Compute Cloud API, REST: Instance.Create

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HTTP request
Body parameters
ResourcesSpec
MetadataOptions
AttachedDiskSpec
DiskSpec
DiskPlacementPolicy
AttachedLocalDiskSpec
AttachedFilesystemSpec
NetworkInterfaceSpec
PrimaryAddressSpec
OneToOneNatSpec
DnsRecordSpec
SchedulingPolicy
NetworkSettings
PlacementPolicy
HostAffinityRule
GpuSettings
SerialPortSettings
Response
CreateInstanceMetadata
Status
Instance
Resources
MetadataOptions
AttachedDisk
AttachedLocalDisk
AttachedFilesystem
NetworkInterface
PrimaryAddress
OneToOneNat
DnsRecord
SerialPortSettings
GpuSettings
SchedulingPolicy
NetworkSettings
PlacementPolicy
HostAffinityRule
HardwareGeneration
LegacyHardwareFeatures

Creates an instance in the specified folder.
Method starts an asynchronous operation that can be cancelled while it is in progress.

HTTP request

POST https://compute.api.cloud.yandex.net/compute/v1/instances

Body parameters

{
  "folderId": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "labels": "object",
  "zoneId": "string",
  "platformId": "string",
  "resourcesSpec": {
    "memory": "string",
    "cores": "string",
    "coreFraction": "string",
    "gpus": "string"
  },
  "metadata": "object",
  "metadataOptions": {
    "gceHttpEndpoint": "string",
    "awsV1HttpEndpoint": "string",
    "gceHttpToken": "string",
    "awsV1HttpToken": "string"
  },
  "bootDiskSpec": {
    "mode": "string",
    "deviceName": "string",
    "autoDelete": "boolean",
    // Includes only one of the fields `diskSpec`, `diskId`
    "diskSpec": {
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "typeId": "string",
      "size": "string",
      // Includes only one of the fields `imageId`, `snapshotId`
      "imageId": "string",
      "snapshotId": "string",
      // end of the list of possible fields
      "diskPlacementPolicy": {
        "placementGroupId": "string",
        "placementGroupPartition": "string"
      },
      "blockSize": "string",
      "kmsKeyId": "string"
    },
    "diskId": "string"
    // end of the list of possible fields
  },
  "secondaryDiskSpecs": [
    {
      "mode": "string",
      "deviceName": "string",
      "autoDelete": "boolean",
      // Includes only one of the fields `diskSpec`, `diskId`
      "diskSpec": {
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "typeId": "string",
        "size": "string",
        // Includes only one of the fields `imageId`, `snapshotId`
        "imageId": "string",
        "snapshotId": "string",
        // end of the list of possible fields
        "diskPlacementPolicy": {
          "placementGroupId": "string",
          "placementGroupPartition": "string"
        },
        "blockSize": "string",
        "kmsKeyId": "string"
      },
      "diskId": "string"
      // end of the list of possible fields
    }
  ],
  "localDiskSpecs": [
    {
      "size": "string"
    }
  ],
  "filesystemSpecs": [
    {
      "mode": "string",
      "deviceName": "string",
      "filesystemId": "string"
    }
  ],
  "networkInterfaceSpecs": [
    {
      "subnetId": "string",
      "primaryV4AddressSpec": {
        "address": "string",
        "oneToOneNatSpec": {
          "ipVersion": "string",
          "address": "string",
          "dnsRecordSpecs": [
            {
              "fqdn": "string",
              "dnsZoneId": "string",
              "ttl": "string",
              "ptr": "boolean"
            }
          ]
        },
        "dnsRecordSpecs": [
          {
            "fqdn": "string",
            "dnsZoneId": "string",
            "ttl": "string",
            "ptr": "boolean"
          }
        ]
      },
      "primaryV6AddressSpec": {
        "address": "string",
        "oneToOneNatSpec": {
          "ipVersion": "string",
          "address": "string",
          "dnsRecordSpecs": [
            {
              "fqdn": "string",
              "dnsZoneId": "string",
              "ttl": "string",
              "ptr": "boolean"
            }
          ]
        },
        "dnsRecordSpecs": [
          {
            "fqdn": "string",
            "dnsZoneId": "string",
            "ttl": "string",
            "ptr": "boolean"
          }
        ]
      },
      "securityGroupIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "index": "string"
    }
  ],
  "hostname": "string",
  "schedulingPolicy": {
    "preemptible": "boolean"
  },
  "serviceAccountId": "string",
  "networkSettings": {
    "type": "string"
  },
  "placementPolicy": {
    "placementGroupId": "string",
    "hostAffinityRules": [
      {
        "key": "string",
        "op": "string",
        "values": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "placementGroupPartition": "string"
  },
  "gpuSettings": {
    "gpuClusterId": "string"
  },
  "maintenancePolicy": "string",
  "maintenanceGracePeriod": "string",
  "serialPortSettings": {
    "sshAuthorization": "string"
  },
  "reservedInstancePoolId": "string"
}

