---
name: "euca-create-volume"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "euca2ools"
version: "3.3.1-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/euca-create-volume"
---

# euca-create-volume(1)

Create a new volume

## NAME

euca-create-volume - Create a new volume

## SYNOPSIS

euca-create-volume **-z** ZONE \[-s GiB\] \[--snapshot SNAPSHOT\] \[-t VOLTYPE\]

- \[-i IOPS\] \[--show-empty-fields\] \[-U URL\]

  \[--region USER@REGION\] \[-I KEY\_ID\] \[-S KEY\] \[--security-token TOKEN\] \[--debug\] \[--debugger\] \[--version\] \[-h\]

## DESCRIPTION

Create a new volume

### optional arguments:

- **-z** ZONE, **--availability-zone** ZONE

  availability zone in which to create the new volume (required)

- **-s** GiB, **--size** GiB

  size of the new volume in GiB (required unless **--snapshot** is used)

- **--snapshot** SNAPSHOT

  snapshot from which to create the new volume

- **-t** VOLTYPE, **--type** VOLTYPE

  volume type

- **-i** IOPS, **--iops** IOPS

  number of I/O operations per second

- **--show-empty-fields**

  show empty values as "(nil)"

- **-U** URL, **--url** URL

  compute service endpoint URL

- **--region** USER@REGION

  region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

**-I** KEY\_ID, **--access-key-id** KEY\_ID

**-S** KEY, **--secret-key** KEY

**--security-token** TOKEN

- **--debug**

  show debugging output

- **--debugger**

  launch interactive debugger on error

- **--version**

  show the program's version and exit

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit