter to Retain. If you require high data security, we recommend that you set this parameter to Retain to avoid data loss caused by user errors.
   zoneId	The zone of the disk to create. For a multi-zone cluster, you can specify multiple zones. Example: zoneId: cn-hangzhou-a,cn-hangzhou-b,cn-hangzhou-c
   encrypted	This parameter is optional. This parameter specifies whether a created disk is encrypted. By default, the value is set to false to specify that a created disk is not encrypted.

2. Run the following command to create a StorageClass:

   kubectl apply -f storage-class.yaml

Create a StorageClass in WaitForFirstConsumer mode

apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
   name: alicloud-disk-topology-ssd
provisioner: alicloud/disk
parameters:
    type: cloud_ssd
reclaimPolicy: Retain
volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer

Create a PVC

kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: disk-ssd
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  storageClassName: alicloud-disk-ssd-hangzhou-b
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 20Gi
---
kind: Pod
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: disk-pod-ssd
spec:
  containers:
  - name: disk-pod
    image: nginx
    volumeMounts:
      - name: disk-pvc
        mountPath: "/mnt"
  restartPolicy: "Never"
  volumes:
    - name: disk-pvc
      persistentVolumeClaim:
        claimName: disk-ssd

The following default settings are included:

In a multi-zone cluster, you must manually create a StorageClass to specify the zone where a cloud disk is created.

Create a multi-instance StatefulSet by using a disk

We recommend that you use the volumeClaimTemplates parameter. This allows you to dynamically create multiple PVCs and PVs and associate PVs with PVCs.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: nginx
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  ports:
  - port: 80
    name: web
  clusterIP: None
  selector:
    app: nginx
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: web
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx
  serviceName: "nginx"
  replicas: 2
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80
          name: web
        volumeMounts:
        - name: disk-ssd
          mountPath: /data
  volumeClaimTemplates:
  - metadata:
      name: disk-ssd
    spec:
      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
      storageClassName: "alicloud-disk-ssd-hangzhou-b"
      resources:
        requests:
          storage: 20Gi

You can also use dynamically provisioned PVs in the Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) console. For more information, see Use disks to create dynamically provisioned persistent volumes in the ACK console.