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Extend the root volume in TurnKey Linux Nextcloud appliance VM

Extend the root volume in TurnKey Linux Nextcloud appliance VM

Section titled “Extend the root volume in TurnKey Linux Nextcloud appliance VM”

After adding an additional drive to the VM in Proxmox:

!!! note

Change `/dev/sdb` on this post with the path to the disk you just added to the VM
pvcreate /dev/sdb

Extending the turnkey volume group by adding the physical volume /dev/sdb

vgextend turnkey /dev/sdb

Extending the root logical volume on the turnkey volume group

lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/turnkey/root

Resizing the root filesystem

resize2fs /dev/turnkey/root

!!! note All these changes are done while the system is running. No need to reboot.