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class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> What To Do Next🔗 </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class=md-content data-md-component=content> <article class="md-content__inner md-typeset"> <h1 id=how-to-attach-a-volume-to-vm-more-than-2tb-on-linux-on-3engines-cloud>How to attach a volume to VM more than 2TB on Linux on 3Engines Cloud<a href=#how-to-attach-a-volume-to-vm-more-than-2tb-on-linux-on-brand-name title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#how-to-attach-a-volume-to-vm-more-than-2tb-on-linux-on-3engines-cloud title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1> <p>In this tutorial, you will create a volume which is larger than 2 TB. Then, you will attach it to a VM and format it in the appropriate way.</p> <p>Note</p> <p>If you want to create and attach a volume that has less than 2 TB of storage, you will need to use different software for its formatting. If this is the case, please visit the following article instead: <a href=How-to-attach-a-volume-to-VM-less-than-2TB-on-Linux-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.html>How to attach a volume to VM less than 2TB on Linux on 3Engines Cloud</a>.</p> <h2 id=what-we-are-going-to-cover>What We Are Going To Cover<a href=#what-we-are-going-to-cover title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#what-we-are-going-to-cover title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <blockquote> <ul> <li>Creating a new volume</li> <li>Attaching the new volume to a VM</li> <li>Formatting and mounting of the new volume</li> </ul> </blockquote> <h2 id=prerequisites>Prerequisites<a href=#prerequisites title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#prerequisites title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>No. 1 <strong>Hosting</strong></p> <p>You need a 3Engines Cloud hosting account with Horizon interface <a href=https://horizon.3Engines.com>https://horizon.3Engines.com</a>.</p> <p>No. 2 Linux VM running on 3Engines Cloud cloud</p> <p>Instructions for creating and accessing a Linux VM using default images can be found here:</p> <p><a href=../cloud/How-to-create-a-Linux-VM-and-access-it-from-Linux-command-line-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.html>How to create a Linux VM and access it from Linux command line on 3Engines Cloud</a> or here:</p> <p><a href=../cloud/How-to-create-a-Linux-VM-and-access-it-from-Windows-desktop-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.html>How to create a Linux VM and access it from Windows desktop on 3Engines Cloud</a>.</p> <p>The instructions included in this article are designed for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.</p> <p>No. 3 <strong>Basic knowledge of the Linux terminal</strong></p> <p>You will need basic knowledge of the Linux command line.</p> <p>No. 4 <strong>SSH access to the VM</strong></p> <p><a href=../networking/How-to-connect-to-your-virtual-machine-via-SSH-in-Linux-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.html>How to connect to your virtual machine via SSH in Linux on 3Engines Cloud</a>.</p> <h2 id=step-1-create-a-volume>Step 1: Create a Volume<a href=#step-1-create-a-volume title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#step-1-create-a-volume title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>Login to the Horizon panel available at <a href=https://horizon.3Engines.com>https://horizon.3Engines.com</a>.</p> <p>Go to the section <strong>Volumes -&gt; Volumes</strong>:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-01_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-01_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-01_creodias.png></a></p> <p>Click <strong>Create Volume</strong>.</p> <p>The following window should appear:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-02_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-02_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-02_creodias.png></a></p> <p>In it provide the <strong>Volume Name</strong> of your choice.</p> <p>Choose the <strong>Type</strong> of your volume - SSD or HDD.</p> <p>Enter the size of your volume in gigabytes.</p> <p>When you’re done, click <strong>Create Volume</strong>.</p> <p>You should now see the volume you just created. In our case it is called <strong>my-files</strong>:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-03_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-03_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-03_creodias.png></a></p> <h2 id=step-2-attach-the-volume-to-vm>Step 2: Attach the Volume to VM<a href=#step-2-attach-the-volume-to-vm title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#step-2-attach-the-volume-to-vm title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>Now that you have created your volume, you can use it as storage for one of your VMs. To do that, attach the volume to a VM.</p> <p>In the <strong>Actions</strong> menu for that volume select the option <strong>Manage Attachments</strong>:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-04_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-04_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-04_creodias.png></a></p> <p>You should now see the following window:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-05_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-05_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-05_creodias.png></a></p> <p>Select the virtual machine to which the volume should be attached:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-06_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-06_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-06_creodias.png></a></p> <p>Click <strong>Attach Volume</strong>.