Kubernetes pod pending when a new volume is attached (EKS)

Question

Let me describe my scenario:

TL;DR

When I create a deployment on Kubernetes with 1 attached volume, everything works perfectly. When I create the same depl

Answer 1

See this article: https://kubernetes.io/blog/2018/10/11/topology-aware-volume-provisioning-in-kubernetes/

The gist is that you want to update your storageclass to include:

volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer

This causes the PV to not be created until the pod is scheduled. It fixed a similar problem for me.