AttachDisk
Attaches a block storage disk to a running or stopped Lightsail instance and exposes it to the instance with the specified disk name.
The attach disk
operation supports tag-based access control via resource tags
applied to the resource identified by disk name
. For more information, see the
Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide
Request Syntax
{
"autoMounting": boolean
,
"diskName": "string
",
"diskPath": "string
",
"instanceName": "string
"
}
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- autoMounting
-
A Boolean value used to determine the automatic mounting of a storage volume to a virtual computer. The default value is
False
.Important
This value only applies to Lightsail for Research resources.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- diskName
-
The unique Lightsail disk name (
my-disk
).Type: String
Pattern:
\w[\w\-]*\w
Required: Yes
- diskPath
-
The disk path to expose to the instance (
/dev/xvdf
).Type: String
Pattern:
.*\S.*
Required: Yes
- instanceName
-
The name of the Lightsail instance where you want to utilize the storage disk.
Type: String
Pattern:
\w[\w\-]*\w
Required: Yes
Response Syntax
{
"operations": [
{
"createdAt": number,
"errorCode": "string",
"errorDetails": "string",
"id": "string",
"isTerminal": boolean,
"location": {
"availabilityZone": "string",
"regionName": "string"
},
"operationDetails": "string",
"operationType": "string",
"resourceName": "string",
"resourceType": "string",
"status": "string",
"statusChangedAt": number
}
]
}
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- operations
-
An array of objects that describe the result of the action, such as the status of the request, the timestamp of the request, and the resources affected by the request.
Type: Array of Operation objects
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- AccessDeniedException
-
Lightsail throws this exception when the user cannot be authenticated or uses invalid credentials to access a resource.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- AccountSetupInProgressException
-
Lightsail throws this exception when an account is still in the setup in progress state.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidInputException
-
Lightsail throws this exception when user input does not conform to the validation rules of an input field.
Note
Domain and distribution APIs are only available in the N. Virginia (
us-east-1
) AWS Region. Please set your AWS Region configuration tous-east-1
to create, view, or edit these resources.HTTP Status Code: 400
- NotFoundException
-
Lightsail throws this exception when it cannot find a resource.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- OperationFailureException
-
Lightsail throws this exception when an operation fails to execute.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ServiceException
-
A general service exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- UnauthenticatedException
-
Lightsail throws this exception when the user has not been authenticated.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: