# Configure a Pod to Use a Volume for Storage — Configure a volume for a Pod

> In this exercise, you create a Pod that runs one Container. This Pod has a Volume of type emptyDir that lasts for the life of the Pod, even if the Container terminates and restarts. Here is the configuration file for the Pod Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shel

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In this exercise, you create a Pod that runs one Container. This Pod has a Volume of type emptyDir that lasts for the life of the Pod, even if the Container terminates and restarts. Here is the configuration file for the Pod

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/pods/storage/redis.yaml
```

Verify that the Pod's Container is running, and then watch for changes to the Pod

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl get pod redis --watch
```

The output looks like this

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   NAME      READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   redis     1/1       Running   0          13s
```

In another terminal, get a shell to the running Container

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl exec -it redis -- /bin/bash
```

In your shell, go to /data/redis, and then create a file

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   root@redis:/data# cd /data/redis/
   root@redis:/data/redis# echo Hello &gt; test-file
```

In your shell, list the running processes

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   root@redis:/data/redis# apt-get update
   root@redis:/data/redis# apt-get install procps
   root@redis:/data/redis# ps aux
```

The output is similar to this

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
   redis        1  0.1  0.1  33308  3828 ?        Ssl  00:46   0:00 redis-server *:6379
   root        12  0.0  0.0  20228  3020 ?        Ss   00:47   0:00 /bin/bash
   root        15  0.0  0.0  17500  2072 ?        R+   00:48   0:00 ps aux
```

In your shell, kill the Redis process

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   root@redis:/data/redis# kill &lt;pid&gt;
```

where is the Redis process ID (PID).

In your original terminal, watch for changes to the Redis Pod. Eventually, you will see something like this …

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