ovhcloud_cloud_storage_block_create.md
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ovhcloud cloud storage block create
Create a new volume
ovhcloud cloud storage block create <region> [flags]
Options
--availability-zone string Availability zone of the volume
--backup-id string Backup ID to create the volume from
--editor Use a text editor to define parameters
--from-file string File containing parameters
-h, --help help for create
--image-id string Image ID to create the volume from
--init-file string Create a file with example parameters
--name string Volume name
--replace Replace parameters file if it already exists
--size int Volume size (in GB)
--snapshot-id string Snapshot ID to create the volume from
--type string Volume type (CLASSIC, HIGH_SPEED, HIGH_SPEED_GEN2)
--wait Wait for volume creation to be done before exiting
Options inherited from parent commands
--cloud-project string Cloud project ID
-d, --debug Activate debug mode (will log all HTTP requests details)
-e, --ignore-errors Ignore errors in API calls when it is not fatal to the execution
-o, --output string Output format: json, yaml, interactive, or a custom format expression (using https://github.com/PaesslerAG/gval syntax)
Examples:
--output json
--output yaml
--output interactive
--output 'id' (to extract a single field)
--output 'nested.field.subfield' (to extract a nested field)
--output '[id, "name"]' (to extract multiple fields as an array)
--output '{"newKey": oldKey, "otherKey": nested.field}' (to extract and rename fields in an object)
--output 'name+","+type' (to extract and concatenate fields in a string)
--output '(nbFieldA + nbFieldB) * 10' (to compute values from numeric fields)
--profile string Use a specific profile from the configuration file
SEE ALSO
- ovhcloud cloud storage block - Manage block storage volumes in the given cloud project