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 |
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Name | Give the volume a descriptive name. |
Driver | Select |
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 |
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Name | Give the volume a descriptive name. |
Driver | Select |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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Name | Give the volume a descriptive name. |
Driver | Select |
Driver options | Click add driver option then add the following name/value combinations: |
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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: