How do volumes work in v2 apps?

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@bruno

storage_volume:/var/www/html/storage

Hi @bruno thanks

Tried it but also doesn’t work:

➜ git:(main) ✗ fly m clone e784e299cd97d8 --attach-volume storage_volume:/var/www/html/storage
Cloning machine e784e299cd97d8 into region ams
Error: Can’t attach the volume as the source machine doesn’t have any volumes configured

I’m not in a hurry, I am just exploring how easy it will be to migrate our apps to v2, and I feel like volumes in v2 are not polished enough yet for me to consider switching those apps

Some issues with Volumes on Apps v2

Hey here, Apps v2 (Machines) includes a lot of really cool changes that have been useful to me, but I’ve also run into a lot of issues with Volumes, and the following is a list of the issues that exist now. ISSUE.1 the add Volume listed in the documentation does not apply to v2 In fact, we can create a volume as described in the Volume documentation, but this is under the app scope and not connected to machines, which can be very confusing for new users, so why can I create a volume and not sh…

This community post also describes some of the rough edges, I think it’s worth looking at by Fly team