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Creating and mounting a volume to store CloudPoint data

Before you deploy CloudPoint in a cloud environment, you must create and mount a volume of at least 50 GB to store CloudPoint data. The volume must be mounted to /cloudpoint.

Table: Volume creation steps for each supported cloud vendor

Vendor	Procedure
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	On the EC2 dashboard, click Volumes > Create Volumes. Follow the instructions on the screen and specify the following: Volume type: General Purpose SSD Size: 50 GB Use the following instructions to create a file system and mount the device to `/cloudpoint` on the instance host. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-using-volumes.html
Google Cloud Platform	Create the disk for the virtual machine, initialize it, and mount it to `/cloudpoint`. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/add-persistent-disk
Microsoft Azure	Create a new disk and attach it to the virtual machine. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/attach-disk-portal You should choose the managed disk option. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/attach-disk-portal#use-azure-managed-disks Initialize the disk and mount it to `/cloudpoint`. For details, see the section "Connect to the Linux VM to mount the new disk" in the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/add-disk

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