Add storage as an option.

[nocodehoarder]

By default it takes the instance type's default storage capacity. Can we add an option to define the storage capacity.

[machulav]

@nocodehoarder, do you have some special use case where it's not enough to have the default storage capacity? May I ask you to describe it in more detail so I understand your use case better?

[jpalomaki]

AFAIK the default root volume size is inherited from the AMI. So if you need a larger root volume, you need to provide EBS block device mappings at launch, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_BlockDeviceMapping.html.

[nocodehoarder]

Sorry for the delayed response. @machulav - As the services in the company have grown. the number of images we publish and run and test have grown and we need to increase storage to run a variety of tests. So the ask. We use your action to run tests which are integration as well as end to end. It has been a great help integrating with GHA workflows. @jpalomaki - thx for the details. Will go through it.

[jpalomaki]

@machulav @nocodehoarder Given that there are lots of EBS block device options:

BlockDeviceMappings: [
    {
        DeviceName: 'STRING_VALUE',
        Ebs: {
            DeleteOnTermination: true || false,
            Encrypted: true || false,
            Iops: 'NUMBER_VALUE',
            KmsKeyId: 'STRING_VALUE',
            OutpostArn: 'STRING_VALUE',
            SnapshotId: 'STRING_VALUE',
            Throughput: 'NUMBER_VALUE',
            VolumeSize: 'NUMBER_VALUE',
            VolumeType: standard | io1 | io2 | gp2 | sc1 | st1 | gp3
        },
        NoDevice: 'STRING_VALUE',
        VirtualName: 'STRING_VALUE'
    },
    /* more items */
]

would it make sense to allow the user to pass these in as an optional JSON array input? Minimal workflow usage example could be:

block-device-mappings: >-
  [
    {
      "DeviceName": "/dev/sda1", 
      "Ebs": {
        "VolumeSize": 100
      }
    }
  ] 

[jpalomaki]

@machulav Another option could be to leverage EC2 launch templates (this action could just reference a template using a single optional input, as opposed to adding several inputs for various instance settings, including this one)?

[myz540]

A workaround I found to be easier is to just introduce a step to expand the root volume size in your workflow. The first step in my job that runs on the EC2 is

- name: Expand root volume
        run: |
          TOKEN=$(curl -X PUT "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token" -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600")
          INSTANCE_ID=$(curl -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $TOKEN" -v http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)
          VOLUME_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-volumes --filters Name=attachment.instance-id,Values=$INSTANCE_ID | jq -r .Volumes[0].Attachments[0].VolumeId)
          echo $INSTANCE_ID
          echo $VOLUME_ID
          aws ec2 modify-volume --volume-id $VOLUME_ID --size 256
          sleep 15  # let it update
          growpart /dev/nvme0n1 1
          lsblk
          xfs_growfs -d /
          df -hT

This successfully resizes the EBS volume to 256 GB, expands the partition, and extends the logical file system to use the new space.

[marcomancusooutra]

@myz540 that worked thanks! I make just some changes to make it simpler, as there is no need to use JQ and neither to get the instance ID

          VOLUME_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-volumes --region=eu-west-1 --filters Name=attachment.instance-id,Values=${{ needs.<job>.outputs.ec2-instance-id }} --query "Volumes[0].{ID:VolumeId}" --output text)
          echo "Instance ID: ${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.ec2-instance-id }}"
          echo "Volume ID: ${VOLUME_ID}"
          aws ec2 modify-volume --region=eu-west-1 --volume-id "${VOLUME_ID}" --size 256
          sleep 15  # let it update
          growpart /dev/nvme0n1 1
          lsblk
          xfs_growfs -d /
          df -hT

[gnomefin]

if you are running on ext4 type then please avoid to use xfs_growfs instead use resize2fs:

      - name: expand root volume
        run: |
          VOLUME_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-volumes --region=ap-southeast-1 --filters Name=attachment.instance-id,Values=${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.ec2-instance-id }} --query "Volumes[0].{ID:VolumeId}" --output text)
          echo "Instance ID: ${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.ec2-instance-id }}"
          echo "Volume ID: ${VOLUME_ID}"
          aws ec2 modify-volume --region=ap-southeast-1 --volume-id "${VOLUME_ID}" --size 256
          sleep 15  # let it update
          growpart /dev/nvme0n1 1
          lsblk
          resize2fs /dev/nvme0n1p1
          df -hT