Detach and Modify EC2 Volumes Easily

Skip to main content

Hashnode Arish Writes: Engineering & Systems

Arish Writes: Engineering & Systems

AWS Training Chronicles
Portfolio Website

Command Palette

Search for a command to run...

Step-by-Step Process to Detach and Modify EC2 Volumes in AWS

How to Safely Detach EC2 Volumes on AWS and modify the volume

UpdatedJuly 28, 2024

•1 min read•View as Markdown

Step-by-Step Process to Detach and Modify EC2 Volumes in AWS

Associate Software Developer with experience building scalable, production-grade systems and backend services. Strong foundation in data structures, system design, and core computer science concepts, with a passion for learning new technologies and sharing practical engineering knowledge through writing.

Comments

Join the discussion

No comments yet. Be the first to comment.

AWS Training Chronicles: From Novice to Expert

Part 8 of 22

Follow my journey as I learn AWS from scratch, sharing insights, tips, and hands-on experiences along the way.

Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Snapshot, and Volume from Snapshot

Detailed Instructions to Make a Snapshot and Create a Volume from It

More from this blog

Raft Deep Dive: Consensus Internals, Edge Cases, and the Paxos Problems It Solves

A technical follow-up covering the internals of Raft, the actual RPCs, every server's state, what happens in each failure mode, and the edge cases around commitment, leases, and reconfiguration that the paper works hard to get right.

Jul 19, 2026·21 min read

Raft Deep Dive: Consensus Internals, Edge Cases, and the Paxos Problems It Solves

Go Channels: Complete Guide to Communication Patterns in Go

Mastering Channels, Patterns, and Concurrency Flow in Go

Mar 18, 2026·17 min read

Go Channels: Complete Guide to Communication Patterns in Go

Understanding Goroutines & The Go Scheduler (GMP Model)

Introduction to the Go Scheduler and the GMP Model

Mar 1, 2026·6 min read

Understanding Goroutines & The Go Scheduler (GMP Model)

Vol. 1 System Design Basics: Scaling from Zero to Millions

Laying the foundation every scalable system is built on

Sep 5, 2025·8 min read

Vol. 1 System Design Basics: Scaling from Zero to Millions

Setting Up a Go Web Server on Amazon EC2

How to Install and Configure a Go Web Server on Amazon EC2

Sep 19, 2024·3 min read

Setting Up a Go Web Server on Amazon EC2

A

Arish Writes: Engineering & Systems

31 posts

Part of seriesAWS Training Chronicles: From Novice to Expert

On this page

Detach the volume Modifying the volume

Detach the volume

Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the EC2 dashboard.
In the left navigation panel, choose Volumes under the Elastic Block Store section.
Select the volume you want to detach.
Go to Actions -> Detach volume.
Click Detach.

Note: To detach the root volume of an instance, you must first stop the instance. After detaching the root volume, the instance cannot be started again until the root volume is reattached.

Modifying the volume

Select the volume you want to modify.
Go to Actions -> Modify volume.
Apply the changes you want, such as increasing the size from 30 to 35 GiB.
Scroll and click Modify -> Modify.
You can check the size of the volume now it should be 35 GiB.

Select the volume you want to modify.
Go to Actions -> Modify volume.
Apply the changes you want, such as increasing the size from 30 to 35 GiB.
Scroll and click Modify -> Modify.
You can check the size of the volume now it should be 35 GiB.

#aws #aws-ebs #ebs #aws-ebs-beginners #aws-ebs-introduction

© 2026 Arish Writes: Engineering & Systems

Members
Archive
Privacy
Terms