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This guide covers creating K8s volumes and configuring a WP instance with a MySQL database in a most simple way — a perfect introduction to [Kubernetes](https://hackernoon.com/tagged/kubernetes) for newbies.

It is a direct followup to the articles on [**dockerizing**](https://buddy.works/guides/wordpress-docker-kubernetes-part-1) and [**automating the delivery**](https://buddy.works/guides/wordpress-docker-kubernetes-part-2) of [WordPress](https://hackernoon.com/tagged/wordpress) projects, allowing you to introduce the power of Docker to your dev setup. Now it’s time to unleash it on a cluster of Google-powered nodes.

### Configure a PersistentVolume in the K8s cluter

Since we only have one node in the cluster we’ll use a `hostPath` volume. This type of volume mounts the path from the node's filesystem into K8s.

### Create volumes.yml

    apiVersion: v1kind: PersistentVolumemetadata:  name: local-pv-1  labels:    type: localspec:  capacity:    storage: 10Gi  accessModes:    - ReadWriteOnce  hostPath:    path: /k8/volume/pv-1---apiVersion: v1kind: PersistentVolumemetadata:  name: local-pv-2  labels:    type: localspec:  capacity:    storage: 10Gi  accessModes:    - ReadWriteOnce  hostPath:    path: /k8/volume/pv-2

This config will create two R/W 10GB volumes in the node paths:

    /k8/volume/pv-1/k8/volume/pv-2

### Create your K8s volumes

To create the volumes, run

    kubectl apply -f volumes.yml

You can run the command below to check if eveything’s correct:

    kubectl get pvNAME       CAPACITY ACCESSMODES RECLAIMPOLICY STATUS CLAIM STORAGECLASS REASON AGElocal-pv-1 10Gi     RWO         Retain        Available                        13slocal-pv-2 10Gi     RWO         Retain        Available                        13s

### Like what your read? [Check out the full guide here!](https://buddy.works/guides/how-run-wordpress-on-kubernetes)

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Other posts:

#### 1\. [How to Dockerize WordPress sites](https://medium.com/@BuddyWorks/how-to-dockerize-wordpress-sites-part-1-8bf6aa131d1)

#### 2\. [How to automate WordPress delivery with Docker and Buddy](https://medium.com/@BuddyWorks/how-to-automate-wordpress-delivery-with-docker-and-buddy-part-2-ddd5f80f813a)

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