CreateFileSystem

Description

Request to create a file system (EFS).

Request Parameters

Required parameters

• CreationToken — An arbitrary string used to ensure idempotent creation of EFS.

  • Type: String

  • Required: Yes

  • Constraints: 1 to 64 ASCII characters

Optional parameters

• Tags — Tags assigned to the file system.

  • Type: List of Tag objects

  • Required: No

Response Elements

• CreationTime — The creation time.

  • Type: Timestamp

• CreationToken — The creation token.

  • Type: String

• FileSystemId — The ID of the file system.

  • Type: String

• LifeCycleState — The state of the lifecycle.

  • Type: String

• Name — The name of the file system.

  • Type: String

• NumberOfMountTargets — The number of mount targets for the file system .

  • Type: Integer

• PerformanceMode — The performance mode.

  • Type: String

  • Valid values: generalPurpose

• SizeInBytes — The size of the file system in bytes.

  • Type: FileSystemSize object

• Tags — Tags assigned to the resource.

  • Type: List of Tag objects

Examples

HTTP

POST /2015-02-01/file-systems HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "CreationToken": "my-creation-token",
    "Tags": [
        {
            "Key": "Name",
            "Value": "my-first-fs"
        }
    ]
}

awscli

aws efs create-file-system --creation-token "my-creation-token" --tags Key=Name,Value=my-first-fs

c2-client

c2-efs CreateFileSystem CreationToken my-creation-token Tags.1.Key Name Tags.1.Value my-first-fs