Field	Description
folderId	string Required field. ID of the folder to create an instance in. To get the folder ID, use a yandex.cloud.resourcemanager.v1.FolderService.List request.
name	string Name of the instance.
description	string Description of the instance.
labels	object (map<string, string>) Resource labels as `key:value` pairs.
zoneId	string Required field. ID of the availability zone where the instance resides. To get a list of available zones, use the yandex.cloud.compute.v1.ZoneService.List request
platformId	string Required field. ID of the hardware platform configuration for the instance. This field affects the available values in `resourcesSpec` field. Platforms allows you to create various types of instances: with a large amount of memory, with a large number of cores, with a burstable performance. For more information, see Platforms.
resourcesSpec	ResourcesSpec Required field. Computing resources of the instance, such as the amount of memory and number of cores. To get a list of available values, see Levels of core performance.
metadata	object (map<string, string>) The metadata `key:value` pairs that will be assigned to this instance. This includes custom metadata and predefined keys. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB. Values are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the programs which configure the instance. The values must be 256 KB or less. For example, you may use the metadata in order to provide your public SSH key to the instance. For more information, see Metadata.
metadataOptions	MetadataOptions Options allow user to configure access to instance's metadata
bootDiskSpec	AttachedDiskSpec Required field. Boot disk to attach to the instance.
secondaryDiskSpecs[]	AttachedDiskSpec Array of secondary disks to attach to the instance.
localDiskSpecs[]	AttachedLocalDiskSpec Array of local disks to attach to the instance.
filesystemSpecs[]	AttachedFilesystemSpec Array of filesystems to attach to the instance. The filesystems must reside in the same availability zone as the instance. To use the instance with an attached filesystem, the latter must be mounted. For details, see documentation.
networkInterfaceSpecs[]	NetworkInterfaceSpec Required field. Network configuration for the instance. Specifies how the network interface is configured to interact with other services on the internal network and on the internet.
hostname	string Host name for the instance. This field is used to generate the yandex.cloud.compute.v1.Instance.fqdn value. The host name must be unique within the network and region. If not specified, the host name will be equal to yandex.cloud.compute.v1.Instance.id of the instance and FQDN will be `<id>.auto.internal`. Otherwise FQDN will be `<hostname>.<region_id>.internal`.
schedulingPolicy	SchedulingPolicy Scheduling policy configuration.
serviceAccountId	string ID of the service account to use for authentication inside the instance. To get the service account ID, use a yandex.cloud.iam.v1.ServiceAccountService.List request.
networkSettings	NetworkSettings Network settings.
placementPolicy	PlacementPolicy Placement policy configuration.
gpuSettings	GpuSettings GPU settings.
maintenancePolicy	enum (MaintenancePolicy) Behaviour on maintenance events `MAINTENANCE_POLICY_UNSPECIFIED` `RESTART`: Restart instance to move it to another host during maintenance `MIGRATE`: Use live migration to move instance to another host during maintenance
maintenanceGracePeriod	string (duration) Time between notification via metadata service and maintenance
serialPortSettings	SerialPortSettings Serial port settings
reservedInstancePoolId	string ID of the reserved instance pool that the instance should belong to. Instance will be created using resources from the reserved instance pool. Reserved instance pool resource configuration must match the resource configuration of the instance.

