Block Storage

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 Manage volumes in OpenStack End User Guide.

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