Linode Instances
Disk Resize
https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/instances/{linodeId}/disks/{diskId}/resizeResizes a Disk you have permission to read_write.
The Disk must not be in use. If the Disk is in use, the request will succeed but the resize will ultimately fail. For a request to succeed, the Linode must be shut down prior to resizing the Disk, or the Disk must not be assigned to the Linode's active Configuration Profile.
If you are resizing the Disk to a smaller size, it cannot be made smaller than what is required by the total size of the files current on the Disk.
Path Parameters
ID of the Linode to look up.
ID of the Disk to look up.
Request Body Schema
The desired size, in MB, of the disk.
Request Samples
- Shell
- CLI
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-X POST -d '{
"size": 2048
}' \
https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/instances/123/disks/25674/resize
Response Samples
- 200
- default
{}Responses
200: Resize started.
default: Error
What happened to cause this error. In most cases, this can be fixed immediately by changing the data you sent in the request, but in some cases you will be instructed to open a Support Ticket or perform some other action before you can complete the request successfully.
The field in the request that caused this error. This may be a path, separated by periods in the case of nested fields. In some cases this may come back as "null" if the error is not specific to any single element of the request.