Set up an Attached Volume

After you create a Block Storage Volume (while creating a subscription) and attach it to an instance, you must perform the following tasks within the instance to use the attached volume:

1. Use SSH to connect to your server

   Enter the following command to use SSH to log on to your instance:

   $ ssh –i <keypair><myinstance>@<ipaddress>

   For example:

   $ chmod 0600 keypair1.pem

   $ exec ssh-agent bash

   $ ssh-add keypair1.pem

   $ ssh -i keypair1.pem cirros@10.11.12.5

2. Format the volume

   1. Enter the following command to ensure that the device for new volume is present:

      $ ls /dev/vdb

      /dev/vdb

   2. Enter the following command to format the volume:

      $ mkfs /dev/vdb

3. Mount the volume

   1. Enter the following command to mount the newly formatted disk:

      $ mkdir /Test

      $ mount /dev/vdb /Test

   2. Enter the following command to verify that the newly mounted volume has the correct size:

      $ df –h

      A similar output similar is displayed:

      Filesystem	Size	Used	Available	Used%	Mounted on
      /dev	998.2M	0	998.2M	0%	/dev
      /dev/vda	387.4M	10.4M	357.0M	3%	/
      tmpfs	1001.8M	0	1001.8M	0%	/dev/shm
      tmpfs	200.0K	96.0K	104.0K	48%	/run
      /dev/vdb	1007.9M	1.3M	955.4M	0%	/Test

      You can see from the output that the Cinder-created volume has the correct size. This indicates that the process has worked successfully.