🔹 PART 1: Create EC2 Instance + Custom EBS Volume

Step 1: Launch EC2 Instance

1. Go to AWS Console → EC2

2. Click Launch Instance

3. Configure:

   • Name: ec2-nishan

   • AMI: Amazon Linux (or Ubuntu)

   • Instance type: t2.micro (free tier)

   • Key pair: create/download .pem

   • Network:

     • VPC: Default VPC
     • Subnet: Default subnet (AZ1)

Important: Note the Availability Zone (AZ) (e.g., ap-south-1a) You will need the SAME AZ for EBS.

4. Launch instance

Step 2: Check EC2 Availability Zone

• Go to Instances → select your EC2
• Check Availability Zone (e.g., ap-south-1a)

Step 3: Connect to EC2 (SSH)

ssh -i your-key.pem ec2-user@your-public-ip

Step 4: Check Existing Disks

lsblk

🔹 PART 2: Create and Attach EBS Volume

Step 5: Create EBS Volume

1. Go to EC2 → Elastic Block Store → Volumes

2. Click Create Volume

3. Configure:

   • Name: ebs-volume1-nishan
   • Size: e.g., 8 GB
   • AZ: Same as EC2 (VERY IMPORTANT)

4. Click Create Volume

Step 6: Attach Volume to EC2

1. Select your volume

2. Click Actions → Attach Volume

3. Choose your EC2 instance

4. Device name:

   /dev/sdk
   

5. Attach

Step 7: Verify in EC2

lsblk

You’ll see something like:

nvme1n1

Step 8: Check if Volume is Empty

sudo file -s /dev/nvme1n1

If output shows data, it means no filesystem yet.

Step 9: Create File System

sudo mkfs -t xfs /dev/nvme1n1

Step 10: Create Mount Directory

sudo mkdir /myebsvolume1

Step 11: Mount the Volume

sudo mount /dev/nvme1n1 /myebsvolume1

Step 12: Verify

ls -lart /myebsvolume1
df -h

Take screenshot till here (your requirement)

🔹 PART 3: Increase Volume Size

Step 13: Modify Volume

1. Go to Volumes
2. Select your volume
3. Click Actions → Modify Volume
4. Increase size (e.g., 8GB → 12GB)

Step 14: Verify in EC2

sudo fdisk -l

(Optional for full usage)

sudo xfs_growfs /myebsvolume1

🔹 PART 4: Create Snapshot

Step 15: Create Snapshot

1. Go to Volumes

2. Select your volume

3. Click: Actions → Create Snapshot

4. Give:

   • Name
   • Description

5. Click Create Snapshot

🔹 PART 5: Create New Volume from Snapshot

Step 16:

1. Go to Snapshots
2. Select your snapshot
3. Click: Actions → Create Volume
4. Keep same configuration
5. Create volume

Step 17:

• Copy new volume ID
• Rename it (optional)

🔹 PART 6: Attach Snapshot Volume to NEW EC2

Step 18: Launch Second EC2

• Same steps as before

• Ensure:

  • SAME AZ as volume

Step 19: Attach Volume

1. Go to Volumes
2. Select new volume
3. Click: Actions → Attach Volume
4. Attach to second EC2

🔹 PART 7: Access Volume in Second EC2

Step 20: SSH into second EC2

ssh -i your-key.pem ec2-user@public-ip

Step 21: Check Disks

lsblk

Step 22: Create Mount Directory

sudo mkdir /myebsvolume2

Step 23: Mount Volume

sudo mount /dev/nvme1n1 /myebsvolume2

Step 24: Verify Data

ls -lart /myebsvolume2

You should see same data from snapshot