</p> <p>Your volume should now be attached to the VM:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-07_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-07_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-07_creodias.png></a></p> <h2 id=step-3-create-the-partition-table>Step 3: Create the Partition Table<a href=#step-3-create-the-partition-table title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#step-3-create-the-partition-table title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>It is time to access your virtual machine to prepare the volume for data storage.</p> <p>Connect to your virtual machine using SSH or the web console.</p> <p>Execute the following command to make sure that the volume has been attached:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-0-1><a id=__codelineno-0-1 name=__codelineno-0-1 href=#__codelineno-0-1></a>lsblk
</span></code></pre></div> <p>You should see the output similar to this:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-08_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-08_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-08_creodias.png></a></p> <p>In this example, the attached volume that was previously called <strong>my-files</strong> is represented by the device file <strong>sdb</strong>. Its size is 2.4 TB. Memorize the name of the <em>device file</em> or write it somewhere down; it will be needed in the next step, which involves starting <strong>gdisk</strong>.</p> <p>In order to be able to use the volume as storage, you will need to use <strong>gdisk</strong> to create a partition table. If you do not have this program, you can install it using the following command:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-1-1><a id=__codelineno-1-1 name=__codelineno-1-1 href=#__codelineno-1-1></a>sudo apt update &amp;&amp; sudo apt upgrade &amp;&amp; sudo apt install gdisk
</span></code></pre></div> <p>Start <strong>gdisk</strong> (replace <strong>sdb</strong> with the name of the device file provided to you previously by the <strong>lsblk</strong> command):</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-2-1><a id=__codelineno-2-1 name=__codelineno-2-1 href=#__codelineno-2-1></a>sudo gdisk /dev/sdb
</span></code></pre></div> <p>You should see the output similar to this:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-3-1><a id=__codelineno-3-1 name=__codelineno-3-1 href=#__codelineno-3-1></a>GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.8
</span><span id=__span-3-2><a id=__codelineno-3-2 name=__codelineno-3-2 href=#__codelineno-3-2></a>
</span><span id=__span-3-3><a id=__codelineno-3-3 name=__codelineno-3-3 href=#__codelineno-3-3></a>Partition table scan:
</span><span id=__span-3-4><a id=__codelineno-3-4 name=__codelineno-3-4 href=#__codelineno-3-4></a> MBR: not present
</span><span id=__span-3-5><a id=__codelineno-3-5 name=__codelineno-3-5 href=#__codelineno-3-5></a> BSD: not present
</span><span id=__span-3-6><a id=__codelineno-3-6 name=__codelineno-3-6 href=#__codelineno-3-6></a> APM: not present
</span><span id=__span-3-7><a id=__codelineno-3-7 name=__codelineno-3-7 href=#__codelineno-3-7></a> GPT: not present
</span><span id=__span-3-8><a id=__codelineno-3-8 name=__codelineno-3-8 href=#__codelineno-3-8></a>
</span><span id=__span-3-9><a id=__codelineno-3-9 name=__codelineno-3-9 href=#__codelineno-3-9></a>Creating new GPT entries in memory.
</span><span id=__span-3-10><a id=__codelineno-3-10 name=__codelineno-3-10 href=#__codelineno-3-10></a>
</span><span id=__span-3-11><a id=__codelineno-3-11 name=__codelineno-3-11 href=#__codelineno-3-11></a>Command (? for help):
</span></code></pre></div> <p>Answer with <strong>n</strong> and press Enter. A series of prompts similar to the ones below will appear on screen - keep pressing Enter on your keyboard to accept the default values.</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-4-1><a id=__codelineno-4-1 name=__codelineno-4-1 href=#__codelineno-4-1></a>Command (? for help): n
</span><span id=__span-4-2><a id=__codelineno-4-2 name=__codelineno-4-2 href=#__codelineno-4-2></a>Partition number (1-128, default 1):
</span><span id=__span-4-3><a id=__codelineno-4-3 name=__codelineno-4-3 href=#__codelineno-4-3></a>First sector (34-5033164766, default = 2048) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
</span><span id=__span-4-4><a id=__codelineno-4-4 name=__codelineno-4-4 href=#__codelineno-4-4></a>Last sector (2048-5033164766, default = 5033164766) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
</span><span id=__span-4-5><a id=__codelineno-4-5 name=__codelineno-4-5 href=#__codelineno-4-5></a>Current type is 8300 (Linux filesystem)
</span><span id=__span-4-6><a id=__codelineno-4-6 name=__codelineno-4-6 href=#__codelineno-4-6></a>Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300):
</span><span id=__span-4-7><a id=__codelineno-4-7 name=__codelineno-4-7 href=#__codelineno-4-7></a>Changed type of partition to &#39;Linux filesystem&#39;
</span></code></pre></div> <p>You will see the prompt <strong>Command (? for help):</strong> again. Answer it with <strong>w</strong>. You will now see the following question:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-5-1><a id=__codelineno-5-1 name=__codelineno-5-1 href=#__codelineno-5-1></a>Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
</span><span id=__span-5-2><a id=__codelineno-5-2 name=__codelineno-5-2 href=#__codelineno-5-2></a>PARTITIONS!!
