<p>I have a kubernetes cluster running on multiple local (bare metal/physcal) machines.
I want to deploy kafka on the cluster, but I can't figure out how to use strimzi with my configuration.</p>

<p>I tried to follow the tutorial on the quickstart page : <a href="https://strimzi.io/docs/quickstart/master/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://strimzi.io/docs/quickstart/master/</a><br>
Got my zookeeper pods pending at point <code>2.4. Creating a cluster</code> :</p>

<pre><code>Events:
  Type     Reason            Age        From               Message
  ----     ------            ----       ----               -------
  Warning  FailedScheduling  &lt;unknown&gt;  default-scheduler  pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims
  Warning  FailedScheduling  &lt;unknown&gt;  default-scheduler  pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims
</code></pre>

<p>I usually use <code>hostpath</code> for my volumes, I don't know what's going on with this...</p>

<p><strong>EDIT</strong>: I tried to create a StorageClass using Arghya Sadhu's commands, but the problem still there.<br>
The description of my PVC :</p>

<pre><code>kubectl describe -n my-kafka-project persistentvolumeclaim/data-my-cluster-zookeeper-0
Name:          data-my-cluster-zookeeper-0
Namespace:     my-kafka-project
StorageClass:  local-storage
Status:        Pending
Volume:        
Labels:        app.kubernetes.io/instance=my-cluster
               app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=strimzi-cluster-operator
               app.kubernetes.io/name=strimzi
               strimzi.io/cluster=my-cluster
               strimzi.io/kind=Kafka
               strimzi.io/name=my-cluster-zookeeper
Annotations:   strimzi.io/delete-claim: false
Finalizers:    [kubernetes.io/pvc-protection]
Capacity:      
Access Modes:  
VolumeMode:    Filesystem
Mounted By:    my-cluster-zookeeper-0
Events:
  Type    Reason                Age                 From                         Message
  ----    ------                ----                ----                         -------
  Normal  WaitForFirstConsumer  72s (x66 over 16m)  persistentvolume-controller  waiting for first consumer to be created before binding
</code></pre>

<p>And my pod:</p>

<pre><code>kubectl describe -n my-kafka-project pod/my-cluster-zookeeper-0
Name:           my-cluster-zookeeper-0
Namespace:      my-kafka-project
Priority:       0
Node:           &lt;none&gt;
Labels:         app.kubernetes.io/instance=my-cluster
                app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=strimzi-cluster-operator
                app.kubernetes.io/name=strimzi
                controller-revision-hash=my-cluster-zookeeper-7f698cf9b5
                statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name=my-cluster-zookeeper-0
                strimzi.io/cluster=my-cluster
                strimzi.io/kind=Kafka
                strimzi.io/name=my-cluster-zookeeper
Annotations:    strimzi.io/cluster-ca-cert-generation: 0
                strimzi.io/generation: 0
Status:         Pending
IP:             
IPs:            &lt;none&gt;
Controlled By:  StatefulSet/my-cluster-zookeeper
Containers:
  zookeeper:
    Image:      strimzi/kafka:0.15.0-kafka-2.3.1
    Port:       &lt;none&gt;
    Host Port:  &lt;none&gt;
    Command:
      /opt/kafka/zookeeper_run.sh
    Liveness:   exec [/opt/kafka/zookeeper_healthcheck.sh] delay=15s timeout=5s period=10s #success=1 #failure=3
    Readiness:  exec [/opt/kafka/zookeeper_healthcheck.sh] delay=15s timeout=5s period=10s #success=1 #failure=3
    Environment:
      ZOOKEEPER_NODE_COUNT:          1
      ZOOKEEPER_METRICS_ENABLED:     false
      STRIMZI_KAFKA_GC_LOG_ENABLED:  false
      KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS:               -Xms128M
      ZOOKEEPER_CONFIGURATION:       autopurge.purgeInterval=1
                                     tickTime=2000
                                     initLimit=5
                                     syncLimit=2

    Mounts:
      /opt/kafka/custom-config/ from zookeeper-metrics-and-logging (rw)
      /var/lib/zookeeper from data (rw)
      /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from my-cluster-zookeeper-token-hgk2b (ro)
  tls-sidecar:
    Image:       strimzi/kafka:0.15.0-kafka-2.3.1
    Ports:       2888/TCP, 3888/TCP, 2181/TCP
    Host Ports:  0/TCP, 0/TCP, 0/TCP
    Command:
      /opt/stunnel/zookeeper_stunnel_run.sh
    Liveness:   exec [/opt/stunnel/stunnel_healthcheck.sh 2181] delay=15s timeout=5s period=10s #success=1 #failure=3
    Readiness:  exec [/opt/stunnel/stunnel_healthcheck.sh 2181] delay=15s timeout=5s period=10s #success=1 #failure=3
    Environment:
      ZOOKEEPER_NODE_COUNT:   1
      TLS_SIDECAR_LOG_LEVEL:  notice
    Mounts:
      /etc/tls-sidecar/cluster-ca-certs/ from cluster-ca-certs (rw)
      /etc/tls-sidecar/zookeeper-nodes/ from zookeeper-nodes (rw)
      /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from my-cluster-zookeeper-token-hgk2b (ro)
Conditions:
  Type           Status
  PodScheduled   False 
Volumes:
  data:
    Type:       PersistentVolumeClaim (a reference to a PersistentVolumeClaim in the same namespace)
    ClaimName:  data-my-cluster-zookeeper-0
    ReadOnly:   false
  zookeeper-metrics-and-logging:
    Type:      ConfigMap (a volume populated by a ConfigMap)
    Name:      my-cluster-zookeeper-config
    Optional:  false
  zookeeper-nodes:
    Type:        Secret (a volume populated by a Secret)
    SecretName:  my-cluster-zookeeper-nodes
    Optional:    false
  cluster-ca-certs:
    Type:        Secret (a volume populated by a Secret)
    SecretName:  my-cluster-cluster-ca-cert
    Optional:    false
  my-cluster-zookeeper-token-hgk2b:
    Type:        Secret (a volume populated by a Secret)
    SecretName:  my-cluster-zookeeper-token-hgk2b
    Optional:    false
QoS Class:       BestEffort
Node-Selectors:  &lt;none&gt;
Tolerations:     node.kubernetes.io/not-ready:NoExecute for 300s
                 node.kubernetes.io/unreachable:NoExecute for 300s
Events:
  Type     Reason            Age        From               Message
  ----     ------            ----       ----               -------
  Warning  FailedScheduling  &lt;unknown&gt;  default-scheduler  0/1 nodes are available: 1 node(s) didn't find available persistent volumes to bind.
  Warning  FailedScheduling  &lt;unknown&gt;  default-scheduler  0/1 nodes are available: 1 node(s) didn't find available persistent volumes to bind.
</code></pre>

Borhink
<p>You need to have a <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-persistent-volume-storage/#create-a-persistentvolume" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PersistentVolume</a> fulfilling the constraints of the PersistentVolumeClaim.</p>

<p>Use local storage. Using a <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes/#local" rel="nofollow noreferrer">local</a> storage class:</p>

<pre><code>$ cat &lt;&lt;EOF
kind: StorageClass
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
  name: local-storage
provisioner: kubernetes.io/no-provisioner
volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
EOF | kubectl apply -f -
</code></pre>

<p>You need to configure a default storageClass in your cluster so that the PersistentVolumeClaim can take the storage from there.</p>

<pre><code>$ kubectl patch storageclass local-storage -p '{"metadata": {"annotations":{"storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class":"true"}}}'
</code></pre>
