Shared Filesystems (SFS)
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Shared filesystems allow you to store and share files across different instances, making collaboration or distributed workloads easier. Unlike block volumes, which are attached to a single instance at a time, shared filesystems let multiple instances read and write to the same storage. This makes it ideal for tasks like sharing data between applications or managing large, centralized file repositories. Shared filesystems are scalable, reliable, and great for managing data in environments with multiple users or systems.
Create a new shared filesystem in two ways. One way is by clicking Create filesystem on the Shared filesystems screen.
Choose your settings and click Create filesystem.
The other way to create a shared filesystem is during deployment of a new instance. This will automatically be shared to the instance it is created with.
To mount SFS on your instance, you need to first share it with the instance via the cloud dashboard.
There are two ways to share the filesystem with the instance:
Otherwise, you can share and unshare to instances by clicking the Share settings button.
Choose which instances you would like to have access to the shared filesystem and click Confirm settings. Note that you can only share to instances within the same location (e.g. FIN-02).
Once the SFS has been shared with your instance, you can proceed to mount it.
Create a directory to which you want to mount the SFS:
Mount the shared filesystem, replace <PSEUDO> with the filesystem's pseudopath:
Add filesystem to the /etc/fstab, to have it mount on instance startup. Replace <DC> with the location (ex: fin-02):
If you have running instances, you will see the Share settings modal and any available instances (instances in unsupported locations will be inactive and cannot be selected). Choose any and all available instances that you would like to have access to your filesystem. Click Confirm settings and see below to complete the process.
When a shared filesystem is added during the instance creation, it will be shared to the instance automatically, and you can skip straight to .
