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title: How to resize a VPS Disk space
description: "### How can I resize an ext root partition at runtime? This may happen after upgrading your VPS, but the file system does not extend automatically. ***run df -l*** Take note of the main file system of the VPS In…"
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-resize-a-vps-disk-space-2/"
updated: "2024-06-07"
category: Cloud
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# How to resize a VPS Disk space

### How can I resize an ext root partition at runtime?

This may happen after upgrading your VPS, but the file system does not extend automatically.

***run df -l***

Take note of the main file system of the VPS

In my case its is 

*/dev/vda1*

Run the following command to resize the file system

***resize2fs /dev/vda1***Results:

Successful

*Filesystem at /dev/vda1 is mounted on /; on-line resizing requiredold_desc_blocks = 3, new_desc_blocks = 7The filesystem on /dev/vda1 is now 12595200 blocks long.*

Alternatively, you can use the following command.
***growpart /dev/vda1 # To Grow the partition; note the space***

***resize2fs /dev/vda1 # To Grow the filesystem***