Currently, I plan to attach a volume(Block Storage) to an instance. My question: When the instance is terminated, does the attached volume automatically detaches and terminates as well?
The volume gets deleted on termination of instance only if the delete-on-terminate flag is set at boot-time of the instance.
Reference
http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/boot_from_volume.html
Actually, the volume is not deleted when you delete the instance. The question mentions explicitly that "I plan to attach a volume(Block Storage) to an instance" which means that it's a regular instance with an ephemeral root disk to which the user wants to attach a "permanent" volume.
Once again: a volume that was created independently of an instance (and later attached to it) will not be deleted when the instance is deleted.
Asked: 2013-09-13 17:48:11 -0500
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Last updated: Sep 16 '13
