Add a new volume

Adding a local volume

From the menu select Volumes then click Add volume.

Complete the information in the Create volume screen, using the table below as a guide.

Field/Option	Overview
Name	Give the volume a descriptive name.
Driver	Select local.
Use NFS volume	Toggle this off.
Use CIFS volume	Toggle this off.
Deployment	On a multi-node cluster, define the node that will hold the volume.

When you're finished, click Create the volume.

Adding an NFS volume

In Portainer, you can mount an NFS volume to persist the data of your containers.

From the menu select Volumes then click Add volume.

Complete the information in the Create volume screen, using the table below as a guide.

Field/Option	Overview
Name	Give the volume a descriptive name.
Driver	Select local.
Use NFS volume	Toggle this on.
Use CIFS volume	Toggle this off.
Deployment	On a multi-node cluster, define the node that will hold the volume.

Under the NFS Settings section, complete the following.

Field/Option	Overview
Address	Enter the hostname or IP address of your NFS server.
NFS Version	Select the NFS version that your NFS server uses.
Mount point	Enter the path where the volume is mounted, for example /mnt/nfs01.
Options	Leave the default values.

When you're finished, click Create the volume.

Adding a CIFS volume

In Portainer, you can mount a CIFS volume to persist the data of your containers.

From the menu select Volumes then click Add volume.

Complete the information in the Create volume screen, using the table below as a guide.

Field/Option	Overview
Name	Give the volume a descriptive name.
Driver	Select local.
Use NFS volume	Toggle this off.
Use CIFS volume	Toggle this on.
Deployment	On a multi-node cluster, define the node that will hold the volume.

Under the CIFS Settings section, complete the following:

Field/Option	Overview
Address	Enter the CIFS server name or IP address.
Share	Enter the name of the share resource.
CIFS Version	Select the CIFS version that you are using.
Username	Enter the user to authenticate.
Password	Enter the password to authenticate.

When you're finished, click Create the volume.

Adding a tmpfs volume

From the menu select Volumes then click Add volume.

Complete the information in the Create volume screen, using the table below as a guide.

Field/Option	Overview
Name	Give the volume a descriptive name.
Driver	Select local.
Driver options	Click add driver option then add the following name/value combinations:
	name: type value: tmpfs name: device value: tmpfs name: o value: size=100m,uid=1000 (customize these values to suit your needs)
Use NFS volume	Toggle this off.
Use CIFS volume	Toggle this off.
Deployment	On a multi-node cluster, define the node that will hold the volume.

When you're finished, click Create the volume. The volume can now be attached to a container in the same way as any other volume.

Once attached, you can confirm that the tmpfs volume has been mounted correctly within the container: