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In this article:

  • HTTP request
  • Body parameters
  • PartitionPlacementStrategy
  • Response
  • CreatePlacementGroupMetadata
  • Status
  • PlacementGroup
  • PartitionPlacementStrategy
  1. API reference
  2. REST
  3. PlacementGroup
  4. Create

Compute Cloud API, REST: PlacementGroup.Create

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at December 17, 2024
  • HTTP request
  • Body parameters
  • PartitionPlacementStrategy
  • Response
  • CreatePlacementGroupMetadata
  • Status
  • PlacementGroup
  • PartitionPlacementStrategy

Creates a placement group in the specified folder.

HTTP requestHTTP request

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

Body parametersBody parameters

{
  "folderId": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "labels": "object",
  // Includes only one of the fields `spreadPlacementStrategy`, `partitionPlacementStrategy`
  "spreadPlacementStrategy": "object",
  "partitionPlacementStrategy": {
    "partitions": "string"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

Field

Description

folderId

string

ID of the folder to create a placement group in.

To get a folder ID, use a yandex.cloud.resourcemanager.v1.FolderService.List request.

name

string

Name of the placement group.

description

string

Description of the placement group.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Resource labels as key:value pairs.

spreadPlacementStrategy

object

Anti-affinity placement strategy (spread). Instances are distributed over distinct failure domains.

Includes only one of the fields spreadPlacementStrategy, partitionPlacementStrategy.

Placement strategy.

partitionPlacementStrategy

PartitionPlacementStrategy

Includes only one of the fields spreadPlacementStrategy, partitionPlacementStrategy.

Placement strategy.

PartitionPlacementStrategyPartitionPlacementStrategy

Field

Description

partitions

string (int64)

ResponseResponse

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "createdAt": "string",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "modifiedAt": "string",
  "done": "boolean",
  "metadata": {
    "placementGroupId": "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",
    // Includes only one of the fields `spreadPlacementStrategy`, `partitionPlacementStrategy`
    "spreadPlacementStrategy": "object",
    "partitionPlacementStrategy": {
      "partitions": "string"
    }
    // end of the list of possible fields
  }
  // 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

CreatePlacementGroupMetadata

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

PlacementGroup

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.

CreatePlacementGroupMetadataCreatePlacementGroupMetadata

Field

Description

placementGroupId

string

ID of the placement group that is being created.

StatusStatus

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.

PlacementGroupPlacementGroup

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the placement group. Generated at creation time.

folderId

string

ID of the folder that the placement group belongs to.

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).

name

string

Name of the placement group.
The name is unique within the folder.

description

string

Description of the placement group. 0-256 characters long.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Placement group labels as key:value pairs.

spreadPlacementStrategy

object

Anti-affinity placement strategy (spread). Instances are distributed
over distinct failure domains.

Includes only one of the fields spreadPlacementStrategy, partitionPlacementStrategy.

Placement strategy. To specify a placement strategy, send the corresponding
field containing approriate structure.

partitionPlacementStrategy

PartitionPlacementStrategy

Includes only one of the fields spreadPlacementStrategy, partitionPlacementStrategy.

Placement strategy. To specify a placement strategy, send the corresponding
field containing approriate structure.

PartitionPlacementStrategyPartitionPlacementStrategy

Field

Description

partitions

string (int64)

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