AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . ec2 ]

create-volume

Description

Creates an EBS volume that can be attached to an instance in the same Availability Zone. The volume is created in the regional endpoint that you send the HTTP request to. For more information see Regions and Endpoints .

You can create a new empty volume or restore a volume from an EBS snapshot. Any AWS Marketplace product codes from the snapshot are propagated to the volume.

You can create encrypted volumes. Encrypted volumes must be attached to instances that support Amazon EBS encryption. Volumes that are created from encrypted snapshots are also automatically encrypted. For more information, see Amazon EBS Encryption in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

You can tag your volumes during creation. For more information, see Tagging Your Amazon EC2 Resources in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

For more information, see Creating an Amazon EBS Volume in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

See also: AWS API Documentation

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis

  create-volume
--availability-zone <value>
[--encrypted | --no-encrypted]
[--iops <value>]
[--kms-key-id <value>]
[--outpost-arn <value>]
[--size <value>]
[--snapshot-id <value>]
[--volume-type <value>]
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--tag-specifications <value>]
[--multi-attach-enabled | --no-multi-attach-enabled]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--cli-auto-prompt <value>]

Options

--availability-zone (string)

The Availability Zone in which to create the volume.

--encrypted | --no-encrypted (boolean)

Specifies whether the volume should be encrypted. The effect of setting the encryption state to true depends on the volume origin (new or from a snapshot), starting encryption state, ownership, and whether encryption by default is enabled. For more information, see Encryption by Default in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

Encrypted Amazon EBS volumes must be attached to instances that support Amazon EBS encryption. For more information, see Supported Instance Types .

--iops (integer)

The number of I/O operations per second (IOPS) to provision for the volume, with a maximum ratio of 50 IOPS/GiB. Range is 100 to 64,000 IOPS for volumes in most Regions. Maximum IOPS of 64,000 is guaranteed only on Nitro-based instances . Other instance families guarantee performance up to 32,000 IOPS. For more information, see Amazon EBS Volume Types in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

This parameter is valid only for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volumes.

--kms-key-id (string)

The identifier of the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer master key (CMK) to use for Amazon EBS encryption. If this parameter is not specified, your AWS managed CMK for EBS is used. If KmsKeyId is specified, the encrypted state must be true .

You can specify the CMK using any of the following:

  • Key ID. For example, key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab.

  • Key alias. For example, alias/ExampleAlias.

  • Key ARN. For example, arn:aws:kms:us-east-1 :012345678910 :key/abcd1234-a123-456a-a12b-a123b4cd56ef .

  • Alias ARN. For example, arn:aws:kms:us-east-1 :012345678910 :alias/ExampleAlias .

AWS authenticates the CMK asynchronously. Therefore, if you specify an ID, alias, or ARN that is not valid, the action can appear to complete, but eventually fails.

--outpost-arn (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.

--size (integer)

The size of the volume, in GiBs. You must specify either a snapshot ID or a volume size.

Constraints: 1-16,384 for gp2 , 4-16,384 for io1 , 500-16,384 for st1 , 500-16,384 for sc1 , and 1-1,024 for standard . If you specify a snapshot, the volume size must be equal to or larger than the snapshot size.

Default: If you’re creating the volume from a snapshot and don’t specify a volume size, the default is the snapshot size.

--snapshot-id (string)

The snapshot from which to create the volume. You must specify either a snapshot ID or a volume size.

--volume-type (string)

The volume type. This can be gp2 for General Purpose SSD, io1 for Provisioned IOPS SSD, st1 for Throughput Optimized HDD, sc1 for Cold HDD, or standard for Magnetic volumes.

Default: gp2

Possible values:

  • standard

  • io1

  • gp2

  • sc1

  • st1

--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .

--tag-specifications (list)

The tags to apply to the volume during creation.

(structure)

The tags to apply to a resource when the resource is being created.

ResourceType -> (string)

The type of resource to tag. Currently, the resource types that support tagging on creation are: capacity-reservation | client-vpn-endpoint | dedicated-host | dhcp-options | export-image-task | export-instance-task | fleet | fpga-image | host-reservation | import-image-task | import-snapshot-task | instance | internet-gateway | ipv4pool-ec2 | ipv6pool-ec2 | key-pair | launch-template | placement-group | prefix-list | natgateway | network-acl | security-group | spot-fleet-request | spot-instances-request | snapshot | subnet | traffic-mirror-filter | traffic-mirror-session | traffic-mirror-target | transit-gateway | transit-gateway-attachment | transit-gateway-route-table | volume |vpc | vpc-endpoint (for interface and gateway endpoints) | vpc-endpoint-service (for AWS PrivateLink) | vpc-flow-log .

To tag a resource after it has been created, see CreateTags .

Tags -> (list)

The tags to apply to the resource.

(structure)

Describes a tag.

Key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.

Shorthand Syntax:

ResourceType=string,Tags=[{Key=string,Value=string},{Key=string,Value=string}] ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "ResourceType": "client-vpn-endpoint"|"customer-gateway"|"dedicated-host"|"dhcp-options"|"elastic-ip"|"elastic-gpu"|"export-image-task"|"export-instance-task"|"fleet"|"fpga-image"|"host-reservation"|"image"|"import-image-task"|"import-snapshot-task"|"instance"|"internet-gateway"|"key-pair"|"launch-template"|"local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association"|"natgateway"|"network-acl"|"network-interface"|"placement-group"|"reserved-instances"|"route-table"|"security-group"|"snapshot"|"spot-fleet-request"|"spot-instances-request"|"subnet"|"traffic-mirror-filter"|"traffic-mirror-session"|"traffic-mirror-target"|"transit-gateway"|"transit-gateway-attachment"|"transit-gateway-multicast-domain"|"transit-gateway-route-table"|"volume"|"vpc"|"vpc-peering-connection"|"vpn-connection"|"vpn-gateway"|"vpc-flow-log",
    "Tags": [
      {
        "Key": "string",
        "Value": "string"
      }
      ...
    ]
  }
  ...
]

