How to create an EBS volume

Creating an EBS volume

• Login to the EC2 management console:

https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/

• From the upper pane, select a region for creating the EBS volume

Note: The volume must be in the same Amazon region as the target EC2 machine the volume will be attached to

• From the left pane, under “Elastic Block Store”, click on Volumes
• From the main pane, click on “Create Volume” -> select the Volume type according to your needs. For more information, see:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSVolumeTypes.html

• Specify the volume size
• Select the relevant availability zone.

Note: The volume should be in the same availability zone as the EC2 machine the volume will be attached to

• Select “Encrypt this volume” -> select Master key from the list (or use the default aws/ebs master key)
• Click on “Add Tag”:

• Key – Specify here “Name”
• Value – Specify here the EBS volume name (It is recommended to include the target EC2 machine host name, as a prefix to the EBS volume name)

• Click on “Create Volume”
• From the main pane, select the newly created EBS volume
• From the upper pane, click on Actions -> Attach Volume -> select the target EC2 machine name -> click on Attach