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  • Adding a local volume
  • Adding an NFS volume
  • Adding a CIFS volume
  • Adding a tmpfs volume

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  1. Using Portainer
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  3. Volumes

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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: