Command-line
Once correctly authenticated to Keystone - perform the following commands to create a basic Cinder volume.
To create a block storage volume, we need a few basic but important details -
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
--size |
Provide the required block storage volume size in GB |
--description |
Provide a short description detailing the use for the volume, optionally include a username |
name |
Include the name of the block storage volume at the end of the command, e.g. refdata01 |
[wflinstone@login1(demo) ~]$ openstack volume create \
> --size 5 \
> --description "Reference data for compute job" \
> refdata01
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field | Value |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| attachments | [] |
| availability_zone | nova |
| bootable | false |
| created_at | 2015-12-10T15:21:35.577447 |
| display_description | Reference data for compute job |
| display_name | refdata01 |
| encrypted | False |
| id | e264d2a7-9666-481a-9a30-5d31d1408d93 |
| multiattach | false |
| properties | |
| size | 5 |
| snapshot_id | None |
| source_volid | None |
| status | creating |
| type | None |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
View block storage volumes
View your newly created block storage volume together with other previously created volumes:
[wflinstone@login1(demo) ~]$ openstack volume list
+--------------------------------------+--------------+-----------+------+-------------+
| ID | Display Name | Status | Size | Attached to |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+-----------+------+-------------+
| c9630363-0134-455e-aa81-8cc2b69a4950 | refdata04 | available | 1 | |
| bf6071db-4e60-49aa-b576-80a8d3b8fd0e | refdata03 | available | 1 | |
| 2cdda4d7-300d-4bfe-9bb2-f9c8fe0429b5 | refdata02 | available | 1 | |
| e264d2a7-9666-481a-9a30-5d31d1408d93 | refdata01 | available | 5 | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+-----------+------+-------------+