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A managed volume is storage the platform keeps for you, independent of any box. This is the shortest complete path: create one, mount it, write through it, read it back.

Pick where to do this

Creating a volume takes one step on any of three surfaces. Mounting one always happens where the box is created, so that part follows whichever you use to make boxes.
  1. Open Volumes and click New Volume.
  2. Fill in Name — the only field. Pick something you will recognize later, such as subtitle-models.
  3. Creation waits until the volume is ready, so you can mount it immediately.
Use the console when you want to see what you own. rt.volumes.list() and the Volumes page report the same set, and a name set in either place mounts the same way.

Prerequisites

  • An API key from the console, exported as BOXLITE_API_KEY. See API keys.
  • pip install boxlite, and the REST URL exported as BOXLITE_REST_URL. See Quickstart.
Every example reads both values from the environment, so nothing hard-codes a credential. Create a volume, mount it into a box at /data, write a file through the mount, and read it back. This runs as written once the two environment variables are set.
Two things in that script are worth pausing on, and the rest of this page builds on them: the volume carries a name you chose, and the box mounts it by that name.

Next steps

Volumes

What a volume is, the full parameter reference, and how Cloud differs from open source.