EC2 Can't resize volume after increasing size

Question

I have followed the steps for resizing an EC2 volume

1. Stopped the instance
2. Took a snapshot of the current volume
3. Created a new volume out of t

Answer 1

1. login into AWS web console -> EBS -> right mouse click on the one you wish to resize -> "Modify Volume" -> change "Size" field and click [Modify] button

2. growpart /dev/xvda 1

3. resize2fs /dev/xvda1

This is a cut-to-the-chase version of Dmitry Shevkoplyas' answer. AWS documentation does not show the growpart command. This works ok for ubuntu AMI.