ResourcesSpec

Field	Description
memory	string (int64) Required field. The amount of memory available to the instance, specified in bytes.
cores	string (int64) Required field. The number of cores available to the instance.
coreFraction	string (int64) Baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst performance above that baseline level. This field sets baseline performance for each core. For example, if you need only 5% of the CPU performance, you can set core_fraction=5. For more information, see Levels of core performance.
gpus	string (int64) The number of GPUs available to the instance.

MetadataOptions

Field	Description
gceHttpEndpoint	enum (MetadataOption) Enabled access to GCE flavored metadata `METADATA_OPTION_UNSPECIFIED` `ENABLED`: Option is enabled `DISABLED`: Option is disabled
awsV1HttpEndpoint	enum (MetadataOption) Enabled access to AWS flavored metadata (IMDSv1) `METADATA_OPTION_UNSPECIFIED` `ENABLED`: Option is enabled `DISABLED`: Option is disabled
gceHttpToken	enum (MetadataOption) Enabled access to IAM credentials with GCE flavored metadata `METADATA_OPTION_UNSPECIFIED` `ENABLED`: Option is enabled `DISABLED`: Option is disabled
awsV1HttpToken	enum (MetadataOption) Enabled access to IAM credentials with AWS flavored metadata (IMDSv1) `METADATA_OPTION_UNSPECIFIED` `ENABLED`: Option is enabled `DISABLED`: Option is disabled

AttachedDiskSpec

Field	Description
mode	enum (Mode) The mode in which to attach this disk. `MODE_UNSPECIFIED` `READ_ONLY`: Read-only access. `READ_WRITE`: Read/Write access. Default value.
deviceName	string Specifies a unique serial number of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/disk/by-id/ tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This value can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance. If not specified, a random value will be generated.
autoDelete	boolean Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted.
diskSpec	DiskSpec Disk specification. Includes only one of the fields `diskSpec`, `diskId`.
diskId	string ID of the disk that should be attached. Includes only one of the fields `diskSpec`, `diskId`.

DiskSpec

Field	Description
name	string Name of the disk.
description	string Description of the disk.
typeId	string ID of the disk type. To get a list of available disk types, use the yandex.cloud.compute.v1.DiskTypeService.List request.
size	string (int64) Required field. Size of the disk, specified in bytes.
imageId	string ID of the image to create the disk from. Includes only one of the fields `imageId`, `snapshotId`.
snapshotId	string ID of the snapshot to restore the disk from. Includes only one of the fields `imageId`, `snapshotId`.
diskPlacementPolicy	DiskPlacementPolicy Placement policy configuration.
blockSize	string (int64) Block size of the disk, specified in bytes. The default is 4096.
kmsKeyId	string ID of KMS key for disk encryption

DiskPlacementPolicy

Field

Description

placementGroupId

string

Placement group ID.

placementGroupPartition

string (int64)

AttachedLocalDiskSpec

Field

Description

size

string (int64)

Required field. Size of the disk, specified in bytes.

AttachedFilesystemSpec

Field	Description
mode	enum (Mode) Mode of access to the filesystem that should be attached. `MODE_UNSPECIFIED` `READ_ONLY`: Read-only access. `READ_WRITE`: Read/Write access. Default value.
deviceName	string Name of the device representing the filesystem on the instance. The name should be used for referencing the filesystem from within the instance when it's being mounted, resized etc. If not specified, a random value will be generated.
filesystemId	string ID of the filesystem that should be attached.

