GET

/#Action=AttachVolume

http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=AttachVolume

Attaches an EBS volume to a running or stopped instance and exposes it to the instance with the specified device name. Encrypted EBS volumes must be attached to instances that support Amazon EBS encryption. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSEncryption.html">Amazon EBS encryption</a> in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide. After you attach an EBS volume, you must make it available. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-using-volumes.html">Make an EBS volume available for use</a>. If a volume has an Amazon Web Services Marketplace product code: <ul> <li> The volume can be attached only to a stopped instance. </li> <li> Amazon Web Services Marketplace product codes are copied from the volume to the instance. </li> <li> You must be subscribed to the product. </li> <li> The instance type and operating system of the instance must support the product. For example, you can't detach a volume from a Windows instance and attach it to a Linux instance. </li> </ul> For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-attaching-volume.html">Attach an Amazon EBS volume to an instance</a> in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

Devicestringrequired

The device name (for example, <code>/dev/sdh</code> or <code>xvdh</code>).

InstanceIdstringrequired

The ID of the instance.

VolumeIdstringrequired

The ID of the EBS volume. The volume and instance must be within the same Availability Zone.

DryRunboolean

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=AttachVolume' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}