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AWS CLI EC2 Cheat Sheet/Attach a volume

Attach an existing EBS volume to an instance.

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Section: EBS Volumes and Snapshots

Attach a volume

bash
bash
aws ec2 attach-volume --volume-id vol-0123456789abcdef0 --instance-id i-0123456789abcdef0 --device /dev/xvdf
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The operating system still needs filesystem and mount configuration if appropriate.

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