Growing an EBS volume with XFS an XFS file system

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# stop services
# sudo service apache2 stop

# unmount the file system
sudo umount /mnt

# detach the volume using AWS console
# take a snapshot using AWS console
# make a new volume
# attach the volume

# mount the file system
sudo mount /mnt

# get XFS utilities
sudo apt-get install -y xfsprogs
# grow the volume
sudo xfs_growfs /mnt

# start services