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5. Click “Access & Security” tab within the Launch Instance field, and select the <key_pair_name> created earlier in the tutorial. The default security group should be checked as well.
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As mentioned in the Accessing Instances section, connecting to an instance via IPv6 is preferred over using a Floating IP. Please see the links above to determine if you have IPv6 connectivity (Telus and University of Alberta users are known to have IPv6 connectivity). If you do have IPv6 connectivity, replace "floating_ip_address" with your instance's IPv6 address in the instructions below.
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Log-in to the Rapid Access Cloud dashboard at https://cloud.cybera.ca.
In the left-hand panel under “Compute”, click “Volumes”.
Click the Action drop-down button on the right-hand side and select “Manage Attachments”.
Under “Attach to Instance” select the instance the volume is be attached to, then click the blue “Attach Volume” button.
After a few moments, the volume will be attached. Take note of the “Attached to” column on the summary screen, it will list where it is attached like “/dev/sdc”.
Use a volume
Log into your instance via ssh.
Format the volume:
Code Block $ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc
Info Attached volumes will typically be assigned device names in sequential order (i.e. /dev/sdc, /dev/sdd, /dev/sde, etc.)
List all disks from within the instance with:
Code Block $ sudo fdisk -l
Info /dev/sda and /dev/sdb are the system volumes that make up the instance.
Create a mount point for the volume:
Code Block $ sudo mkdir /mnt/<mount_point_name>
Mount the volume device to the mount point:
Code Block $ sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt/<mount_point_name>
Permissions may need to be changed on the new volume, as they are initially set to root:
Code Block $ sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu /mnt/<mount_point_name>
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