<h1 id="heading-increase-ebs-volume-size-without-stopping-ec2-instance-in-aws-extend-ebs-volume-size-in-ec2-aws"><strong>Increase EBS Volume Size without Stopping EC2 Instance in AWS || Extend EBS Volume size in EC2 || AWS</strong></h1>
<p>Increase EBS Volume Size in AWS by the following steps:</p>
<p>Step 1: Take Snapshot of EBS Volume (to be Safe).</p>
<p>Step 2: Increase EBS Volume Size in AWS Console.</p>
<p>Step 3: Extend a Linux file system after resizing a volume.</p>
<h3 id="heading-command-to-extend-the-file-system">Command to Extend the file system:</h3>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">df -hT
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">#Check whether the volume has a partition:
sudo lsblk
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">#Extend the partition:
sudo growpart /dev/xvda 1
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">#Extend the file system on /:
[XFS file system]: sudo xfs_growfs -d /
[Ext4 file system]: sudo resize2fs /dev/xvda1
</code></pre>
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# **Increase EBS Volume Size without Stopping EC2 Instance in AWS || Extend EBS Volume size in EC2 || AWS**

Increase EBS Volume Size in AWS by the following steps:

Step 1: Take Snapshot of EBS Volume (to be Safe).

Step 2: Increase EBS Volume Size in AWS Console.

Step 3: Extend a Linux file system after resizing a volume.

### Command to Extend the file system:

```plaintext
df -hT
```

```plaintext
#Check whether the volume has a partition:
sudo lsblk
```

```plaintext
#Extend the partition:
sudo growpart /dev/xvda 1
```

```plaintext
#Extend the file system on /:
[XFS file system]: sudo xfs_growfs -d /
[Ext4 file system]: sudo resize2fs /dev/xvda1
```

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AWS EBS Volume Resize

Increase EBS Volume Size without Stopping EC2 Instance in AWS || Extend EBS Volume size in EC2 || AWS

Command to Extend the file system: