{"id":14921,"date":"2024-03-15T10:11:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-increase-the-disk-size-of-an-ubuntu-virtual-machine\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:14:33","slug":"how-to-increase-the-disk-size-of-an-ubuntu-virtual-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-increase-the-disk-size-of-an-ubuntu-virtual-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to increase the disk size of an Ubuntu virtual mach…"},"content":{"rendered":"

To expand the disk of an Ubuntu virtual machine, you can follow the steps below:<\/p>\n

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  1. Turn off the virtual machine in virtual machine management software such as VMware or VirtualBox.<\/li>\n
  2. Open the virtual machine management software and locate the location of the virtual machine’s disk file (usually a .vmdk or .vdi file).<\/li>\n
  3. Utilize virtual machine management software to increase the size of the virtual disk to the required size.<\/li>\n
  4. Open the virtual machine.<\/li>\n
  5. Open the terminal in the Ubuntu virtual machine.<\/li>\n
  6. Run the following command to check if the disk has been expanded to the desired size:<\/li>\n
  7. List all disks using the sudo command.<\/li>\n
  8. Locate the device name corresponding to the virtual disk in the output (e.g. \/dev\/sda).<\/li>\n
  9. Execute the following command to resize the partition:<\/li>\n
  10. Resize partition 1 on \/dev\/sda using sudo parted.<\/li>\n
  11. The number “1” in the command represents the partition to be adjusted, which can be modified according to the actual situation.<\/li>\n
  12. Run the following command to resize the file system:<\/li>\n
  13. Adjust the size of the file system on \/dev\/sda1 using sudo resize2fs.<\/li>\n
  14. The file system to be resized is represented by \/dev\/sda1 in the command, and can be adjusted according to the actual situation.<\/li>\n
  15. Run the following command to confirm that the disk has been successfully expanded:<\/li>\n
  16. Show the disk usage in a human-readable format.<\/li>\n
  17. Check if the available disk space has increased in the output.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After completing the above steps, the disk of your Ubuntu virtual machine has been successfully expanded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    To expand the disk of an Ubuntu virtual machine, you can follow the steps below: Turn off the virtual machine in virtual machine management software such as VMware or VirtualBox. Open the virtual machine management software and locate the location of the virtual machine’s disk file (usually a .vmdk or .vdi file). 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