How to create a new volume
Volumes are used to make persistent storage that you can manage from Portainer. Note: Creating a standalone volume is only supported in a Docker Swarm and Docker Standalone endpoints.
Creating a LOCAL volume
Click Volumes from the side menu and then click Create Volume.
Complete the detail fields for this volume:
- Name: Give your volume with a descriptive name
- Driver Configuration: Local
- NFS: For local volumes leave this off
- CIFS: For local volumes leave this off
Once complete, click Create the Volume.
Creating an NFS volume
In Portainer, you can mount an NFS volume to persist the data of your containers. To achieve this, go to Volumes and then click Create Volume.
Complete the detail fields for this volume:
- Name: Give your volume with a descriptive name
- Driver Configuration: Local
- NFS: Enable this toggle
Under the NFS Settings section. You will find:
- Address: Type the hostname or IP address of your NFS Server.
- NFS Version: Choose the version of NFS that your NFS Server uses.
- Mount Point: The path where that volume is mounted. E.g. /mnt/nfs01.
- Options: We recommend leaving the default values in this field.
When this is complete click Create the Volume.
Creating a CIFS volume
In Portainer, you can mount a CIFS volume to persist the data of your containers. To achieve this, go to Volumes and then click Create Volume.
Complete the detail fields for this volume:
- Name: Give your volume with a descriptive name.
- Driver Configuration: Local
- NFS: Leave this toggle off
- CIFS: Enable this toggle
In CIFS Settings section. You will find:
- Address: Type your CIFS Server name or IP Address
- Share: Type the name of the share resource
- CIFS Version: Pick the correct version of CIFS that you're using
- Username: Your defined user to authenticate
- Password: Your defined password to authenticate
When this is complete click Create the Volume.