NetworkInterfaceSpec

Field	Description
subnetId	string Required field. ID of the subnet.
primaryV4AddressSpec	PrimaryAddressSpec Primary IPv4 address that will be assigned to the instance for this network interface.
primaryV6AddressSpec	PrimaryAddressSpec Primary IPv6 address that will be assigned to the instance for this network interface. IPv6 not available yet.
securityGroupIds[]	string ID's of security groups attached to the interface
index	string The index of the network interface, will be generated by the server, 0,1,2... etc if not specified.

PrimaryAddressSpec

Field	Description
address	string An IPv4 internal network address that is assigned to the instance for this network interface. If not specified by the user, an unused internal IP is assigned by the system.
oneToOneNatSpec	OneToOneNatSpec An external IP address configuration. If not specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
dnsRecordSpecs[]	DnsRecordSpec Internal DNS configuration

OneToOneNatSpec

Field	Description
ipVersion	enum (IpVersion) External IP address version. `IP_VERSION_UNSPECIFIED` `IPV4`: IPv4 address, for example 192.0.2.235. `IPV6`: IPv6 address. Not available yet.
address	string set static IP by value
dnsRecordSpecs[]	DnsRecordSpec External DNS configuration

DnsRecordSpec

Field	Description
fqdn	string Required field. FQDN (required)
dnsZoneId	string DNS zone id (optional, if not set, private zone used)
ttl	string (int64) DNS record ttl, values in 0-86400 (optional)
ptr	boolean When set to true, also create PTR DNS record (optional)

SchedulingPolicy

Field

Description

preemptible

boolean

True for short-lived compute instances. For more information, see Preemptible VMs.

NetworkSettings

Field

Description

type

enum (Type)

Network Type

TYPE_UNSPECIFIED
STANDARD: Standard network.
SOFTWARE_ACCELERATED: Software accelerated network.
HARDWARE_ACCELERATED: Hardware accelerated network (not available yet, reserved for future use).

PlacementPolicy

Field	Description
placementGroupId	string Placement group ID.
hostAffinityRules[]	HostAffinityRule List of affinity rules. Scheduler will attempt to allocate instances according to order of rules.
placementGroupPartition	string (int64) Placement group partition

HostAffinityRule

Affinity definition

Field	Description
key	string Affinity label or one of reserved values - 'yc.hostId', 'yc.hostGroupId'
op	enum (Operator) Include or exclude action `OPERATOR_UNSPECIFIED` `IN` `NOT_IN`
values[]	string Affinity value or host ID or host group ID

GpuSettings

Field

Description

gpuClusterId

string

Attach instance to specified GPU cluster.

SerialPortSettings

Field

Description

sshAuthorization

enum (SSHAuthorization)

Authentication and authorization in serial console when using SSH protocol

SSH_AUTHORIZATION_UNSPECIFIED
INSTANCE_METADATA: Authentication and authorization using SSH keys in instance metadata
OS_LOGIN: Authentication and authorization using Oslogin service

