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Increase EC2 (root) file system size

Some years ago I create a new instance in EC2 with the minimal configuration needed. The disk size of the root device and partition is set to 8 GB. Today I am reaching the limit of the disk size and need more space. Having the server in the cloud allows Read more…

By Tobias Hofmann, 6 yearsJuly 16, 2019 ago

Cloud Technology

Create an AWS snapshot from a volume

I am going to do some work on my AWS EC2 instance that hosts my web site https://www.itsfullofstars.de. More precisely: I did the work already and it worked out well, that’s why you can read the blog Before starting the work, I wanted to have a backup of my data. Read more…

By Tobias Hofmann, 6 yearsJuly 10, 2019 ago