Creating a volume with the command line

To create a volume, use the following syntax:

 cinder create <size> --display-name <name> --volume-type <type> \
 --image-id <imageid> --availablity-zone <az>

• <size>: The size of the volume in gibibytes (GiB).
• <name>: The name of the volume.
• <type>: CEPH_HYBRID or CEPH_SSD. You can use the cinder type-list command to get a list of available volume types.
• <imageid>: The ID of the image that you want to use for your volume. You can use the nova image-list command to list the existing images.
• <az>: The availability zone in which you want to create the volume. You can use the cinder availability-zone-list command to get a list of availability zones.

The following figure describes the output of this command.

You can also use the cinder list command to get a list of your existing volumes.