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Use DetachVolume with a CLI - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Use DetachVolume with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DetachVolume.

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CLI
AWS CLI

To detach a volume from an instance

This example command detaches the volume (vol-049df61146c4d7901) from the instance it is attached to.

Command:

aws ec2 detach-volume --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0

Output:

{
    "AttachTime": "2014-02-27T19:23:06.000Z",
    "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
    "VolumeId": "vol-049df61146c4d7901",
    "State": "detaching",
    "Device": "/dev/sdb"
}

  • For API details, see DetachVolume in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example detaches the specified volume.

Dismount-EC2Volume -VolumeId vol-12345678

Output:

AttachTime          : 12/22/2015 1:53:58 AM
DeleteOnTermination : False
Device              : /dev/sdh
InstanceId          : i-1a2b3c4d
State               : detaching
VolumeId            : vol-12345678

Example 2: You can also specify the instance ID and device name to ensure that you are detaching the correct volume.

Dismount-EC2Volume -VolumeId vol-12345678 -InstanceId i-1a2b3c4d -Device /dev/sdh

  • For API details, see DetachVolume in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example detaches the specified volume.

Dismount-EC2Volume -VolumeId vol-12345678

Output:

AttachTime          : 12/22/2015 1:53:58 AM
DeleteOnTermination : False
Device              : /dev/sdh
InstanceId          : i-1a2b3c4d
State               : detaching
VolumeId            : vol-12345678

Example 2: You can also specify the instance ID and device name to ensure that you are detaching the correct volume.

Dismount-EC2Volume -VolumeId vol-12345678 -InstanceId i-1a2b3c4d -Device /dev/sdh

  • For API details, see DetachVolume in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.