If you are using Azure VMs for your nodes, you can use Azure files as a StorageClass for the cluster.

In order to have the Azure platform create the required storage resources, follow these steps:

  1. Configure the Azure cloud provider.
  2. Configure kubectl to connect to your cluster.

  3. Copy the ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding manifest for the service account:

    ---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
  name: system:azure-cloud-provider
rules:
- apiGroups: ['']
  resources: ['secrets']
  verbs:     ['get','create']
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: system:azure-cloud-provider
roleRef:
  kind: ClusterRole
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  name: system:azure-cloud-provider
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: persistent-volume-binder
  namespace: kube-system

  4. Create these in your cluster using one of the follow command.

    # kubectl create -f <MANIFEST>