id: dynamicvolumeprovisioning
name: Dynamic Volume Provisioning
full-link: /docs/concepts/storage/dynamic-provisioning
tags:
- core-object
- storage
short-description: >
  Allows users to request automatic creation of storage  {% glossary_tooltip text="Volumes" term_id="volume" %}.
long-description: >
  Dynamic provisioning eliminates the need for cluster administrators to pre-provision storage. Instead, it automatically provisions storage by user request.
  Dynamic volume provisioning is based on an API object, {% glossary_tooltip text="StorageClass" term_id="storage-class" %}, referring to a {% glossary_tooltip text="Volume Plugin" term_id="volume-plugin" %} that provisions a {% glossary_tooltip text="Volume" term_id="volume" %} and the set of parameters to pass to the Volume Plugin.