Create empty volume

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Creates a new empty volume of the specified size.

post/volumes

Request

  • Base URL
    http://localhost:4973
  • URL
    http://localhost:4973/volumes
  • Auth
    HTTP bearer

Request body

idstring

Optional custom identifier (auto-generated if not provided)

namestring required

Volume name

size_gbinteger required

Size in gigabytes

tagsTags

User-defined key-value tags.

Example request

{
  "id": "vol-data-1",
  "name": "my-data-volume",
  "size_gb": 10,
  "tags": {
    "team": "backend",
    "env": "staging"
  }
}

Response

Volume created

idstring required

Unique identifier

namestring required

Volume name

size_gbinteger required

Size in gigabytes

tagsTags

User-defined key-value tags.

created_atstring date-time required

Creation timestamp (RFC3339)

Example response

{
  "id": "vol-data-1",
  "name": "my-data-volume",
  "size_gb": 10,
  "tags": {
    "team": "backend",
    "env": "staging"
  },
  "attachments": [
    {
      "instance_id": "inst-abc123",
      "mount_path": "/mnt/data"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2025-01-15T09:00:00Z"
}

Changes

    • warning

      removed the request property

    • warning

      removed the optional property from the response with the status

    • info

      added the new optional request property

    • info

      added the optional property to the response with the status

    • info

      added the new optional request property

    • info

      added the optional property to the response with the status