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Kubernetes stuck on removing PV

Problem

when trying to delete PV the resource is stuck in Terminating state and does not get deleted

Example:

NAME            CAPACITY          ACCESS         MODES        RECLAIM      POLICY          STATUS       CLAIM       STORAGECLASS        REASON        AGE

pvc-26026e36-c6f0-4414-a34c-7a996747fedb       1Gi          RWO        Delete        Terminating       default/pv1        standard          5d10h

Solution

Locate your PV with the following command

kubectl get pv

then edit the resource

kubectl edit pv <PV NAME>

find the following lines in the editor

finalizers:

– kubernetes.io/pv-protection

Delete both of them save and exit the VI editor

Run the following command

kubectl delete pv <PV NAME> –grace-period=0 –force

 

 

 

 

If you still need to keep the pvc settings and want to remove only the PV

edit the PV settings

kubectl edit pv pvc-9358d04c-497b-46fb-b828-d61385be8c08

and remove all parameters under finalizers

finalizers:
– kubernetes.io/pv-protection

to

finalizers:

save the new PV settings

 

PV Stuck on terminating state

For AWS EKS deployments  remove both of this lines

finalizers:
– kubernetes.io/pv-protection
– external-attacher/ebs-csi-aws-com

to

finalizers: