volume-gce-pd.yaml

kind: Pod
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: gcepd-pod
spec:
  # Volumes are declared by the pod. They share its lifecycle
  # and are communal across containers.
  volumes:
  - name: gcepd-volume
    # This GCE PD must already exist.
    gcePersistentDisk:
      pdName: my-data-disk
      fsType: ext4

  # Now, one of our containers can mount this volume and use it like
  # any other directory.
  containers:
    - name: my-container
      volumeMounts:
        - name: gcepd-volume # This is the name of the volume we set at the pod level
          mountPath: /var/simple # Where to mount this directory in our container
      
      # Now that we have a directory mounted at /var/simple, let's 
      # write to a file inside it!
      image: alpine
      command: ["/bin/sh"]
      args: ["-c", "while true; do date >> /var/simple/file.txt; sleep 5; done"]