A volume is a detachable block storage device, similar to a USB hard drive. You can attach a volume to only one instance. Use the openstack client commands or the Web Interface to create and manage volumes.
Creating volume
Web Interface
| 1. | Log-in to the STFC cloud (https://openstack.stfc.ac.uk/) |
| 2. | In the Web Interface, Go to
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| 3. | Click on
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| 4. | Choose a name and size (in GiB)
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| 5. | After creation, you will see the volume in the list
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Command-Line
Refer to Using OpenStack Command-line Interface
Steps
Create simple volume
Run the following command in a OpenStack
openstack volume create --size <size-in-GiB> <name>
