NAME

ec2-create-volume - Create a new volume

SYNOPSIS

ec2addvol ([ec2-create-volume])
ec2addvol [GENERAL OPTIONS] (-s SIZE | --snapshot SNAPSHOT [-s SIZE]) [-t TYPE [-i IOPS]] [--encrypted] -z ZONE

GENERAL NOTES

Any command option/parameter may be passed a value of '-' to indicate
that values for that option should be read from stdin.

DESCRIPTION

Create a new volume.
Create a volume, possibly based on a snapshot, of the indicated size in the specified zone.

GENERAL OPTIONS

-O, --aws-access-key KEY
AWS Access Key ID. Defaults to the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY
environment variable (if set).

-W, --aws-secret-key KEY
AWS Secret Access Key. Defaults to the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY
environment variable (if set).

-T, --security-token TOKEN
AWS delegation token. Defaults to the value of the AWS_DELEGATION_TOKEN
environment variable (if set).

-K, --private-key KEY
[DEPRECATED] Specify KEY as the private key to use. Defaults to the value of the
EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

-C, --cert CERT
[DEPRECATED] Specify CERT as the X509 certificate to use. Defaults to the value
of the EC2_CERT environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

-U, --url URL
Specify URL as the web service URL to use. Defaults to the value of
'https://ec2.amazonaws.com' (us-east-1) or to that of the
EC2_URL environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

--region REGION
Specify REGION as the web service region to use.
This option will override the URL specified by the "-U URL" option
and EC2_URL environment variable.
This option defaults to the region specified by the EC2_URL environment variable
or us-east-1 if this environment variable is not set.

-D, --auth-dry-run
Check if you can perform the requested action rather than actually performing it.

-v, --verbose
Verbose output.

-?, --help
Display this help.

-H, --headers
Display column headers.

--debug
Display additional debugging information.

--show-empty-fields
Indicate empty fields.

--hide-tags
Do not display tags for tagged resources.

--connection-timeout TIMEOUT
Specify a connection timeout TIMEOUT (in seconds).

--request-timeout TIMEOUT
Specify a request timeout TIMEOUT (in seconds).

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-s, --size SIZE
The size of the volume, in GiB (2^30 octets), to be created.

--snapshot SNAPSHOT
The snapshot on which the volume should be based.

-z, --availability-zone ZONE
The zone in which the volume should be created.

-t, --type TYPE
The type of volume to be used. Valid values are standard and io1. Defaults to standard.

-i, --iops IOPS
The requested number of I/O operations per second that the volume can support.