First, What is EBS?

EBS is like a virtual hard disk that you can attach to your EC2 instance. The best part? It keeps your data safe even if the instance stops or gets terminated — unless you delete it yourself.

Here’s why people love EBS:

It's persistent.
You can scale it anytime.
You can easily back it up.
It comes in different performance types.

What You Need Before You Start

An AWS account
One running EC2 instance (Linux preferred for this guide)

Step-by-Step: Creating and Attaching an EBS Volume

1. Head to the EC2 Dashboard

Log in to your AWS console.
Go to the EC2 service.
On the left-hand menu, scroll down to Elastic Block Store → Volumes.

2. Create a New Volume

Click on Create Volume.
Choose a volume type (I recommend gp3 for most use cases).
Set the size (8 GiB is good to start).
Important: Make sure you select the same Availability Zone as your EC2 instance (like us-east-1a).
Click Create Volume.

3. Attach the Volume to Your EC2 Instance

Find your new volume in the list and select it.
Click Actions → Attach Volume.
Pick your EC2 instance from the dropdown list.
Use a device name like /dev/xvdf and confirm.

🖥️ Step 4: Format and Mount the EBS Volume (on Linux)

Connect to your instance via : ssh -i your-key.pem ec2-user@<your-public-ip>

Check the attached disk: lsblk

You should see /dev/xvdf listed.

Format the new volume: sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/xvdf

Create a directory to mount it: sudo mkdir /data

Mount it: sudo mount /dev/xvdf /data

Now check if it’s mounted: df -h

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🚀 Day 13: EBS in AWS :create and attach your volume