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Those will only be visible and mountable from that particular VM, so if you want to share this storage with other VMs, you may want to expose it through NFS. |
Creating the instance
If you haven't created the instance yet, this is how you can provision extra volumes along with the creation of the instance itself
- Follow the steps described in Provision a new instance - web
- When congiruing configuring the volumes, create a new one clicking on the + sign and customise the label and size
- Complete the process until the new instance is up and running.
Existing instances
If you want to expand the storage of an existing instance with extra volumes, you can do so following these steps:
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Before you begin, make sure the VM you will alter is ready for being rebooted! It may be better to shut it down cleanly. |
- In the web portal, go to Provision - Instances and click on the instance you want to fix.
- Click on the ACTIONS button on the upper-right side, and select Reconfigure from the drop-down menu.
- Create a new volume by clicking on the + sign and customise the label and size, then click reconfigure
Here, we're adding a new 20GB disk (not usefully) named "data-1"
- The VM will be stopped, the disk added and the VM restarted
Configuring the extra volume in the
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instance
That extra volume is not mounted (or even formatted) by default. You must log in to your freshly created instance, and then follow the instructions below:
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