</span><span id=__span-5-3><a id=__codelineno-5-3 name=__codelineno-5-3 href=#__codelineno-5-3></a>
</span><span id=__span-5-4><a id=__codelineno-5-4 name=__codelineno-5-4 href=#__codelineno-5-4></a>Do you want to proceed? (Y/N):
</span></code></pre></div> <p>Answer with <strong>Y</strong> to confirm. You should get the following confirmation:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-6-1><a id=__codelineno-6-1 name=__codelineno-6-1 href=#__codelineno-6-1></a>OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sdb.
</span></code></pre></div> <p>In the end, you should receive this message:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-7-1><a id=__codelineno-7-1 name=__codelineno-7-1 href=#__codelineno-7-1></a>The operation has completed successfully.
</span></code></pre></div> <p>Execute the following command again to confirm that the partition was created successfully:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-8-1><a id=__codelineno-8-1 name=__codelineno-8-1 href=#__codelineno-8-1></a>lsblk
</span></code></pre></div> <p>The device file of the new partition should have the same name as the device file of the drive followed by the <strong>1</strong> digit. In this case, it will be <strong>sdb1</strong>. Memorize or write it somewhere down - it will be needed later during creation of the file system.</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-09_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-09_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-09_creodias.png></a></p> <h2 id=step-5-create-the-file-system>Step 5: Create the File System<a href=#step-5-create-the-file-system title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#step-5-create-the-file-system title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>In order to save data on this volume, create <strong>ext4</strong> filesystem on it. <strong>ext4</strong> is arguably the most popular filesystem on Linux distributions.</p> <p>It can be created by executing the following command:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-9-1><a id=__codelineno-9-1 name=__codelineno-9-1 href=#__codelineno-9-1></a>sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
</span></code></pre></div> <p>Replace <strong>sdb1</strong> with the name of the device file of the partition provided to you previously by the <strong>lsblk</strong> command.</p> <p>This process took less than a minute for a 2,4 terabyte volume.</p> <h2 id=step-6-create-the-mount-point>Step 6: Create the mount point<a href=#step-6-create-the-mount-point title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#step-6-create-the-mount-point title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>You need to specify the location in the directory structure from which you will access the data stored on that volume. In Linux it is typically done in the <strong>/etc/fstab</strong> config file.</p> <p>Below are the instructions for the <strong>nano</strong> text editor. If you prefer to use different software, please modify them accordingly.</p> <p>Before using <strong>nano</strong>, create the directory in which you wish to mount your volume - your mount point - (if it doesn’t exist yet). In this example, we will use the <strong>/my_volume</strong> directory which can be created using the following command:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-10-1><a id=__codelineno-10-1 name=__codelineno-10-1 href=#__codelineno-10-1></a>sudo mkdir /my_volume
</span></code></pre></div> <p>Install <strong>nano</strong> if you haven’t already:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-11-1><a id=__codelineno-11-1 name=__codelineno-11-1 href=#__codelineno-11-1></a>sudo apt install nano
</span></code></pre></div> <p>Open the <strong>/etc/fstab</strong> file using <strong>nano</strong>:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-12-1><a id=__codelineno-12-1 name=__codelineno-12-1 href=#__codelineno-12-1></a>sudo nano /etc/fstab
</span></code></pre></div> <p>Add the below line to the end of that file. Remember to replace <strong>sdb1</strong> with the name of the device file of your partition (it was provided to you previously be the <strong>lsblk</strong> command) and <strong>/my_volume</strong> with the directory in which you want to mount it - the mounting point.</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-13-1><a id=__codelineno-13-1 name=__codelineno-13-1 href=#__codelineno-13-1></a>/dev/sdb1 /my_volume ext4 defaults 0 1
</span></code></pre></div> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-10_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-10_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-10_creodias.png></a></p> <p>To save that file in <strong>nano</strong>, use the following combination of keys: CTRL+X, Y, Enter.</p> <p>Warning</p> <p>Unless you know what you’re doing, you should not modify the lines which you already found in the <strong>/etc/fstab</strong> file. This file contains important information. Some or all of it might be required for the startup of the operating system.</p> <p>Mount the volume to your system (replace <strong>/my_volume</strong> with the mount point you previously created):</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-14-1><a id=__codelineno-14-1 name=__codelineno-14-1 href=#__codelineno-14-1></a>sudo mount /my_volume
