Overview

Volume Expander Operator purpose is to expand volumes when they are running out of space. This is achieved by using the volume expansion feature.

The operator periodically checks the kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes and kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes published by the kubelets to decide when to expand a volume. Notice that these metrics are generated only when a volume is mounted to a pod. Also the kubelet takes a minute or two to start generating accurate values for these metrics. The operator accounts for that.