where `<kubernetes>` is the path to your Kubernetes installation.
## Create and format two persistent disks
## Create two persistent disks
For this WordPress installation, we're going to configure our Kubernetes [pods](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/master/docs/pods.md) to use [persistent disks](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks). This means that we can preserve installation state across pod shutdown and re-startup.
Before doing anything else, we'll create and format the persistent disks that we'll use for the installation: one for the mysql pod, and one for the wordpress pod.
Before doing anything else, we'll create the persistent disks that we'll use for the installation: one for the mysql pod, and one for the wordpress pod.
The general series of steps required is as described [here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/master/docs/volumes.md), where $ZONE is the zone where your cluster is running, and $DISK_SIZE is specified as, e.g. '500GB'. In future, this process will be more streamlined.
So for the two disks used in this example, do the following.
First create and format the mysql disk, setting the disk size to meet your needs:
First create the mysql disk, setting the disk size to meet your needs: