Connection

aws ec2 describe-instances List all EC2 instances including those with EBS volumes aws ec2 describe-volumes List all EBS volumes in your account aws ec2 describe-volumes --filters Name=attachment.instance-id,Values=i-1234567890abcdef0 List EBS volumes attached to a specific instance aws configure Set up AWS CLI credentials to access EBS

Volume Management

aws ec2 create-volume --availability-zone us-west-2a --size 100 Create a new 100GB EBS volume in specified AZ aws ec2 attach-volume --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0 --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 --device /dev/sdf Attach an EBS volume to an instance aws ec2 detach-volume --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0 Detach an EBS volume from an instance aws ec2 delete-volume --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0 Delete an EBS volume

Monitoring

aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --namespace AWS/EBS --metric-name VolumeReadOps --dimensions Name=VolumeId,Value=vol-1234567890abcdef0 Get read operations metrics for a specific volume aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --namespace AWS/EBS --metric-name VolumeWriteOps --dimensions Name=VolumeId,Value=vol-1234567890abcdef0 Get write operations metrics for a specific volume aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --namespace AWS/EBS --metric-name VolumeQueueLength --dimensions Name=VolumeId,Value=vol-1234567890abcdef0 Get queue length metrics for a specific volume

Snapshots

aws ec2 create-snapshot --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0 --description 'Snapshot for backup' Create a snapshot of an EBS volume aws ec2 describe-snapshots --owner-ids self List all snapshots owned by your account aws ec2 delete-snapshot --snapshot-id snap-1234567890abcdef0 Delete a snapshot aws ec2 copy-snapshot --source-region us-west-2 --source-snapshot-id snap-1234567890abcdef0 --destination-region us-east-1 Copy a snapshot to another region

Performance

aws ec2 modify-volume --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0 --volume-type gp3 --iops 3000 --throughput 125 Modify an EBS volume to change its type and performance characteristics aws ec2 describe-volumes-modifications --volume-ids vol-1234567890abcdef0 Check the status of a volume modification

Encryption

aws ec2 copy-snapshot --source-region us-west-2 --source-snapshot-id snap-1234567890abcdef0 --encrypted Create an encrypted copy of a snapshot aws ec2 create-volume --snapshot-id snap-1234567890abcdef0 --encrypted --kms-key-id alias/aws/ebs Create an encrypted volume from a snapshot