Response

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "createdAt": "string",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "modifiedAt": "string",
  "done": "boolean",
  "metadata": {
    "instanceId": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": {
    "code": "integer",
    "message": "string",
    "details": [
      "object"
    ]
  },
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "folderId": "string",
    "createdAt": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "labels": "object",
    "zoneId": "string",
    "platformId": "string",
    "resources": {
      "memory": "string",
      "cores": "string",
      "coreFraction": "string",
      "gpus": "string"
    },
    "status": "string",
    "metadata": "object",
    "metadataOptions": {
      "gceHttpEndpoint": "string",
      "awsV1HttpEndpoint": "string",
      "gceHttpToken": "string",
      "awsV1HttpToken": "string"
    },
    "bootDisk": {
      "mode": "string",
      "deviceName": "string",
      "autoDelete": "boolean",
      "diskId": "string"
    },
    "secondaryDisks": [
      {
        "mode": "string",
        "deviceName": "string",
        "autoDelete": "boolean",
        "diskId": "string"
      }
    ],
    "localDisks": [
      {
        "size": "string",
        "deviceName": "string"
      }
    ],
    "filesystems": [
      {
        "mode": "string",
        "deviceName": "string",
        "filesystemId": "string"
      }
    ],
    "networkInterfaces": [
      {
        "index": "string",
        "macAddress": "string",
        "subnetId": "string",
        "primaryV4Address": {
          "address": "string",
          "oneToOneNat": {
            "address": "string",
            "ipVersion": "string",
            "dnsRecords": [
              {
                "fqdn": "string",
                "dnsZoneId": "string",
                "ttl": "string",
                "ptr": "boolean"
              }
            ]
          },
          "dnsRecords": [
            {
              "fqdn": "string",
              "dnsZoneId": "string",
              "ttl": "string",
              "ptr": "boolean"
            }
          ]
        },
        "primaryV6Address": {
          "address": "string",
          "oneToOneNat": {
            "address": "string",
            "ipVersion": "string",
            "dnsRecords": [
              {
                "fqdn": "string",
                "dnsZoneId": "string",
                "ttl": "string",
                "ptr": "boolean"
              }
            ]
          },
          "dnsRecords": [
            {
              "fqdn": "string",
              "dnsZoneId": "string",
              "ttl": "string",
              "ptr": "boolean"
            }
          ]
        },
        "securityGroupIds": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "serialPortSettings": {
      "sshAuthorization": "string"
    },
    "gpuSettings": {
      "gpuClusterId": "string"
    },
    "fqdn": "string",
    "schedulingPolicy": {
      "preemptible": "boolean"
    },
    "serviceAccountId": "string",
    "networkSettings": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "placementPolicy": {
      "placementGroupId": "string",
      "hostAffinityRules": [
        {
          "key": "string",
          "op": "string",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "placementGroupPartition": "string"
    },
    "hostGroupId": "string",
    "hostId": "string",
    "maintenancePolicy": "string",
    "maintenanceGracePeriod": "string",
    "hardwareGeneration": {
      // Includes only one of the fields `legacyFeatures`, `generation2Features`
      "legacyFeatures": {
        "pciTopology": "string"
      },
      "generation2Features": "object"
      // end of the list of possible fields
    },
    "reservedInstancePoolId": "string"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field	Description
id	string ID of the operation.
description	string Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.
createdAt	string (date-time) Creation timestamp. String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from `0001-01-01T00:00:00Z` to `9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z`, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second. To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the Protocol Buffers reference. In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).
createdBy	string ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.
modifiedAt	string (date-time) The time when the Operation resource was last modified. String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from `0001-01-01T00:00:00Z` to `9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z`, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second. To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the Protocol Buffers reference. In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).
done	boolean If the value is `false`, it means the operation is still in progress. If `true`, the operation is completed, and either `error` or `response` is available.
metadata	CreateInstanceMetadata Service-specific metadata associated with the operation. It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.
error	Status The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation. Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`. The operation result. If `done == false` and there was no failure detected, neither `error` nor `response` is set. If `done == false` and there was a failure detected, `error` is set. If `done == true`, exactly one of `error` or `response` is set.
response	Instance The normal response of the operation in case of success. If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete, the response is google.protobuf.Empty. If the original method is the standard Create/Update, the response should be the target resource of the operation. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any. Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`. The operation result. If `done == false` and there was no failure detected, neither `error` nor `response` is set. If `done == false` and there was a failure detected, `error` is set. If `done == true`, exactly one of `error` or `response` is set.

CreateInstanceMetadata

Field

Description

instanceId

string

ID of the instance that is being created.

Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Field	Description
code	integer (int32) Error code. An enum value of google.rpc.Code.
message	string An error message.
details[]	object A list of messages that carry the error details.

Instance

An Instance resource. For more information, see Instances.

