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Create EBS Volume
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description
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This page shows how to create a new volume in an avaliability zone

.. note:: This depends on a zone, to get a list of avaliable zone in a specific region, check `--lst-zones <lstAllZones.html>`_

command-line
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>>> ./volumes --create-volume OPTIONS
All parameters should be in format parameter=valie
Options:
	--region, -r              region of interest EU1,USE1,USW1,Asia1
	--zone,-z                 Avaliability Zone of interest
	--from-snapshot,-snap     ID for a snapshot
	--size,-s                 Size of new volume
**Note**: Either --size(-s) or -snap (--from-snapshot) should exist in the paramters
AWS Credentials
	--private-Key, -pk        path of the private file
	--certificate, -cert      path of the cert file
	--conf                    take credentials from preconfigured file

**Example 1**

Create a new volume ``10GB`` volume in zone ``eu-west-1b`` in region ``EU1``

``volumes --create-volume -r=EU1 -z=eu-west-1b -s=10``

Output

``vol-dc6ca2b4``

**Example 2**

Create a new volume from snapshot ``snap-1626626`` volume in zone ``eu-west-1b`` in region ``EU1``

``volumes --create-volume -r=EU1 -z=eu-west-1b -snap=snap-1626626``

Output

``vol-dc6ca2be``