Custom Storage Class

Add a custom storage class.

By default, GKE uses a standard (pd-standard) disk as the default storage class. Here we setup a custom storage class backed by ssd disk.

cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
kind: StorageClass
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
  name: fast
provisioner: kubernetes.io/gce-pd
parameters:
  type: pd-ssd
  zone: us-central1-a
  fsType: ext4
EOF

Verify by running

kubectl get sc

Note

This storage class will be used globally by all of our applications, so if another name is used (other than fast), make sure to configure the application accordingly.