Create & Mount a New Drive on EC2 (Linux)

Step 1: Create a New EBS Volume

Step 2: Attach Volume to EC2

Step 3: SSH into EC2 and Confirm

Step 4: Format the Disk

Step 5: Create Mount Point & Mount

Step 6: Make Mount Persistent

1.Create Instance.

2.Create a New EBS Volume and attach to EC2 instance.

3: SSH into EC2 and Confirm

To verify used cmd- lsblk

Now it is attach we need to mount it permanent

Step 4: Format the Disk cmd- sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/xvdbf

Step 5: Create New Drive D and Mount Point & Mount.

cmd- sudo mkdir /mnt/d_drive sudo mount /dev/ xvdbf /mnt/d_drive

Step 6: Make Mount Persistent

cmd- sudo blkid

copy - UUID="f58db4cd-64fe-4116-a0cb-190e4ed9997d" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="86aeec03-9737-47fd-96f1-853748b96950"

Edit the /etc/fstab file

cmd- sudo nano /etc/fstab

Add these line at bottom

Finally D drive is ready and successfully mounted!

✅ Done! Your new EBS volume is now created, formatted, and mounted.

Happy Learning…!