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create_volume

Operation

create_volume async

create_volume(input: CreateVolumeInput, plugins: list[Plugin] | None = None) -> CreateVolumeOutput

Creates an EBS volume that can be attached to an instance in the same Availability Zone.

You can create a new empty volume or restore a volume from an EBS snapshot. Any Amazon Web Services Marketplace product codes from the snapshot are propagated to the volume.

You can create encrypted volumes. Encrypted volumes must be attached to instances that support Amazon EBS encryption. Volumes that are created from encrypted snapshots are also automatically encrypted. For more information, see Amazon EBS encryption in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

You can tag your volumes during creation. For more information, see Tag your Amazon EC2 resources in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

For more information, see Create an Amazon EBS volume in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input CreateVolumeInput

An instance of CreateVolumeInput.

required
plugins list[Plugin] | None

A list of callables that modify the configuration dynamically. Changes made by these plugins only apply for the duration of the operation execution and will not affect any other operation invocations.

None

Returns:

Type Description
CreateVolumeOutput

An instance of CreateVolumeOutput.

Input

CreateVolumeInput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for CreateVolumeInput structure.

Attributes

availability_zone class-attribute instance-attribute
availability_zone: str | None = ...

The ID of the Availability Zone in which to create the volume. For example, us-east-1a.

Either AvailabilityZone or AvailabilityZoneId must be specified, but not both.

availability_zone_id class-attribute instance-attribute
availability_zone_id: str | None = ...

The ID of the Availability Zone in which to create the volume. For example, use1-az1.

Either AvailabilityZone or AvailabilityZoneId must be specified, but not both.

client_token class-attribute instance-attribute
client_token: str | None = ...

Unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. For more information, see Ensure Idempotency.

This field is autopopulated if not provided.

dry_run class-attribute instance-attribute
dry_run: bool | None = ...

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

encrypted class-attribute instance-attribute
encrypted: bool | None = ...

Indicates whether the volume should be encrypted. The effect of setting the encryption state to true depends on the volume origin (new or from a snapshot), starting encryption state, ownership, and whether encryption by default is enabled. For more information, see Encryption by default in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Encrypted Amazon EBS volumes must be attached to instances that support Amazon EBS encryption. For more information, see Supported instance types.

iops class-attribute instance-attribute
iops: int | None = ...

The number of I/O operations per second (IOPS) to provision for the volume. Required for io1 and io2 volumes. Optional for gp3 volumes. Omit for all other volume types.

Valid ranges:

  • gp3: 3,000(default)- 80,000 IOPS

  • io1: 100 - 64,000 IOPS

  • io2: 100 - 256,000 IOPS

Note

Instances built on the Nitro System can support up to 256,000 IOPS. Other instances can support up to 32,000 IOPS.

kms_key_id class-attribute instance-attribute
kms_key_id: str | None = ...

The identifier of the KMS key to use for Amazon EBS encryption. If this parameter is not specified, your KMS key for Amazon EBS is used. If KmsKeyId is specified, the encrypted state must be true.

You can specify the KMS key using any of the following:

  • Key ID. For example, 1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab.

  • Key alias. For example, alias/ExampleAlias.

  • Key ARN. For example, arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:012345678910:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab.

  • Alias ARN. For example, arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:012345678910:alias/ExampleAlias.

Amazon Web Services authenticates the KMS key asynchronously. Therefore, if you specify an ID, alias, or ARN that is not valid, the action can appear to complete, but eventually fails.

multi_attach_enabled class-attribute instance-attribute
multi_attach_enabled: bool | None = ...

Indicates whether to enable Amazon EBS Multi-Attach. If you enable Multi-Attach, you can attach the volume to up to 16 Instances built on the Nitro System in the same Availability Zone. This parameter is supported with io1 and io2 volumes only. For more information, see Amazon EBS Multi-Attach in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

operator class-attribute instance-attribute
operator: OperatorRequest | None = ...

Reserved for internal use.

outpost_arn class-attribute instance-attribute
outpost_arn: str | None = ...

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost on which to create the volume.

If you intend to use a volume with an instance running on an outpost, then you must create the volume on the same outpost as the instance. You can't use a volume created in an Amazon Web Services Region with an instance on an Amazon Web Services outpost, or the other way around.

size class-attribute instance-attribute
size: int | None = ...

The size of the volume, in GiBs. You must specify either a snapshot ID or a volume size. If you specify a snapshot, the default is the snapshot size, and you can specify a volume size that is equal to or larger than the snapshot size.

Valid sizes:

  • gp2: 1 - 16,384 GiB

  • gp3: 1 - 65,536 GiB

  • io1: 4 - 16,384 GiB

  • io2: 4 - 65,536 GiB

  • st1 and sc1: 125 - 16,384 GiB

  • standard: 1 - 1024 GiB

snapshot_id class-attribute instance-attribute
snapshot_id: str | None = ...

The snapshot from which to create the volume. You must specify either a snapshot ID or a volume size.

tag_specifications class-attribute instance-attribute
tag_specifications: list[TagSpecification] | None = ...

