NAME

       ec2-create-volume - Create a new volume

SYNOPSIS

        ec2addvol ([ec2-create-volume])
        ec2addvol [GENERAL OPTIONS] (-s SIZE | --snapshot SNAPSHOT [-s SIZE]) [-t TYPE [-i IOPS]]
       [--encrypted] -z ZONE

GENERAL NOTES

        Any command option/parameter may be passed a value of '-' to indicate
        that values for that option should be read from stdin.

DESCRIPTION

        Create a new volume.
        Create a volume, possibly based on a snapshot, of the indicated  size  in  the  specified
       zone.

GENERAL OPTIONS

        -O, --aws-access-key KEY
            AWS Access Key ID. Defaults to the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY
            environment variable (if set).

        -W, --aws-secret-key KEY
            AWS Secret Access Key. Defaults to the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY
            environment variable (if set).

        -T, --security-token TOKEN
            AWS delegation token. Defaults to the value of the AWS_DELEGATION_TOKEN
            environment variable (if set).

        -K, --private-key KEY
            [DEPRECATED] Specify KEY as the private key to use. Defaults to the value of the
            EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

        -C, --cert CERT
            [DEPRECATED] Specify CERT as the X509 certificate to use. Defaults to the value
            of the EC2_CERT environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

        -U, --url URL
            Specify URL as the web service URL to use. Defaults to the value of
            'https://ec2.amazonaws.com' (us-east-1) or to that of the
            EC2_URL environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

        --region REGION
            Specify REGION as the web service region to use.
            This option will override the URL specified by the "-U URL" option
            and EC2_URL environment variable.
            This option defaults to the region specified by the EC2_URL environment variable
            or us-east-1 if this environment variable is not set.

        -D, --auth-dry-run
            Check if you can perform the requested action rather than actually performing it.

        -v, --verbose
            Verbose output.

        -?, --help
            Display this help.

        -H, --headers
            Display column headers.

        --debug
            Display additional debugging information.

        --show-empty-fields
            Indicate empty fields.

        --hide-tags
            Do not display tags for tagged resources.

        --connection-timeout TIMEOUT
            Specify a connection timeout TIMEOUT (in seconds).

        --request-timeout TIMEOUT
            Specify a request timeout TIMEOUT (in seconds).

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

        -s, --size SIZE
            The size of the volume, in GiB (2^30 octets), to be created.

        --snapshot SNAPSHOT
            The snapshot on which the volume should be based.

        -z, --availability-zone ZONE
            The zone in which the volume should be created.

        -t, --type TYPE
            The  type  of  volume  to  be  used.  Valid  values are standard and io1. Defaults to
       standard.

        -i, --iops IOPS
            The requested number of I/O operations per second that the volume can support.

        --encrypted
            Indicates that the volume should be encrypted.

SEE ALSO

         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2014-05-01/CommandLineReference
         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference