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This section describes some additional AWS configuration options that can be used with the Charon -SSP AWS instance.
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Storage Management
To add additional disk storage to your Charon-SSP AWS instance (for example, for storing virtual disk containers), perform the steps described below.
Steps in the AWS Environment
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This will open the volume overview screen.
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Click on the Create Volume button on top of the volume overview screen.
This will open the volume creation window.
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Select
- Volume type
- Volume size
- Availability zone (
Must be the same as the Charon-SSP AWS instance!) - Optionally, add a name tag.
Then click on Create Volume.
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Select the instance to which the volume is to be attached. Optionally, you can change the device name that will be presented to the Charon-SSP AWS instance.
Click on Attach to confirm the configuration and to attach the volume to the instance.
The status of the volume in the volume overview screen will change from available to in-use.
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Go to the instance overview list and select your instance. In the description tab at the bottom, you will see that the instance now has two block devices.
Steps in Charon-SSP Manager
After the volume has been attached to the instance, it must be included in the Charon-SSP host system configuration. This is achieved via the Charon-SSP Manager.
- Open the Charon-SSP Manager on your local system and connect to your AWS instance.
- Select Tools > AWS Cloud > Storage Manager.
- In the Storage Manager window,
- select the new device,
- click on the cog-wheel symbol,
- select Format Volume to create a filesystem on the new device,
- click on the cog-wheel symbol again, and
- select Mount the Filesystem.
This will mount the new volume under /charon/storage/media/<UUID>/. The following image shows a sample:
Note that the device on the host system is called /dev/xvdf. This is equivalent to /dev/sdf.
Once the filesystem has been mounted, the space is available to the Charon-SSP host system.
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