Exam CKA Topic 1 Question 54 Discussion
Actual exam question for Linux Foundation's CKA exam
Question #: 54
Topic #: 1
Question #: 54
Topic #: 1
Score:7%

Task
Create a new PersistentVolumeClaim
* Name: pv-volume
* Class: csi-hostpath-sc
* Capacity: 10Mi
Create a new Pod which mounts the PersistentVolumeClaim as a volume:
* Name: web-server
* Image: nginx
* Mount path: /usr/share/nginx/html
Configure the new Pod to have ReadWriteOnce access on the volume.
Finally, using kubectl edit or kubectl patch expand the PersistentVolumeClaim to a capacity of 70Mi and record that change.

Task
Create a new PersistentVolumeClaim
* Name: pv-volume
* Class: csi-hostpath-sc
* Capacity: 10Mi
Create a new Pod which mounts the PersistentVolumeClaim as a volume:
* Name: web-server
* Image: nginx
* Mount path: /usr/share/nginx/html
Configure the new Pod to have ReadWriteOnce access on the volume.
Finally, using kubectl edit or kubectl patch expand the PersistentVolumeClaim to a capacity of 70Mi and record that change.
Suggested Answer:
Solution:
vi pvc.yaml
storageclass pvc
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: pv-volume
spec:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
volumeMode: Filesystem
resources:
requests:
storage: 10Mi
storageClassName: csi-hostpath-sc
# vi pod-pvc.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: web-server
spec:
containers:
- name: web-server
image: nginx
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: "/usr/share/nginx/html"
name: my-volume
volumes:
- name: my-volume
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: pv-volume
# craete
kubectl create -f pod-pvc.yaml
#edit
kubectl edit pvc pv-volume --record
vi pvc.yaml
storageclass pvc
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: pv-volume
spec:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
volumeMode: Filesystem
resources:
requests:
storage: 10Mi
storageClassName: csi-hostpath-sc
# vi pod-pvc.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: web-server
spec:
containers:
- name: web-server
image: nginx
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: "/usr/share/nginx/html"
name: my-volume
volumes:
- name: my-volume
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: pv-volume
# craete
kubectl create -f pod-pvc.yaml
#edit
kubectl edit pvc pv-volume --record
by Quincy at Aug 26, 2025, 01:32 PM
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