# Configure a Pod to Use a PersistentVolume for Storage — Create a PersistentVolumeClaim

> The next step is to create a PersistentVolumeClaim. Pods use PersistentVolumeClaims to request physical storage. In this exercise, you create a PersistentVolumeClaim that requests a volume of at least three gibibytes that can provide read-write access for at most one Node at a time. Here is the conf

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The next step is to create a PersistentVolumeClaim. Pods use PersistentVolumeClaims to request physical storage. In this exercise, you create a PersistentVolumeClaim that requests a volume of at least three gibibytes that can provide read-write access for at most one Node at a time.

Here is the configuration file for the PersistentVolumeClaim

Create the PersistentVolumeClaim

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

After you create the PersistentVolumeClaim, the Kubernetes control plane looks for a PersistentVolume that satisfies the claim's requirements. If the control plane finds a suitable PersistentVolume with the same StorageClass, it binds the claim to the volume.

Look again at the PersistentVolume

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get pv task-pv-volume
```

Now the output shows a STATUS of Bound.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
NAME             CAPACITY   ACCESSMODES   RECLAIMPOLICY   STATUS    CLAIM                   STORAGECLASS   REASON    AGE
task-pv-volume   10Gi       RWO           Retain          Bound     default/task-pv-claim   manual                   2m
```

Look at the PersistentVolumeClaim

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get pvc task-pv-claim
```

The output shows that the PersistentVolumeClaim is bound to your PersistentVolume, task-pv-volume.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
NAME            STATUS    VOLUME           CAPACITY   ACCESSMODES   STORAGECLASS   AGE
task-pv-claim   Bound     task-pv-volume   10Gi       RWO           manual         30s
```

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