How to Manage Attachments for Vultr Block Storage Volume

1 min readUpdated 23 October 2026

Attach a Vultr Block Storage volume to a same-location instance, or detach it, via Console, API, CLI, or Terraform.

Attaching a Vultr Block Storage volume to a Vultr Cloud Compute instance allows the instance to discover the new storage device. You can then mount the volume to the file system to expand storage. Ensure the Vultr Block Storage volume and the Vultr Cloud Compute instance are in the same region before attaching the volume. You can also remove the attachment if you no longer wish to associate the volume with the instance.

Follow this guide to manage attachments for Vultr Block Storage volume using the Vultr Console, Vultr API, and Vultr CLI.

Navigate to Products and select Cloud Storage.
Click Block Storage. Then, select the target Vultr Block Storage volume.
Navigate to Attach to: and select the Cloud Compute instance.
Confirm that you want to attach the Block Storage volume.
Click Detach if you want to remove the Block Storage volume from the Vultr Cloud Compute instance.

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