Field	Description
id	string ID of the instance.
folderId	string ID of the folder that the instance belongs to.
createdAt	string (date-time) String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from `0001-01-01T00:00:00Z` to `9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z`, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second. To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the Protocol Buffers reference. In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).
name	string Name of the instance. 1-63 characters long.
description	string Description of the instance. 0-256 characters long.
labels	object (map<string, string>) Resource labels as `key:value` pairs. Maximum of 64 per resource.
zoneId	string ID of the availability zone where the instance resides.
platformId	string ID of the hardware platform configuration for the instance.
resources	Resources Computing resources of the instance such as the amount of memory and number of cores.
status	enum (Status) Status of the instance. `STATUS_UNSPECIFIED` `PROVISIONING`: Instance is waiting for resources to be allocated. `RUNNING`: Instance is running normally. `STOPPING`: Instance is being stopped. `STOPPED`: Instance stopped. `STARTING`: Instance is being started. `RESTARTING`: Instance is being restarted. `UPDATING`: Instance is being updated. `ERROR`: Instance encountered a problem and cannot operate. `CRASHED`: Instance crashed and will be restarted automatically. `DELETING`: Instance is being deleted.
metadata	object (map<string, string>) The metadata `key:value` pairs assigned to this instance. This includes custom metadata and predefined keys. For example, you may use the metadata in order to provide your public SSH key to the instance. For more information, see Metadata.
metadataOptions	MetadataOptions Options allow user to configure access to instance's metadata
bootDisk	AttachedDisk Boot disk that is attached to the instance.
secondaryDisks[]	AttachedDisk Array of secondary disks that are attached to the instance.
localDisks[]	AttachedLocalDisk Array of local disks that are attached to the instance.
filesystems[]	AttachedFilesystem Array of filesystems that are attached to the instance.
networkInterfaces[]	NetworkInterface Array of network interfaces that are attached to the instance.
serialPortSettings	SerialPortSettings Serial port settings
gpuSettings	GpuSettings GPU settings
fqdn	string A domain name of the instance. FQDN is defined by the server in the format `<hostname>.<region_id>.internal` when the instance is created. If the hostname were not specified when the instance was created, FQDN would be `<id>.auto.internal`.
schedulingPolicy	SchedulingPolicy Scheduling policy configuration.
serviceAccountId	string ID of the service account to use for authentication inside the instance. To get the service account ID, use a yandex.cloud.iam.v1.ServiceAccountService.List request.
networkSettings	NetworkSettings Network Settings
placementPolicy	PlacementPolicy Placement policy configuration.
hostGroupId	string ID of the dedicated host group that the instance belongs to.
hostId	string ID of the dedicated host that the instance belongs to.
maintenancePolicy	enum (MaintenancePolicy) Behaviour on maintenance events `MAINTENANCE_POLICY_UNSPECIFIED` `RESTART`: Restart instance to move it to another host during maintenance `MIGRATE`: Use live migration to move instance to another host during maintenance
maintenanceGracePeriod	string (duration) Time between notification via metadata service and maintenance
hardwareGeneration	HardwareGeneration This feature set is inherited from the image/disk used as a boot one at the creation of the instance.
reservedInstancePoolId	string ID of the reserved instance pool that the instance belongs to.

Resources

Field	Description
memory	string (int64) The amount of memory available to the instance, specified in bytes.
cores	string (int64) The number of cores available to the instance.
coreFraction	string (int64) Baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst performance above that baseline level. This field sets baseline performance for each core.
gpus	string (int64) The number of GPUs available to the instance.

MetadataOptions

Field	Description
gceHttpEndpoint	enum (MetadataOption) Enabled access to GCE flavored metadata `METADATA_OPTION_UNSPECIFIED` `ENABLED`: Option is enabled `DISABLED`: Option is disabled
awsV1HttpEndpoint	enum (MetadataOption) Enabled access to AWS flavored metadata (IMDSv1) `METADATA_OPTION_UNSPECIFIED` `ENABLED`: Option is enabled `DISABLED`: Option is disabled
gceHttpToken	enum (MetadataOption) Enabled access to IAM credentials with GCE flavored metadata `METADATA_OPTION_UNSPECIFIED` `ENABLED`: Option is enabled `DISABLED`: Option is disabled
awsV1HttpToken	enum (MetadataOption) Enabled access to IAM credentials with AWS flavored metadata (IMDSv1) `METADATA_OPTION_UNSPECIFIED` `ENABLED`: Option is enabled `DISABLED`: Option is disabled

