How to attach and format an Elastic Volume

1. How to attach a volume to a compute

  • Under Infrastructure, drop the BlockStorage on the Compute component.

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Figure 1. Volume attachment

  • Click on the BlockStorage and set the volume size (e.g., 10GB).

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Figure 2. Set volume size

2. How to format and mount a volume at a given path

  • Drop the LinuxFileSystem on the Compute.

  • Connect the partition point (on the right) of the LinuxFileSystem to the feature point (on the left) of the BlockStorage.

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Figure 3. Format and mount a volume

  • To configure the mount location and format type, click on the LinuxFileSystem:

    • fs_type: Choose a format type for the disk (e.g., ext4).

    • location: Specify the mount point on the compute node (e.g., /mnt).

See also

The LinuxFileSystem is a service catalog executing on the given compute node. It mounts the BlockStorage to the compute node at a specified location and format it.