Amazon EC2: Detach Volume
Description
Use the step to detach an EBS volume from an instance in the Amazon AWS account.
Configurations
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| Step Name | Specify a unique name for the step. |
| CONNECTION tab: | Connection fields |
| Region | Specify the region where the instance is hosted or choose a region from the Region Explorer window. |
| Button: Get | Click Get button to open the Region Explorer window. Choose a Region. |
| Access Key: | Access key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud. |
| Accept Values from fields | Leave checkbox unchecked to accept Access Key value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop down list. Else enable checkbox for Access Key field to appear as Text box. |
| Access Key | Specify the Access Key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud EC2 instance. If the above checkbox is enabled, Access Key field appears as Text box and accepts static values or variables. And if the above checkbox is disabled, Access Key field appears as a drop down to select fields from previous steps. The field type is String. This field is mandatory. |
| Secret Key: | Secret key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud. |
| Accept Values from fields | Leave checkbox unchecked to accept Secret Key value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop down list. Else enable checkbox for Secret Key field to appear as Text box. |
| Secret Key | Specify the Secret Key to authenticate Amazon AWS Cloud EC2 instance. If above checkbox is enabled, Secret Key field appears as Text box and accepts static values or variables. And if the above checkbox is disabled Secret Key field appears as a drop down to select fields from previous steps. The field type is String. This field is mandatory. |
| Button: Test Connection | Click Test Connection button to verify whether the connection is available or not. Region, Access key and Secret Key are mandatory to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud. For the purpose of verification, fields coming from previous steps are not allowed since field values can only be accessed when workflow is in running state. Static values and environment variables are allowed. |
| INPUT tab: | Input fields |
| Volume ID | Select the ID of the volume to be detached. The field type is String. This field is mandatory. |
| Button: Get | Click Get button to get a list of volume ID. |
| Instance ID | Select the ID of the instance. Note: If you are detaching a multi-attach enabled volume, you must specify an instance ID. |
| Button: Get | Click Get button to get a list of instance ID. |
| Force Detach Volume | Select to force detach a volume, if the previous detachment attempt did not occur cleanly. Select Yes or No. The default value is No. |
| Device | Select the name of the device. |
| OUTPUT tab: | Output field |
| Status | Specify the status of detach operation as output through this field. The default value is Status. |