# VolumeNameGenerator

- Kind: `class`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/a3766e994fd2cba86c8ac60b8a80268cab7e6383/src/Aspire.Hosting/VolumeNameGenerator.cs)

Utility class for generating volume names.

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting;

public static class VolumeNameGenerator
{
    // ...
}
```

## Methods

- [Generate(IResourceBuilder<T>, string)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/volumenamegenerator/methods.md#generate-iresourcebuilder-t-string) : `string` `static` -- Generates a volume name with the form `{applicationName}-{sha256 of apphost path}-{resourceName}-{suffix}`, e.g. `myapplication-a345f2451-postgres-data`.