Quickstart

Create a new disk

1. In the Katapult Console, navigate to Storage > Disks.
2. Click the Add new disk button.
3. Choose a Data center for your disk.
4. Assign a Name to your disk.
5. Specify a size (in GB) for your disk. (Minimum size is 10GB)
6. Click Launch disk at the bottom of the page.
7. Your Disk will now be available.

Attach a disk to a virtual machine

1. Select your disk and navigate to its Details page.
2. Click Assign to a virtual machine
3. Search for your target virtual machine and select it.
4. Click the Assign button.
5. In the Attachment Actions section, click Attach to running virtual machine.
6. The Disk will now be queued for attachment to your virtual machine.

Import Block data from a URI

1. Select your disk and go to its Details page.
2. Click Import block data from URI from the Disk actions section.
3. Enter the HTTPS URI you wish to download the data from.
4. Click Import.
5. The disk will now be replaced with the provided block data.

warning

Any previous data on this disk will erased and replaced with the block data provided.

Resize a disk

Increase Disk Size

1. Select your disk and navigate its Details page.
2. Click on Grow/increase disk size in the Disk actions section.
3. Enter your new disk size (in GB).
4. Choose a resize method (Offline or Online).
   • Offline: The disk must be detached or the virtual machine powered off.
   • Online: The disk can remain attached, but you'll need to manually resize partitions and file systems.

Decrease Disk Size

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The virtual machine must be powered off or the disk detached to shrink its size.

1. Select your disk and go to its Details page.
2. Click on Shrink/decrease disk size in the Disk actions section.
3. Enter your new disk size (in GB).

Delete a disk

If you no longer need a disk, you can move it to your organization's trash.

1. Select your disk and go to its Details page.
2. Click on Move to trash in the Disk actions section.
3. Confirm the move by entering the disk name.
4. The disk will be moved to the trash and automatically deleted after 48 hours.
5. To view the contents of your trash, click Trash in the main navigation.
6. You can Restore the disk within 48 hours or Empty trash to delete it immediately.