--multi-attach-enabled | --no-multi-attach-enabled (boolean)

Specifies whether to enable Amazon EBS Multi-Attach. If you enable Multi-Attach, you can attach the volume to up to 16 Nitro-based instances in the same Availability Zone. For more information, see Amazon EBS Multi-Attach in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean) Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples

To create an empty General Purpose SSD (gp2) volume

The following create-volume example creates an 80 GiB General Purpose SSD (gp2) volume in the specified Availability Zone. Note that the current Region must be us-east-1, or you can add the --region parameter to specify the Region for the command.

aws ec2 create-volume \
    --volume-type gp2 \
    --size 80 \
    --availability-zone us-east-1a

Output:

{
    "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a",
    "Tags": [],
    "Encrypted": false,
    "VolumeType": "gp2",
    "VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0",
    "State": "creating",
    "Iops": 240,
    "SnapshotId": "",
    "CreateTime": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z",
    "Size": 80
}

If you do not specify a volume type, the default volume type is gp2.

aws ec2 create-volume \
    --size 80 \
    --availability-zone us-east-1a

Example 2: To create a Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volume from a snapshot

The following create-volume example creates a Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volume with 1000 provisioned IOPS in the specified Availability Zone using the specified snapshot.

aws ec2 create-volume \
    --volume-type io1 \
    --iops 1000 \
    --snapshot-id snap-066877671789bd71b \
    --availability-zone us-east-1a

Output:

{
    "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a",
    "Tags": [],
    "Encrypted": false,
    "VolumeType": "io1",
    "VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0",
    "State": "creating",
    "Iops": 1000,
    "SnapshotId": "snap-066877671789bd71b",
    "CreateTime": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z",
    "Size": 500
}

Example 3: To create an encrypted volume

The following create-volume example creates an encrypted volume using the default CMK for EBS encryption. If encryption by default is disabled, you must specify the --encrypted parameter as follows.

aws ec2 create-volume \
    --size 80 \
    --encrypted \
    --availability-zone us-east-1a

Output:

{
    "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a",
    "Tags": [],
    "Encrypted": true,
    "VolumeType": "gp2",
    "VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0",
    "State": "creating",
    "Iops": 240,
    "SnapshotId": "",
    "CreateTime": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z",
    "Size": 80
}

If encryption by default is enabled, the following example command creates an encrypted volume, even without the --encrypted parameter.

aws ec2 create-volume \
    --size 80 \
    --availability-zone us-east-1a

If you use the --kms-key-id parameter to specify a customer managed CMK, you must specify the --encrypted parameter even if encryption by default is enabled.

aws ec2 create-volume \
    --volume-type gp2 \
    --size 80 \
    --encrypted \
    --kms-key-id 0ea3fef3-80a7-4778-9d8c-1c0c6EXAMPLE \
    --availability-zone us-east-1a

Example 4: To create a volume with tags

The following create-volume example creates a volume and adds two tags.

aws ec2 create-volume \
    --availability-zone us-east-1a \
    --volume-type gp2 \
    --size 80 \
    --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=volume,Tags=[{Key=purpose,Value=production},{Key=cost-center,Value=cc123}]'

Output

Attachments -> (list)

Information about the volume attachments.

(structure)

Describes volume attachment details.

AttachTime -> (timestamp)

The time stamp when the attachment initiated.

Device -> (string)

The device name.

InstanceId -> (string)

The ID of the instance.

State -> (string)

The attachment state of the volume.

VolumeId -> (string)

The ID of the volume.

DeleteOnTermination -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the EBS volume is deleted on instance termination.

AvailabilityZone -> (string)

The Availability Zone for the volume.

CreateTime -> (timestamp)

The time stamp when volume creation was initiated.

Encrypted -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the volume is encrypted.

KmsKeyId -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer master key (CMK) that was used to protect the volume encryption key for the volume.

OutpostArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.

Size -> (integer)

The size of the volume, in GiBs.

SnapshotId -> (string)

The snapshot from which the volume was created, if applicable.

State -> (string)

The volume state.

VolumeId -> (string)

The ID of the volume.

Iops -> (integer)

The number of I/O operations per second (IOPS) that the volume supports. For Provisioned IOPS SSD volumes, this represents the number of IOPS that are provisioned for the volume. For General Purpose SSD volumes, this represents the baseline performance of the volume and the rate at which the volume accumulates I/O credits for bursting. For more information, see Amazon EBS Volume Types in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

Constraints: Range is 100-16,000 IOPS for gp2 volumes and 100 to 64,000IOPS for io1 volumes, in most Regions. The maximum IOPS for io1 of 64,000 is guaranteed only on Nitro-based instances . Other instance families guarantee performance up to 32,000 IOPS.

Condition: This parameter is required for requests to create io1 volumes; it is not used in requests to create gp2 , st1 , sc1 , or standard volumes.

Tags -> (list)

Any tags assigned to the volume.

(structure)

Describes a tag.

Key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.

VolumeType -> (string)

The volume type. This can be gp2 for General Purpose SSD, io1 for Provisioned IOPS SSD, st1 for Throughput Optimized HDD, sc1 for Cold HDD, or standard for Magnetic volumes.

FastRestored -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the volume was created using fast snapshot restore.

MultiAttachEnabled -> (boolean)

Indicates whether Amazon EBS Multi-Attach is enabled.

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