As Kubernetes adoption continues to grow, so does the complexity of managing persistent storage, especially when dealing with pre-existing data. Imagine the case of data management softwares that would want to provision a volume with the data that was present in the source volume or the case of configuring a volume for a VirtualMachine with disk image already populated in the volume.

For all these use cases using traditional approach to populate the data is not straight forward and requires a lot of complex logic. Volume Populators is the feature that enables seamless, dynamic provisioning of volumes pre-loaded with data.

In this talk, I will demystify Kubernetes Volume Populators, showcasing how they work under the hood and how they can be leveraged to simplify data management workflows. This will also include a live demo showcasing a step-by-step setup and configuration.