02 Creating a volume

Creating a volume from the Block Storage section

• Log in to Aruba CMP;
• from the menu, select Public Cloud > Storage;
• in the Block Storage area, select Go to Block Storage;
• in the Block Storage section, select Create new volume;
• in the Create new volume procedure, the following information is required:
  • 1. Information
    • assign a name to the volume (follow the naming rules);
    • you can associate one or more tags with the volume (follow the tagging rules);
    • you must assign the volume to a project. If you do not make a selection, the system will assign the volume to the default project;
    • select Continue;
  • 2. Location
    • choose the region where you want to place the volume (this choice cannot be changed after creation);
    • you can choose whether to make the volume available to all resources in the region (default option) or specify a particular zone within the region;
    • select Continue;
  • 3. Configuration
    • decide whether to make the volume bootable, so that it can be used as the boot disk of a Cloud Server;
    • select one of the storage types you want to create;
    • specify the volume size in GB. The minimum volume size is 1 GB;
    • select Continue;
  • select Confirm on the right-hand side of the sticky bar to complete the volume creation.
     
    Creating a volume takes a few minutes.

Creating a volume from the Cloud Server details page

• Go to the details page of the Cloud Server to which you want to add the volume;
• at the bottom of the page, select the Storage tab;
• select Create new volume;
• in the Create new volume procedure, the following information is required:
  • 1. Information
    • assign a name to the volume (follow the naming rules);
    • you can associate one or more tags with the volume (follow the tagging rules);
    • you must assign the volume to a project. If you do not make a selection, the system will assign the volume to the default project;
    • select Continue;
  • 2. Location
    • the region is inherited;
    • select Continue;
  • 3. Configuration
    • decide whether to make the volume bootable, so that it can be used as the boot disk of a Cloud Server;
    • select one of the storage types you want to create;
    • specify the volume size in GB. The minimum volume size is 1 GB;
    • select Continue;
  • select Confirm on the right-hand side of the sticky bar to complete the volume creation.
     
    Creating a volume takes a few minutes.

Creating a volume with Kubernetes