There’s a whole bunch of applications that store data you really, absolutely, definitely, 100% won’t want to lose. For those apps, you’ll need to have Kubernetes assign them some persistent storage.
Before moving on, please make yourself familiar with the storage options offered by Kubernetes:
Depending on your deployment environment (Public Cloud, Private Cloud, or bare metal on-prem installation), you will need to select a suitable https://kubernetes .io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/#storageclasses[Backing Storage type].
Awesome! After all that reading, let’s get back to hands on: