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Expand Linux EXT4 Volume

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Systems Linux Filesystem
Ahmad Obay
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Ahmad Obay

Expanding EXT Filesystem
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The following commands is what I use to expand the file system on EC2 instances on AWS. The commands might change for different file systems so make sure you are using the correct commands for the correct filesystem.

List the available volumes using the following command

fdisk -l

Expand the file system using the following command. Replace xvda, 1, and xvda1 with the correct valaues of the partition you want to expand from fdisk -l

growpart /dev/xvda 1 && resize2fs /dev/xvda1

Make sure all is good by firing the following command

df -h