Block Storage

Create a volume

1. Source the demo credentials to perform the following steps as a non-administrative project:

   $ . demo-openrc
   

2. Create a 1 GB volume:

   $ openstack volume create --size 1 volume1
   
   +---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   | Field               | Value                                |
   +---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   | attachments         | []                                   |
   | availability_zone   | nova                                 |
   | bootable            | false                                |
   | consistencygroup_id | None                                 |
   | created_at          | 2016-03-08T14:30:48.391027           |
   | description         | None                                 |
   | encrypted           | False                                |
   | id                  | a1e8be72-a395-4a6f-8e07-856a57c39524 |
   | multiattach         | False                                |
   | name                | volume1                              |
   | properties          |                                      |
   | replication_status  | disabled                             |
   | size                | 1                                    |
   | snapshot_id         | None                                 |
   | source_volid        | None                                 |
   | status              | creating                             |
   | type                | None                                 |
   | updated_at          | None                                 |
   | user_id             | 684286a9079845359882afc3aa5011fb     |
   +---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   

3. After a short time, the volume status should change from creating to available:

   $ openstack volume list
   
   +--------------------------------------+--------------+-----------+------+-------------+
   | ID                                   | Display Name | Status    | Size | Attached to |
   +--------------------------------------+--------------+-----------+------+-------------+
   | a1e8be72-a395-4a6f-8e07-856a57c39524 | volume1      | available |    1 |             |
   +--------------------------------------+--------------+-----------+------+-------------+
   

Attach the volume to an instance

1. Attach a volume to an instance:

   $ openstack server add volume INSTANCE_NAME VOLUME_NAME
   

   Replace INSTANCE_NAME with the name of the instance and VOLUME_NAME with the name of the volume you want to attach to it.

   Example

   Attach the volume1 volume to the provider-instance instance:

   $ openstack server add volume provider-instance volume1
   

   Note

   This command provides no output.

2. List volumes:

   $ openstack volume list
   
   +--------------------------------------+--------------+--------+------+--------------------------------------------+
   | ID                                   | Display Name | Status | Size | Attached to                                |
   +--------------------------------------+--------------+--------+------+--------------------------------------------+
   | a1e8be72-a395-4a6f-8e07-856a57c39524 | volume1      | in-use |    1 | Attached to provider-instance on /dev/vdb  |
   +--------------------------------------+--------------+--------+------+--------------------------------------------+
   

3. Access your instance using SSH and use the fdisk command to verify presence of the volume as the /dev/vdb block storage device:

    $ sudo fdisk -l
   
    Disk /dev/vda: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders, total 2097152 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000
   
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
   /dev/vda1   *       16065     2088449     1036192+  83  Linux
   
    Disk /dev/vdb: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
    16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2080 cylinders, total 2097152 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000
   
    Disk /dev/vdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
   

   Note

   You must create a file system on the device and mount it to use the volume.

For more information about how to manage volumes, see the python-openstackclient documentation for Pike, the python-openstackclient documentation for Queens, or the python-openstackclient documentation for Rocky.

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