Change the default StorageClass — Changing the default StorageClass
List the StorageClasses in your cluster The output is similar to this The default StorageClass is marked by (default).
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List the StorageClasses in your cluster
The output is similar to this
The default StorageClass is marked by (default).
Mark the default StorageClass as non-default
The default StorageClass has an annotation storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class set to true. Any other value or absence of the annotation is interpreted as false.
To mark a StorageClass as non-default, you need to change its value to false
where standard is the name of your chosen StorageClass.
Mark a StorageClass as default
Similar to the previous step, you need to add/set the annotation storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class=true.
Please note you can have multiple StorageClass marked as default. If more than one StorageClass is marked as default, a PersistentVolumeClaim without an explicitly defined storageClassName will be created using the most recently created default StorageClass. When a PersistentVo
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