AttachedDisk

Field	Description
mode	enum (Mode) Access mode to the Disk resource. `MODE_UNSPECIFIED` `READ_ONLY`: Read-only access. `READ_WRITE`: Read/Write access.
deviceName	string Serial number that is reflected into the /dev/disk/by-id/ tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This value can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
autoDelete	boolean Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted.
diskId	string ID of the disk that is attached to the instance.

AttachedLocalDisk

Field

Description

size

string (int64)

Size of the disk, specified in bytes.

deviceName

string

Serial number that is reflected into the /dev/disk/by-id/ tree
of a Linux operating system running within the instance.

This value can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.

AttachedFilesystem

Field	Description
mode	enum (Mode) Access mode to the filesystem. `MODE_UNSPECIFIED` `READ_ONLY`: Read-only access. `READ_WRITE`: Read/Write access.
deviceName	string Name of the device representing the filesystem on the instance. The name should be used for referencing the filesystem from within the instance when it's being mounted, resized etc.
filesystemId	string ID of the filesystem that is attached to the instance.

NetworkInterface

Field	Description
index	string The index of the network interface, will be generated by the server, 0,1,2... etc if not specified.
macAddress	string MAC address that is assigned to the network interface.
subnetId	string ID of the subnet.
primaryV4Address	PrimaryAddress Primary IPv4 address that is assigned to the instance for this network interface.
primaryV6Address	PrimaryAddress Primary IPv6 address that is assigned to the instance for this network interface. IPv6 not available yet.
securityGroupIds[]	string ID's of security groups attached to the interface

PrimaryAddress

Field	Description
address	string An IPv4 internal network address that is assigned to the instance for this network interface.
oneToOneNat	OneToOneNat One-to-one NAT configuration. If missing, NAT has not been set up.
dnsRecords[]	DnsRecord Internal DNS configuration

OneToOneNat

Field	Description
address	string An external IP address associated with this instance.
ipVersion	enum (IpVersion) IP version for the external IP address. `IP_VERSION_UNSPECIFIED` `IPV4`: IPv4 address, for example 192.0.2.235. `IPV6`: IPv6 address. Not available yet.
dnsRecords[]	DnsRecord External DNS configuration

DnsRecord

Field	Description
fqdn	string Name of the A/AAAA record as specified when creating the instance. Note that if `fqdn' has no trailing '.', it is specified relative to the zone (@see dns_zone_id).
dnsZoneId	string DNS zone id for the record (optional, if not set, some private zone is used).
ttl	string (int64) DNS record ttl (optional, if not set, a reasonable default is used.)
ptr	boolean When true, indicates there is a corresponding auto-created PTR DNS record.

SerialPortSettings

Field

Description

sshAuthorization

enum (SSHAuthorization)

Authentication and authorization in serial console when using SSH protocol

SSH_AUTHORIZATION_UNSPECIFIED
INSTANCE_METADATA: Authentication and authorization using SSH keys in instance metadata
OS_LOGIN: Authentication and authorization using Oslogin service

GpuSettings

Field

Description

gpuClusterId

string

Attach instance to specified GPU cluster.

SchedulingPolicy

Field

Description

preemptible

boolean

True for short-lived compute instances. For more information, see Preemptible VMs.

NetworkSettings

Field

Description

type

enum (Type)

Network Type

TYPE_UNSPECIFIED
STANDARD: Standard network.
SOFTWARE_ACCELERATED: Software accelerated network.
HARDWARE_ACCELERATED: Hardware accelerated network (not available yet, reserved for future use).

