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title: Manage Data Storage in DigitalOcean Kubernetes
description: Use container registries and file, block, and object storage with DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters.
product: Kubernetes
url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/data-storage/
last_updated: "2026-08-12"
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# Manage Data Storage in DigitalOcean Kubernetes

Generated on 12 Aug 2026

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a Kubernetes service with a fully managed control plane, high availability, and autoscaling. DOKS integrates with standard Kubernetes toolchains and DigitalOcean’s load balancers, volumes, CPU and GPU Droplets, API, and CLI.

[How to Integrate with a DigitalOcean Container Registry](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/integrate-with-docr/index.html.md): Integrate a container registry with your Kubernetes cluster.

[How to Add Volumes to Kubernetes Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/add-volumes/index.html.md): Create a PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) to use DigitalOcean Volumes Block Storage for persistent data in Kubernetes clusters.

[How to Delete Volumes from Kubernetes Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/delete-volumes/index.html.md): Delete a volume from a Kubernetes cluster using kubectl to permanently and irreversibly remove it from the cluster and DigitalOcean account.

[How to Restore Volumes from Snapshots in Kubernetes Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/restore-volumes/index.html.md): Import a volume into DigitalOcean from an existing snapshot of data.

[How to Use NFS Storage with Kubernetes Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/use-nfs-storage/index.html.md): Use NFS shared storage with DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters.

[How to Import a DigitalOcean Snapshot into a Kubernetes Cluster](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/import-snapshot/index.html.md): Import an existing DigitalOcean snapshot into a cluster.

[How to Create Volume Snapshots in Kubernetes Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/create-snapshots/index.html.md): Create volume snapshots to save the contents of the volume’s disk, then use the snapshot to restore or create new volumes with the same contents.

[How to Use Spaces With Kubernetes Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/use-spaces/index.html.md): Use Spaces object storage with Kubernetes clusters.