rancher/local-path-provisioner

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Local Path Provisioner is a Kubernetes storage provisioner that dynamically creates hostPath or local persistent volumes from node-local storage. It offers a simpler alternative to Kubernetes' built-in local volume provisioning, which lacks dynamic provisioning support.

Use cases

• dynamically provision persistent volumes in kubernetes
• use node local storage for kubernetes pods
• set up persistent storage on single-node k3s clusters
• create hostPath persistent volume claims automatically
• replace manual local volume provisioning in kubernetes
• provide simple persistent storage for self-hosted kubernetes workloads

When to choose

• you need dynamic provisioning of local/hostPath volumes in Kubernetes
• you run single-node or small clusters where data locality is acceptable
• you want a lightweight alternative to the built-in local volume provisioner
• you use k3s or edge clusters without external storage

When to avoid

• you need volume capacity limits enforced
• you require data replication or high availability across nodes
• you need volumes to survive node failure
• you need a full CSI driver with advanced features like snapshots or expansion

Facets

service · maturity active

deployment container-orchestration self-hosted go kubernetes storage-provisioner persistent-volumes hostpath local-storage csi dynamic-provisioning storage containers devops docker linux

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