# K8s metricbeat data volume

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/k8s-metricbeat-data-volume/261201>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 15, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/k8s-metricbeat-data-volume/261201 "2021-01-15T03:34:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![tim11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@tim11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tim11)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/k8s-metricbeat-data-volume/261201/1 "2021-01-15T03:34:40Z")

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I am following link: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.8/running-on-kubernetes.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.8/running-on-kubernetes.html)

I find in the metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml, I am wondering whether I shall mount external volume in? or the data folder is rather transient?

```
 - name: data
    hostPath:
      path: /var/lib/metricbeat-data
      type: DirectoryOrCreate
```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/k8s-metricbeat-data-volume/261201/2 "2021-02-12T03:34:45Z")

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