.. _increase-virtual-disk-size: Increase Virtual Disk Size of an Image ###################################### |CL-ATTR| pre-built images come in different sizes, ranging from 300 MB to 20 GB. This guide describes how to increase the disk size of your pre-built image if you need more capacity. We will use the :ref:`KVM image<kvm>` as an example to demonstrate the process of increasing disk size and expanding the last partition to take up the added space. .. contents:: :local: :depth: 1 Determine disk size and list of partitions ****************************************** There are two methods to find the disk size and the list of partitions of a pre-built |CL| image. Method 1: Use :command:`lsblk` on the VM ======================================== The first method is to boot up your VM and execute the :command:`lsblk` command as shown below: .. code-block:: bash lsblk An example output of the :command:`lsblk` command: .. code-block:: console :emphasize-lines: 4,7 NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom vda 254:0 0 8.6G 0 disk ├─vda1 254:1 0 510M 0 part ├─vda2 254:2 0 33M 0 part [SWAP] └─vda3 254:3 0 8G 0 part / An example of this can also be seen in Figure 1. Method 2: Look at the image configuration YAML file =================================================== The second method to look at the image configuration YAML file that was used to produce the image. For example, to find the size of the KVM image version number 31880, follow these steps: #. Go to the `releases`_ repository. #. Drill down into the `31880 > clear > config > image` directory. #. Download and open the :file:`kvm.yaml` file. #. Locate the `targetMedia` section. The example shows a total disk size of 8.54 GB, 512 MB for the EFI partition, 32 MB for the swap partition, and 8 GB for the root partition. .. code-block:: console :linenos: :emphasize-lines: 3,9,13,18 targetMedia: - name: ${bdevice} size: "8.54G" type: disk children: - name: ${bdevice}1 fstype: vfat mountpoint: /boot size: "512M" type: part - name: ${bdevice}2 fstype: swap size: "32M" type: part - name: ${bdevice}3 fstype: ext4 mountpoint: / size: "8G" type: part Increase virtual disk size ************************** Before you can expand the last partition of your image, you must make space available by increasing the virtual disk size. After that, you can resize the last partition and finally resize the filesystem. Follow these steps: Increase virtual disk size ========================== #. Shut down your VM. #. Use the process defined by your hypervisor or cloud provider to increase the virtual disk size of your |CL| VM. #. Power up your VM. Resize the last partition of the virtual disk ============================================= #. Log in. #. Open a terminal window. #. Add the :command:`storage-utils` bundle to install the :command:`parted` and :command:`resize2fs` tools. .. code-block:: bash sudo swupd bundle-add storage-utils #. Launch the :command:`parted` tool. .. code-block:: bash sudo parted #. In the `parted` tool, perform these steps: a. Press :command:`p` to print the partitions table. #. If the warning message below is displayed, enter :command:`Fix`. .. code-block:: console Warning: Not all of the space available to :file:`/dev/sda` appears to be used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra ... blocks) or continue with the current setting? Fix/Ignore? #. Enter :command:`resizepart <partition number>` where *<partition number>* is the number of the partition to modify. #. Enter the new `End` size. .. note:: If you want a partition to take up the remaining disk space, then enter the total size of the disk. When you print the partitions table with the :command:`p` command, the total disk size is shown after the :guilabel:`Disk` label. An example of this can be seen in Figure 1. #. Enter :command:`q` to exit `parted` when you are finished resizing the partition. Figure 1 depicts the described steps to resize the partition of the virtual disk from 8.5 GB to 30 GB. .. rst-class:: dropshadow .. figure:: ../../_figures/increase-virtual-disk-size/01-increase-virtual-disk-size.png :scale: 100 % :alt: Increase root partition size Figure 1: Increase root partition size Resize the filesystem ===================== #. Enter :command:`sudo resize2fs -p /dev/<modified partition name>` where *<modified partition name>* is the partition that was changed in the `parted` tool. #. Run :command:`lsblk` to verify that the filesystem size has increased. Figure 2 depicts the described steps to resize the filesystem of the virtual disk from 8.5 GB to 30 GB. .. rst-class:: dropshadow .. figure:: ../../_figures/increase-virtual-disk-size/02-increase-virtual-disk-size.png :scale: 100 % :alt: Increase root filesystem with resize2fs Figure 2: Increase root filesystem with :command:`resize2fs` .. _releases: https://cdn.download.clearlinux.org/releases/