# Local storage problem with "Jupyterhub on Kubernetes" docs

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/local-storage-problem-with-jupyterhub-on-kubernetes-docs/11064>\
**Category:** JupyterHub\
**Created:** [October 2, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/local-storage-problem-with-jupyterhub-on-kubernetes-docs/11064 "2021-10-02T18:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heinrich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Heinrich](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Heinrich)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/local-storage-problem-with-jupyterhub-on-kubernetes-docs/11064/1 "2021-10-02T18:23:23Z")

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Hello,  
I am trying to make my first experiences with Jupyterhub. After a successful start of “The littlest JupyterHub” I want to run Jupyterhub with Kubernetes. I am stuck with the instructions at [Kubernetes on a Bare Metal Host with MicroK8s — Zero to JupyterHub with Kubernetes documentation](https://zero-to-jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kubernetes/other-infrastructure/step-zero-microk8s.html#).  
In Step “4. Configure Storage.” I get the following error when applying the local storage configuration:

```auto
$ microk8s.kubectl apply -f local-storage-dir.yaml
error: error parsing local-storage-dir.yaml: error converting YAML to JSON: yaml: line 9: did not find expected key

```

I have used exactly the local-storage-dir.yaml example. replaced /path/to/your/storage with /mnt/k8sstorage. Can a formatting problem of the yaml-file after copy&paste be the reason for the error? Or did the format change with the latest microk8s version? I’m not familiar with yaml files, so that I have no clue, what is wrong.

I got the same error on an Ubuntu 21.04 machine and on an Ubuntu 18.04 machine.

Heinrich