Increase disk space of a new AWS instance

The following topic explains how to increase the disk space of a newly deployed AWS instance by extending your out-of-the-box storage device.

The AlgoSec AMI comes with 249 GB in the data partition. After you deploy it in a AWS environment, according to your sizing, you may need to increase the disk space of your newly deployed AWS instance.

Increase disk space (up to 2 TB)

Note: To increase disk space above 2TB, see below Increase disk space (above 2 TB).

Do the following:

During the Add Storage phase of the setup process, increase disk space on your AWS instance.

Set the volume to a maximum of 2000GB.
Verify that the disk size was updated by running:

lsblk
Resize partition 2 of the disk nvme0n1 to occupy the empty space by running following commands:

parted /dev/nvme0n1

resizepart 2 100%

quit
Verify that the partition was updated by running:

lsblk
After resizing the partition, resize the physical volume /dev/nvme0n1p2 to make use of the newly allocated space, by running the following command:

pvresize /dev/nvme0n1p2
Resize the logical volume vg_algosec-data to make use of the additional space in the volume group.

lvresize --extents +100%FREE /dev/vg_algosec/data
Verify that the logical volume is extended by running:

lsblk
Resize the file system to make use of the additional spaceby running:

resize2fs /dev/vg_algosec/data
Verify that the logical volume /data has been expanded to the desired size by running:

df -h
Reboot the system by running:

reboot

Increase disk space (above 2 TB)

Do the following:

During the Add Storage phase of the setup process, add a new disk on your AWS instance.

Set the volume to a maximum of 6000GB.
Verify new 6 TB disk is added by running command:

fdisk -l

Note the name of the disk.
Run the following command:

parted /dev/nvme1n1
Run the following commands:

mklabel gpt

print
Run the following commands:

unit TB

mkpart primary xfs 0 6

print

quit
Verify the new partition is present inside the new disk nvme1n1 by running:

lsblk
Run the following command to create new physical volume:

pvcreate /dev/nvme1n1p1
Run the command:

vgdisplay

Note the VG Name.
Extend the volume group by running following command:

vgextend vg_algosec /dev/nvme1n1p1
To list details of logical volumes, run the command:

lvdisplay
Extend the logical volume by running following command.

lvextend /dev/vg_algosec/data /dev/nvme1n1p1
Resize the file system by running:

resize2fs /dev/vg_algosec/data
Verify the disk size has been expanded by running:

df -h
Reboot the system by running:

reboot