Lab6 (Spring Boot/K8S): Persistent Volumes in Kubernetes

In this story, we’ll explore the persistent volumes in Kubernetes.

· Understanding Persistent Volumes
∘ Types of Persistent Volumes
∘ Persistent Volume access modes
∘ Volume Mode
∘ Reclaim Policy
· What is a Persistent Volume Claim?
· Real-world examples
∘ Using a PersistentVolumeClaim in a pod
∘ Connecting to Postgres from the API
· Testing
∘ Endpoint testing
∘ Delete resources
· Conclusion
· References

This series of stories shows how to use Kubernetes in the Spring ecosystem. We work with a Spring Boot API and Minikube to have a lightweight and fast development environment similar to production.

• Lab1 (Spring Boot/K8S): Deploy Spring Boot application on Kubernetes
• Lab2 (Spring Boot/K8S): Kubernetes health probes with Spring Boot
• Lab3 (Spring Boot/K8S): Mastering ConfigMaps in Kubernetes
• Lab4 (Spring Boot/K8S): Using Kubernetes Secrets in Spring Boot