diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/main.tf b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/main.tf
index f1df788bf7..988ba6121b 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/main.tf
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/main.tf
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ module "kubernetes-ingress" {
   load-balancer-ip          = var.load-balancer-ip
   additional-arguments      = var.additional-arguments
   
-  storage_size              = var.storage_size  
   access_modes              = var.access_modes
-  storage_type              = var.storage_type 
-  iops                      = var.iops                 
-  reclaim_policy            = var.reclaim_policy 
+
 }
diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/main.tf b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/main.tf
index 1de6a8d564..c09ea8d4ab 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/main.tf
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/main.tf
@@ -171,6 +171,46 @@ resource "kubernetes_service" "traefik_internal" {
   }
 }
 
+
+
+
+resource "kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim" "persistent-volume-claim" {
+  metadata {
+    name = "persistent-volume-claim"
+    namespace = var.namespace
+  }
+  spec {
+    access_modes = ["ReadWriteMany"]
+    storage_class_name="standard"
+    resources {
+      requests = {
+        storage = "5Gi"
+      }
+    }
+    volume_name = "${kubernetes_persistent_volume.traefik-persistent-volume.metadata.0.name}"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_persistent_volume" "traefik-persistent-volume" {
+  metadata {
+    name = "traefik-persistent-volume"
+  }
+  spec {
+    capacity = {
+      storage = "10Gi"
+    }
+    storage_class_name="standard"
+    access_modes = ["ReadWriteMany"]
+
+    persistent_volume_source {
+      vsphere_volume {
+        volume_path = "/tmp/acme-certificates"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
 resource "kubernetes_deployment" "main" {
   metadata {
     name      = "${var.name}-traefik-ingress"
@@ -214,10 +254,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "main" {
         container {
           image = "${var.traefik-image.image}:${var.traefik-image.tag}"
           name  = var.name
-          volume_mount { 
-            name = "traefik-certs"
-            mount_path = "/tmp/acme-certificates"
-          }
           security_context {
             capabilities {
               drop = ["ALL"]
@@ -332,7 +368,7 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "main" {
         volume { 
           name = "traefik-certs"
           persistent_volume_claim { 
-            claim_name = kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim.persistent-volume-claim.name
+            claim_name = kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim.persistent-volume-claim.metadata.0.name
           }
         }
       }
@@ -359,61 +395,3 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "tlsstore_default" {
 }
 
 
-
-resource "kubernetes_storage_class" "traefik_certs_storage_class" {
-  metadata {
-    name = "traefik-certs-storage-class"
-   
-  }
-
-  storage_provisioner = "kubernetes.io/aws-ebs"
-  parameters = {
-    type = var.storage_type
-    iops = var.iops
-  }
-  reclaim_policy = var.reclaim_policy
-}
-
-resource "kubernetes_manifest" "traefik-persistent-volume" {
-  manifest = {
-  "apiVersion"= "v1",
-  "kind"= "PersistentVolume",
-  "metadata"= {
-    "name"= "traefik-persistent-volume"
-   
-  },
-  "spec"= {
-    "accessModes"= ["ReadWriteOnce"],
-    "capacity"= {
-      "storage"= "1Gi"
-    },
-    "storageClassName"= "standard",
-    "hostPath"= {
-      "path"= "/tmp/acme-certificates"
-    }
-  }
-}
- 
-}
-
-resource "kubernetes_manifest" "persistent-volume-claim" {
-  manifest = {
-  "apiVersion"= "v1",
-  "kind"= "PersistentVolumeClaim",
-  "metadata"= {
-    "name"= "persistent-volume-claim"
-    "namespace" = var.namespace
-  },
-  "spec"= {
-    "accessModes"= ["ReadWriteOnce"],
-    "resources"= {
-      "requests"= {
-        "storage"= "1Gi"
-      }
-    },
-    "storageClassName"= "standard",
-    "volumeName"= "traefik-persistent-volume"
-  }
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/pv.yaml b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/pv.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d6bb1be8aa..0000000000
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/pv.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolume
-metadata:
-  name: traefik-persistent-volume-2
-  namespace: playground-prince
-spec: 
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  capacity:
-    storage: 10Gi
-  storageClassName: standard
-  hostPath:
-    path: /tmp/acme-certificates
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diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/pv_claim.yaml b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/pv_claim.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a0f1cfda5..0000000000
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/pv_claim.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-metadata: 
-  name: persistent-volume-claim-2
-  namespace: playground-prince
-spec: 
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  resources: 
-    requests:
-      storage: 10Gi
-  storageClassName: standard
-  volumeName: traefik-persistent-volume-2
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diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/variables.tf b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/variables.tf
index 061708b972..2d73c435ac 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/variables.tf
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/modules/kubernetes/ingress/variables.tf
@@ -74,30 +74,13 @@ variable "additional-arguments" {
   default     = []
 }
 
-variable "storage_size" {
-  type = string
-  default = "1Gi"
-}
+
 
 variable "access_modes" {
   type = list(string)
   default = ["ReadWriteOnce"]
 }
 
-variable "storage_type" {
-  type = string
-  default = "gp2"
-}
-
-variable "iops" {
-  type = number
-  default = 100
-}
-
-variable "reclaim_policy" {
-  type = string
-  default = "Retain"
-}
 variable "path" {
   type = string
   default ="./"
diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/variables.tf b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/variables.tf
index 77a3a351b2..6a3ce37742 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/variables.tf
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_ingress/template/variables.tf
@@ -80,18 +80,3 @@ variable "access_modes" {
   type = list(string)
   default = ["ReadWriteOnce"]
 }
-
-variable "storage_type" {
-  type = string
-  default = "gp2"
-}
-
-variable "iops" {
-  type = number
-  default = 100
-}
-
-variable "reclaim_policy" {
-  type = string
-  default = "Retain"
-}
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