The tags to apply to the volume during creation.

throughput class-attribute instance-attribute
throughput: int | None = ...

The throughput to provision for the volume, in MiB/s. Supported for gp3 volumes only. Omit for all other volume types.

Valid Range: 125 - 2000 MiB/s

volume_initialization_rate class-attribute instance-attribute
volume_initialization_rate: int | None = ...

Specifies the Amazon EBS Provisioned Rate for Volume Initialization (volume initialization rate), in MiB/s, at which to download the snapshot blocks from Amazon S3 to the volume. This is also known as volume initialization. Specifying a volume initialization rate ensures that the volume is initialized at a predictable and consistent rate after creation.

This parameter is supported only for volumes created from snapshots. Omit this parameter if:

  • You want to create the volume using fast snapshot restore. You must specify a snapshot that is enabled for fast snapshot restore. In this case, the volume is fully initialized at creation.

Note: If you specify a snapshot that is enabled for fast snapshot restore and a volume initialization rate, the volume will be initialized at the specified rate instead of fast snapshot restore.

  • You want to create a volume that is initialized at the default rate.

For more information, see Initialize Amazon EBS volumes in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Valid range: 100 - 300 MiB/s

volume_type class-attribute instance-attribute
volume_type: str | None = ...

The volume type. This parameter can be one of the following values:

  • General Purpose SSD: gp2 | gp3

  • Provisioned IOPS SSD: io1 | io2

  • Throughput Optimized HDD: st1

  • Cold HDD: sc1

  • Magnetic: standard

Warning

Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) and Cold HDD (sc1) volumes can't be used as boot volumes.

For more information, see Amazon EBS volume types in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Default: gp2

Output

CreateVolumeOutput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Describes a volume.

Attributes

attachments class-attribute instance-attribute
attachments: list[VolumeAttachment] | None = ...
Note

This parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.

Information about the volume attachments.

availability_zone class-attribute instance-attribute
availability_zone: str | None = ...

The Availability Zone for the volume.

availability_zone_id class-attribute instance-attribute
availability_zone_id: str | None = ...

The ID of the Availability Zone for the volume.

create_time class-attribute instance-attribute
create_time: datetime | None = ...

The time stamp when volume creation was initiated.

encrypted class-attribute instance-attribute
encrypted: bool | None = ...

Indicates whether the volume is encrypted.

fast_restored class-attribute instance-attribute
fast_restored: bool | None = ...
Note

This parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.

Indicates whether the volume was created using fast snapshot restore.

iops class-attribute instance-attribute
iops: int | None = ...

The number of I/O operations per second (IOPS). For gp3, io1, and io2 volumes, this represents the number of IOPS that are provisioned for the volume. For gp2 volumes, this represents the baseline performance of the volume and the rate at which the volume accumulates I/O credits for bursting.

kms_key_id class-attribute instance-attribute
kms_key_id: str | None = ...

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the KMS key that was used to protect the volume encryption key for the volume.

multi_attach_enabled class-attribute instance-attribute
multi_attach_enabled: bool | None = ...

Indicates whether Amazon EBS Multi-Attach is enabled.

operator class-attribute instance-attribute
operator: OperatorResponse | None = ...

The service provider that manages the volume.

outpost_arn class-attribute instance-attribute
outpost_arn: str | None = ...

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.

owner_id class-attribute instance-attribute
owner_id: str | None = ...

The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that owns the volume.

response_metadata class-attribute instance-attribute
response_metadata: ResponseMetadata = ...

Metadata about the response that produced this output. Use this to recover the request identifiers a service's support team needs in order to investigate a call. Members of the metadata are individually optional.

size class-attribute instance-attribute
size: int | None = ...

The size of the volume, in GiBs.

snapshot_id class-attribute instance-attribute
snapshot_id: str | None = ...

The snapshot from which the volume was created, if applicable.

source_volume_id class-attribute instance-attribute
source_volume_id: str | None = ...

The ID of the source volume from which the volume copy was created. Only for volume copies.

sse_type class-attribute instance-attribute
sse_type: str | None = ...
Note

This parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.

Reserved for future use.

state class-attribute instance-attribute
state: str | None = ...

The volume state.

tags class-attribute instance-attribute
tags: list[Tag] | None = ...

Any tags assigned to the volume.

throughput class-attribute instance-attribute
throughput: int | None = ...

The throughput that the volume supports, in MiB/s.

volume_arn class-attribute instance-attribute
volume_arn: str | None = ...

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the volume.

volume_id class-attribute instance-attribute
volume_id: str | None = ...

The ID of the volume.

volume_initialization_rate class-attribute instance-attribute
volume_initialization_rate: int | None = ...

The Amazon EBS Provisioned Rate for Volume Initialization (volume initialization rate) specified for the volume during creation, in MiB/s. If no volume initialization rate was specified, the value is null.

volume_type class-attribute instance-attribute
volume_type: str | None = ...

The volume type.