# Increase Storage

You can increase the size of your storage disk when your VM instance requires additional storage space. But, You can only resize a storage disk to increase its size, you cannot decrease the size of storage disk. You need to detach the storage from your VM before you Increase the storage.

* Open the **Storage** page, by selecting the **Storage** menu.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.26%20Storage%20Page.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Storage Page</p></figcaption></figure>

* In the **Action** column, click **More** then select **Detach from Instance**.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.27%20Storage%20Page%20-%20Detach%20From%20Instance.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Storage Page - Detach from Instance</p></figcaption></figure>

* Click the **Confirm** button to start the detach storage process.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.28%20Storage%20Page%20-%20Detach%20Storage.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Storage Page - Detach Storage</p></figcaption></figure>

* There will be a notification if the detach storage process is successful **"storage has been successfully detached"**.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.29%20Notifcation.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Notification</p></figcaption></figure>

* On the **Storage** page in the **Action** column, click **More** then select **Increase Size**.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.30%20Storage%20Page%20-%20Increase%20Size.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Storage Page - Increase Size</p></figcaption></figure>

* Select the desired storage size, minimum size **20GB**. Then click the **Resize Volume** button to continue the resizing process or click **Cancel** if you don't want to change any data.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.31%20Increase%20Storage%20Size.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Increase Storage Size</p></figcaption></figure>

* There will be a notification if the resizing process is successful **"storage has been successfully increased"**.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.32%20Notification.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Notification</p></figcaption></figure>

* On the **Storage** page in the **Action** column, click **More** then select **Attach to Instance**.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.33%20Storage%20Page%20-%20Attach%20to%20Instance.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Storage - Attach to Instance</p></figcaption></figure>

* Select **Instance** then click **Confirm** to continue the process or **Cancel** to return to the Storage page.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.34%20Storage%20Page%20-%20Attach%20-%20Confirm.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Storage - Attach to Instance - Confirm</p></figcaption></figure>

* There will be a notification if the attach is successful **"storage has been successfully attached"**.

<figure><img src="https://putri.box.cloudeka.id/cloudeka-assets/static/images/3cloudstorage/3.35%20Notification.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Notification</p></figcaption></figure>


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