Eucalyptus volumes

How to create a volume

euca-create-volume -z cluster01 -s 2

How to list volumes

euca-describe-volumes

How to attach a volume to a running instance

euca-attach-volume -i i-5B7942F1 -d /dev/sdb1 vol-E54C3B1A

How to detach a volume from any instance

Note that instance name is not necessary here

euca-detach-volume vol-E54C3B1A

How to extend root FS

dd if=/dev/zero of=4g.img count=4096 bs=1M
dd if=eucalyptus.img of=4g.img conv=notrunc
losetup /dev/loop0 4g.img
e2fsck -f /dev/loop0
resize2fs /dev/loop0
e2fsck -f /dev/loop0
losetup -d /dev/loop0

EBS References

• http://www.eucalyptus.com/docs/3.1/ug/create_vol_image.html#create_vol_image
• http://lesterwade.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/creating-a-boot-from-ebs-bfebs-image/
• https://engage.eucalyptus.com/customer/portal/articles/326593-creating-and-managing-ebs-volumes
• http://open.eucalyptus.com/wiki/install-service-ebs-volume