AWS Administration - The Definitive Guide - Second Edition

Creating an Elastic File System

Setting up your own Elastic File System is as easy as it gets! You can start off by launching the Elastic File System dashboard from the AWS Management Console, or alternatively, by visiting the URL https://console.aws.amazon.com/efs/:

1. On the EFS landing page, select the option Create file system to get started.
2. In the Configure file system access page, you can start off by first selecting the VPC you want to associate the filesystem with. Remember, you can have multiple filesystems per VPC, however, they cannot be extended across regions:

3. With the VPC selected, the associated subnets will automatically populate ...