PlacementPolicy

Field	Description
placementGroupId	string Placement group ID.
hostAffinityRules[]	HostAffinityRule List of affinity rules. Scheduler will attempt to allocate instances according to order of rules.
placementGroupPartition	string (int64) Placement group partition

HostAffinityRule

Affinity definition

Field	Description
key	string Affinity label or one of reserved values - 'yc.hostId', 'yc.hostGroupId'
op	enum (Operator) Include or exclude action `OPERATOR_UNSPECIFIED` `IN` `NOT_IN`
values[]	string Affinity value or host ID or host group ID

A set of features, specific to a particular Compute hardware generation.
They are not necessary supported by every host OS or distro, thus they are fixed to an image
and are applied to all instances created with it as their boot disk image.
These features significantly determine how the instance is created, thus cannot be changed after the fact.

Field

Description

legacyFeatures

LegacyHardwareFeatures

Includes only one of the fields legacyFeatures, generation2Features.

generation2Features

object

Includes only one of the fields legacyFeatures, generation2Features.

LegacyHardwareFeatures

A first hardware generation, by default compatible with all legacy images.
Allows switching to PCI_TOPOLOGY_V2 and back.

Field

Description

pciTopology

enum (PCITopology)

PCI_TOPOLOGY_UNSPECIFIED
PCI_TOPOLOGY_V1
PCI_TOPOLOGY_V2

Compute Cloud API, REST: Instance.Create

HTTP requestHTTP request

Body parametersBody parameters

ResourcesSpecResourcesSpec

MetadataOptionsMetadataOptions

AttachedDiskSpecAttachedDiskSpec

DiskSpecDiskSpec

DiskPlacementPolicyDiskPlacementPolicy

AttachedLocalDiskSpecAttachedLocalDiskSpec

AttachedFilesystemSpecAttachedFilesystemSpec

NetworkInterfaceSpecNetworkInterfaceSpec

PrimaryAddressSpecPrimaryAddressSpec

OneToOneNatSpecOneToOneNatSpec

DnsRecordSpecDnsRecordSpec

SchedulingPolicySchedulingPolicy

NetworkSettingsNetworkSettings

PlacementPolicyPlacementPolicy

HostAffinityRuleHostAffinityRule

GpuSettingsGpuSettings

SerialPortSettingsSerialPortSettings

ResponseResponse

CreateInstanceMetadataCreateInstanceMetadata

StatusStatus

InstanceInstance

ResourcesResources

MetadataOptionsMetadataOptions

AttachedDiskAttachedDisk

AttachedLocalDiskAttachedLocalDisk

AttachedFilesystemAttachedFilesystem

NetworkInterfaceNetworkInterface

PrimaryAddressPrimaryAddress

OneToOneNatOneToOneNat

DnsRecordDnsRecord

SerialPortSettingsSerialPortSettings

GpuSettingsGpuSettings

SchedulingPolicySchedulingPolicy

NetworkSettingsNetworkSettings

PlacementPolicyPlacementPolicy

HostAffinityRuleHostAffinityRule

HardwareGenerationHardwareGeneration

LegacyHardwareFeaturesLegacyHardwareFeatures

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HTTP request

Body parameters

ResourcesSpec

MetadataOptions

AttachedDiskSpec

DiskSpec

DiskPlacementPolicy

AttachedLocalDiskSpec

AttachedFilesystemSpec

NetworkInterfaceSpec

PrimaryAddressSpec

OneToOneNatSpec

DnsRecordSpec

SchedulingPolicy

NetworkSettings

PlacementPolicy

HostAffinityRule

GpuSettings

SerialPortSettings

Response

CreateInstanceMetadata

Status

Instance

Resources

MetadataOptions

AttachedDisk

AttachedLocalDisk

AttachedFilesystem

NetworkInterface

PrimaryAddress

OneToOneNat

DnsRecord

SerialPortSettings

GpuSettings

SchedulingPolicy

NetworkSettings

PlacementPolicy

HostAffinityRule

HardwareGeneration

LegacyHardwareFeatures