</span></code></pre></div> <p>To check whether it was successfully mounted, execute:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-15-1><a id=__codelineno-15-1 name=__codelineno-15-1 href=#__codelineno-15-1></a>df -h
</span></code></pre></div> <p>The output should contain the line with the device file representing your volume and its mount point. It can look like this:</p> <p><a class=glightbox href=../_images/volume-more-11_creodias.png data-type=image data-width=100% data-height=auto data-desc-position=bottom><img alt=volume-more-11_creodias.png src=../_images/volume-more-11_creodias.png></a></p> <p>The volume is owned by <strong>root</strong>, so <strong>eouser</strong> does not have access without <strong>sudo</strong>. To make it accessible to <strong>eouser</strong>, execute this command:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-16-1><a id=__codelineno-16-1 name=__codelineno-16-1 href=#__codelineno-16-1></a>sudo chown eouser:eouser /my_volume
</span></code></pre></div> <p>If you want everybody to have access to that directory (and you don’t care about security at all), use the following command:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span id=__span-17-1><a id=__codelineno-17-1 name=__codelineno-17-1 href=#__codelineno-17-1></a>sudo chmod 777 /my_volume
</span></code></pre></div> <p>During the next boot of your virtual machine, the volume should be mounted automatically.</p> <h2 id=what-to-do-next>What To Do Next<a href=#what-to-do-next title="Permalink to this headline">🔗</a><a class=headerlink href=#what-to-do-next title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>You have successfully created a volume larger than 2 TB and prepared it for use on a Linux virtual machine.</p> <p>You can now copy files to your new volume. If you want to move the data, attach the volume to a different machine.</p> </article> </div> <script>var target=document.getElementById(location.hash.slice(1));target&&target.name&&(target.checked=target.name.startsWith("__tabbed_"))</script> </div> <button type=button class="md-top md-icon" data-md-component=top hidden> <svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M13 20h-2V8l-5.5 5.5-1.42-1.42L12 4.16l7.92 7.92-1.42 1.42L13 8z"/></svg> Back to top </button> </main> <footer class=md-footer> <nav class="md-footer__inner md-grid" aria-label=Footer> <a href=How-to-attach-a-volume-to-VM-less-than-2TB-on-Linux-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.html class="md-footer__link md-footer__link--prev" aria-label="Previous: How to attach a volume to VM less than 2TB on Linux on 3Engines Cloud"> <div class="md-footer__button md-icon"> <svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M20 11v2H8l5.5 5.5-1.42 1.42L4.16 12l7.92-7.92L13.5 5.5 8 11z"/></svg> </div> <div class=md-footer__title> <span class=md-footer__direction> Previous </span> <div class=md-ellipsis> How to attach a volume to VM less than 2TB on Linux on 3Engines Cloud </div> </div> </a> <a href=Ephemeral-vs-Persistent-storage-option-Create-New-Volume-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.html class="md-footer__link md-footer__link--next" aria-label="Next: Ephemeral vs Persistent storage option Create New Volume on 3Engines Cloud"> <div class=md-footer__title> <span class=md-footer__direction> Next </span> <div class=md-ellipsis> Ephemeral vs Persistent storage option Create New Volume on 3Engines Cloud </div> </div> <div class="md-footer__button md-icon"> <svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M4 11v2h12l-5.5 5.5 1.42 1.42L19.84 12l-7.92-7.92L10.5 5.5 16 11z"/></svg> </div> </a> </nav> <div class="md-footer-meta md-typeset"> <div class="md-footer-meta__inner md-grid"> <div class=md-copyright> Made with <a href=https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ target=_blank rel=noopener> Material for MkDocs </a> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <div class=md-dialog data-md-component=dialog> <div class="md-dialog__inner md-typeset"></div> </div> <script id=__config type=application/json>{"base": "..", "features": ["content.code.annotate", "content.code.copy", "content.tooltips", "navigation.tabs", "navigation.sections", "navigation.footer", "navigation.indexes", "navigation.sections", "navigation.top", "navigation.tracking", "search.highlight", "search.share", "search.suggest", "toc.follow"], "search": "../assets/javascripts/workers/search.d50fe291.min.js", "tags": null, "translations": {"clipboard.copied": "Copied to clipboard", "clipboard.copy": "Copy to clipboard", "search.result.more.one": "1 more on this page", "search.result.more.other": "# more on this page", "search.result.none": "No matching documents", "search.result.one": "1 matching document", "search.result.other": "# matching documents", "search.result.placeholder": "Type to start searching", "search.result.term.missing": "Missing", "select.version": "Select version"}, "version": null}</script> <script src=../assets/javascripts/bundle.13a4f30d.min.js></script> <script id="init-glightbox">const lightbox = GLightbox({"touchNavigation": false, "loop": false, "zoomable": true, "draggable": true, "openEffect": "zoom", "closeEffect": "zoom", "slideEffect": "slide"});
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