How To Extend AWS EBS Volumes With No Downtime

How To Extend AWS EBS Volumes With No Downtime can be applied whenever you need to extend your EBS volume size avoiding to stop the instance and detach the volume. In order to extend the volume size, follow these simple steps: login to your AWS console and right click on “Modify Volume” The size of the root volume reflects the new size, 20GB, and must be extended before extending the file system. If your filesystem is an ext2, ext3, or ext4, type: resize2fs /dev/xvda1.