DEPLOY-377: Updated default reclaim policy to Recycle and added additional information about persistence in helm notes.

helm/alfresco-content-services/templates/NOTES.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ echo "http://$DNSNAME/share"
 
 5. Note: if you deployed on a different namespace than the default one, then the kubectl commands should also specify the namespace to run in with --namespace
 
-6. Depending on the storage you use for volumes you should be able to access the persisted db data in the following locations:
+6. Persistent Storage
+
+Depending on the storage you use for volumes you should be able to access the persisted db data in the following locations:
     - On minikube the usual location is /tmp/hostpath-provisioning
-    - With docker-for-desktop the usual location is /Users/YourUser/.docker/Volumes/
+    - With docker-for-desktop the usual location is /Users/YourUser/.docker/Volumes/
+
+If you choose to use EFS for persistence keep in mind that the persistent volume created has the ReclaimPolicy set to Recycle.
+This means that by default, when you delete the release the saved data is deleted automatically.
+
+To change this behaviour and keep the data you can set the persistence.reclaimPolicy value to Retain.
+
+For more Information on Reclaim Policies checkout the official K8S documentation here -> https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/#reclaim-policy

helm/alfresco-content-services/templates/pvc.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
     storage: {{ .Values.persistence.baseSize | quote }}
   accessModes:
     - ReadWriteMany
-  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: {{ .Values.persistence.reclaimPolicy | default "Delete" }}
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: {{ .Values.persistence.reclaimPolicy | default "Recycle" }}
   nfs:
     server: "{{ .Values.persistence.efs.dns }}"
     path: "{{ .Values.persistence.efs.path }}"