1 pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims on Minikube

Question

I'm trying to use kubernetes with a spring boot application and use mysql. But i found this error on minikube dashboard:

0/1 nodes are available: 1 pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims.Back-off restarting failed container    

A secret file is created for boath user and admin and a configMap file also to map the spring boot image to the service of mysql. Mysql deployement file is:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: mysql  # DNS name
  labels:
    app: mysql
    tier: database
spec:
  ports:
    - port: 3306
      targetPort: 3306
  selector:       # mysql Pod Should contain same labels
    app: mysql
    tier: database
  clusterIP: None  # We Use DNS, Thus ClusterIP is not relevant
---
# Define a 'Persistent Volume Claim'(PVC) for Mysql Storage, dynamically provisioned by cluster
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: mysql-pv-claim # name of PVC essential for identifying the storage data
  labels:
    app: mysql
    tier: database
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce   #This specifies the mode of the claim that we are trying to create.
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 1Gi    #This will tell kubernetes about the amount of space we are trying to claim.
---
# Configure 'Deployment' of mysql server
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: mysql
  labels:
    app: mysql
    tier: database
spec:
  selector: # mysql Pod Should contain same labels
    matchLabels:
      app: mysql
      tier: database
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels: # Must match 'Service' and 'Deployment' selectors
        app: mysql
        tier: database
    spec:
      containers:
        - image: mysql:latest # image from docker-hub
          args:
            - "--ignore-db-dir=lost+found" # Workaround for https://github.com/docker-library/mysql/issues/186
          name: mysql
          env:
            - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD # Setting Root Password of mysql From a 'Secret'
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: db-admin # Name of the 'Secret'
                  key: password   # 'key' inside the Secret which contains required 'value'
            - name: MYSQL_USER # Setting USER username on mysql From a 'Secret'
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: db-user
                  key: username
            - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD # Setting USER Password on mysql From a 'Secret'
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: db-user
                  key: password
            - name: MYSQL_DATABASE # Setting Database Name from a 'ConfigMap'
              valueFrom:
                configMapKeyRef:
                  name: db-config
                  key: name
          ports:
            - containerPort: 3306
              name: mysql
          volumeMounts:        # Mounting volume obtained from Persistent Volume Claim
            - name: mysql-persistent-storage
              mountPath: /var/lib/mysql #This is the path in the container on which the mounting will take place.
      volumes:
        - name: mysql-persistent-storage # Obtaining 'volume' from PVC
          persistentVolumeClaim:
            claimName: mysql-pv-claim

I'm new with kubernetes and I can't find solution.

Answer 1

You need to create a PV to satisfy the PVC. If you apply the below PV it should work.

apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
  name: task-pv-volume
  labels:
    type: local
spec:
  capacity:
    storage: 1Gi
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  hostPath:
    path: "/mnt/data"

Please note below points

1. Usage of hostPath is not recommended in production
2. capacity of PV and PVC needs to match
3. accessModes of PV and PVC needs to match