c. Mount the Volume and check data

  1. Login to your EC2 Instance.

  2. List the available disks using the following command:

lsblk

The output will list the disks you attached to your instance.

NOTE: Depending on the Linux version and the machine type, the device names may differ. The EC2 Console will generally show /dev/sdX, where X is a lower-case letter, but you may see /dev/xvdX or /dev/nvmeYn1. The following table may help with translating. Another way to help track is to pick different sizes for your EBS volumes (such as 151, 152, 153 GB for different volumes). | Device name (Console) | Alternate 1 | Alternate 2 | | — | — | — | | /dev/sda | /dev/xvda | /dev/nvme0n1 | | /dev/sdb | /dev/xvdb | /dev/nvme1n1 | | /dev/sdc | /dev/xvdc | /dev/nvme2n1 | | /dev/sdd | /dev/xvdd | /dev/nvme3n1 | | /dev/sde | /dev/xvde | /dev/nvme4n1 | | /dev/sdf | /dev/xvdf | /dev/nvme5n1 |

  1. For example, nvme1n1 is our disk, shown below. Not only does it have the proper size, but there is no preexisting mount point.
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1     259:0    0  150G  0 disk
└─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0  150G  0 part /
nvme1n1     259:2    0   10G  0 disk
  1. Check if the volume has any data using the following command, using the disk identified in step 3:
sudo file -s /dev/nvme1n1

If the above command output shows “/dev/nvme1n1: data”, it means your Volume is empty.

  1. Create a directory of your choice to mount our new ext4 volume. Let’s use the name “volume1”.
sudo mkdir /mnt/volume1
  1. Mount the volume to “volume1” directory using the following command:
sudo mount /dev/nvme1n1 /mnt/volume1
  1. cd into volume1 directory and check the disk space to confirm the volume mount.
cd /mnt/volume1
df -h .

  1. The above command will show the free space in the volume1 directory.

  2. Ensure your copied data is present on the volume.

  3. You will need to set ownership of this drive from root to user with chown. Replace user with the username for your current OS (likely ubuntu or ec2-user).

sudo chown -R <user> /mnt/volume1