Description
The Change EBS Volumes action is used to change numerous properties of an EBS volume, such as it's size, it's storage type, it's encryption key, and/or it's delete on termination flag. For example, the action could be configured to add 10 GB, convert to SSD, and to encrypt several EBS volumes.
For more information about growing EBS volumes, please see Growing EBS Volumes.
Settings
Please see Common Action Settings for a description of settings common to all action types.
Volume Identification Method
Indicates the method in which EBS volumes are selected to be modified. Possible options include:
All EBS Volumes - Modify all EBS volumes found
By Volume ID - Modify EBS volumes with the specified EBS volume IDs
By EC2 Tag - Modify EBS volumes with a matching EC2 tag
Attached to All Instances - Modify any EBS volume attached to all EC2 instances found
Attached to Instances by Instance ID - Modify all EBS volumes attached to any EC2 instance with the specified EC2 instance IDs
Attached to Instances by EC2 Tag - Modify all EBS volumes attached to any EC2 instance with a matching EC2 tag
Instance IDs
Indicate the instance IDs of the EC2 instances on which the volumes are found.
Volume IDs
Indicate the volume IDs of the EBS volumes which should be modified.
EC2 Tag Name
Used to match an EBS volume or EC2 instance based on it's EC2 tags.
EC2 Tag Value
Used to match an EBS volume or EC2 instance based on it's EC2 tags.
Attached Device Name
Optional Restrict volumes to be modified only to those that are attached to EC2 instances as the specified device name.
Consistency Method
Indicates whether the attached EC2 instances should be stopped during the modifications.
Resize the Volumes
Indicates whether the volumes should be grown. Possible options are:
No - Do not resize the volume
Yes, add fixed amount - Add a fixed amount to the volume
Yes, add percent - Add a percent of the existing volume size
Yes, select final volume size- Grow the volume to a specific size
Change the Volume Type
Indicates whether the volume's storage type should be changed. Possible options are:
No - Do not change the storage type
Yes, change to Magnetic
Yes, change to SSD
Yes, change to Provisioned-IOPS
Change Volume Encryption
Indicates whether the volume's encryption should be changed. Possible options are:
No - Do not change the encryption
Yes, use the default CMK for EBS
Yes, use a KMS key
Change Delete On Terminate
Indicates whether the volume's delete-on-terminate flag should be changed. Possible options are:
Copy from the original volume
Delete the volume when the EC2 instance terminates
Do not delete the volume when the EC2 instance terminates
Copy Volume Tags
Indicate whether the tags from the original volume should be copied to the new volume.
Delete Intermediate Snapshots
During the change process, snapshots are created from the original volume. Indicate whether this snapshots should be deleted.
Delete Old Volumes
Indicate whether the old volumes should be deleted.
Amazon Commands Used
The following Amazon AWS commands are used. The access key should have permission to execute all of them.
ec2:AssociateAddress
ec2:AttachVolume
ec2:CopySnapshot
ec2:CreateSnapshot
ec2:CreateTags
ec2:CreateVolume
ec2:DeleteSnapshot
ec2:DeleteVolume
ec2:DescribeAddresses
ec2:DescribeInstances
ec2:DescribeSnapshots
ec2:DescribeTags
ec2:DescribeVolumes
ec2:DetachVolume
ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute
ec2:StartInstances
ec2:StopInstances
kms:DescribeKey
kms:ListAliases