[tor-bugs] #10552 [Tor Cloud]: Tor Cloud instance creates 1, 024 Gigabyte root drive

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#10552: Tor Cloud instance creates 1,024 Gigabyte root drive
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     Reporter:  swhalen    |      Owner:
         Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Cloud  |    Version:
   Resolution:             |   Keywords:
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Comment (by runa):

 Replying to [comment:1 swhalen]:
 > When I created this ticket I didn't know this was a duplicate (#10318).
 That ticked was closed with no real resolution that I could see.

 The issue has not been fixed, so the ticket is still open.

 > I've attached files that I think show that with better instructions for
 creating a Tor Cloud instance, this problem can be avoided without re-
 creating the AMI on Amazon.
 >
 > If people are instructed to NOT "click through" and make sure they
 change the EBS size on the storage page, they can launch an instance with
 4 gigabytes or anything more reasonable than 1 terabyte.
 >
 > Fixing the AMI instances / region issues would be nice, but it might be
 a lot of work.  Would seem like updating the instruction on
 https://cloud.torproject.org/ would be the quickest way to NOT have this
 discourage people from creating more Tor nodes.

 Thanks for this! I think fixing the instances should be a priority,
 followed by updating and improving the instructions and images on the
 website. I have removed the links to all instances except us-east-1, which
 is the original instance with 4 GB default storage space.

 Another Tor user who ran into this issue had the charges reversed by
 Amazon. You could contact their support team, point to #10318, and see if
 they are able to help you.

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