# Need inputs on creating a StorageClass, PV and PVCs in an on-prem Kubernetes cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/need-inputs-on-creating-a-storageclass-pv-and-pvcs-in-an-on-prem-kubernetes-cluster/5364>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** development\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/need-inputs-on-creating-a-storageclass-pv-and-pvcs-in-an-on-prem-kubernetes-cluster/5364 "2019-03-08T02:27:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![kube\_begineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@kube\_begineer](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/kube_begineer)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/need-inputs-on-creating-a-storageclass-pv-and-pvcs-in-an-on-prem-kubernetes-cluster/5364/1 "2019-03-08T02:27:21Z")

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I followed the Kubernetes installation on Ubuntu 18.04 and got my 5 node (4 workers) k8s cluster up and running.

But, as soon as I want to have a PVC/PV for any of the off-the-shelf try out application, it fails as it cant allocate a PVC and PV.

I see the below error:

```
$ kubectl get pvc
NAME STATUS VOLUME CAPACITY ACCESS MODES STORAGECLASS AGE
myapp-buffer Pending 127m
   
$ kubectl describe pvc myapp-buffer
   Name: myapp-buffer
Namespace: default
StorageClass:
Status: Pending
Volume:
Labels: app=myapp
           release=test
Annotations: <none>
Finalizers: [kubernetes.io/pvc-protection]
Capacity:
Access Modes:
VolumeMode: Filesystem
Events:
  Type Reason Age From Message
  ---- ------ ---- ---- -------
  Normal FailedBinding 2m57s (x503 over 128m) persistentvolume-controller no persistent volumes available for this claim and no storage class is set

```

Following the error, I did :

```
$ k8 get sc
no resources found 

```

Thus, realized that there is no storageClass defined, which was STANDARD when I was trying with minikube.

**Therefore, need inputs on whats the best way to get a StorageClass defined in an on-prem cluster, which allows apps to create their PVC and PV’s and is visible across k8s cluster and behaves more or less like a standard storage.**

P.S.

1. I did try creating StorageType = local-storage ([link](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes/#local)) , but then most of the apps I was trying wanted a StorageType=Standard. So, this setups didn’t help.
2. Just to try out i did name it STANDARD instead of local-storage, but that also didn’t fly with the apps looking for STANDARD storage.
3. I also tried out Rook’s Cassandra, but that also fails with same thing that its PVC couldn’t be created. Not sure, if trying Rook’s Ceph will help in having a underlying cluster FS kind of layer ?

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**Author:** ![macintoshprime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/macintoshprime/32/7121_2.png) [@macintoshprime](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/macintoshprime)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/need-inputs-on-creating-a-storageclass-pv-and-pvcs-in-an-on-prem-kubernetes-cluster/5364/2 "2019-03-09T14:39:25Z")

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You might want to also take a look at [storageOS](https://storageos.com/) and [portworx](https://portworx.com/). I’ve heard good things about both.

If you being in the cloud is an option you could take advantage of storage types there as well.