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EKS [request]: dynamic provisioning of instance store volume support in EKS

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**Tell us about your request**
What do you want us to build?
Provide support for Instance store volume in EKS

**Which service(s) is this request for?**
EKS

**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
as per https://kubernetes.io/blog/2019/04/04/kubernetes-1.14-local-persistent-volumes-ga/ instance store volume is introduced but dynamic volume provisioning isn't supported

External controller can be used to dynamically provision the volume, ref: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/sig-storage-local-static-provisioner/blob/master/docs/getting-started.md#option-5-eks-experimental but this is experimental feature.

So there has to be a way in EKS to use instance store volume, it is very useful to use instance store for elasticsearch, mongodb kind of io hungry distributed applications running inside EKS.

**Are you currently working around this issue?**
How are you currently solving this problem?
I can't deploy elasticsearch or mongodb pods inside EKS because dynamic volume provisioning isnt available

**Additional context**
Anything else we should know?

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Research direction

Start with the Kubernetes 1.14 local persistent volumes announcement and the linked sig-storage local static provisioner documentation, focusing on the EKS experimental setup. Done means defining and delivering a supported way to dynamically provision instance store volumes for EKS workloads such as Elasticsearch or MongoDB.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
aws, kubernetes
Domain
cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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