Why is my persistent volume claim pending? - kubernetes

Question

I'ts been 60min now and my persistent volume claim is still pending.
My storage class:
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
name: local-storage
provisioner: kubernetes.io/no-provisioner
volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
Minikube did not supply this one, I had to add it with the yaml above. In the dashboard I can click on it and it references the persistent volume which is green/ok.
My persistent volume (green, ok):
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
name: small-pv
spec:
capacity:
storage: 1Gi
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
storageClassName: local-storage
local:
path: /data
nodeAffinity:
required:
nodeSelectorTerms:
- matchExpressions:
- key: kubernetes.io/hostname
operator: In
values:
- minikube
The reason I need persistent storage is that nodered store its data in /data so that whats I'm trying to do here; provide it with persistent volume to store data. And since this is locally using minikube I can take advantage of /data folder on the minikube instance that per documentation is persistent.
My persistent volume claim for my nodered app.
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: nodered-claim
spec:
storageClassName: local-storage
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
If I add the deployment or not, the persistent storage claim is still yellow/pending in the dashboard. Any reason for that? What am I missing here?
Update:
kubectl describe pvc/nodered-claim:
Type Reason Age From Message
---- ------ ---- ---- -------
Normal WaitForFirstConsumer 2m52s (x162 over 42m) persistentvolume-controller waiting for first consumer to be created before binding

Answer 1

Update your StorageClass to immediate:
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
name: local-storage
provisioner: kubernetes.io/no-provisioner
volumeBindingMode: Immediate # <-- bind as soon as PVC is created
WaitForFirstConsumer will only bind when a Pod uses your PVC.
...If I add the deployment or not, the persistent storage claim is still yellow/pending in the dashboard.
Your deployment will also enter pending state if the PVC it needs failed to bind.