Deleting PV and PVC in Kubernetes

 

HINT: PV volumes may be described like pvc-name-of-volume which may be confusing!

• PV: Persistence Volume
• PVC: Persistence Volume Clame
• Pod -> PVC -> PV -> Host Machine

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1. First find the pvs: kubectl get pv -n {namespace}

2. Then delete the pv in order set status to Terminating

kubectl delete pv {PV_NAME}

3. Then patch it to set the status of pvc to Lost: kubectl patch pv {PV_NAME} -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers":null}}'

4. Then get pvc volumes: kubectl get pvc -n storage

5. Then you can delete the pvc: kubectl delete pvc {PVC_NAME} -n {namespace}