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== 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

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