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  2. File storages
  3. Creating a file storage

Creating a file storage

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Yandex Cloud
Improved by
Danila N.
Updated at May 13, 2025

To create a file storage:

Management console
CLI
Terraform
API
  1. In the management console, select the folder where you want to create a file storage.

  2. Select Compute Cloud.

  3. In the left-hand panel, select File storages.

  4. Click Create file storage.

  5. Enter a name for the file storage.

    • The name must be from 3 to 63 characters long.
    • It may contain uppercase and lowercase Latin and Cyrillic letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores, and spaces.
    • The first character must be a letter. The last character cannot be a hyphen, underscore, or space.
  6. Optionally, provide a description for file storage.

  7. Select an availability zone. You can only attach a file storage to VMs from the same availability zone.

  8. Select the file storage type.

    Warning

    Once a file storage is created, you cannot change its availability zone or type.

  9. Specify the block and disk size for the file storage.

  10. Click Create.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud (CLI) command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. See the description of the CLI command for creating a file storage:

    yc compute filesystem create --help
    
  2. Create a file storage in the default folder:

    yc compute filesystem create \
      --name <file_storage_name> \
      --type <file_storage_type> \
      --zone <availability_zone> \
      --size <file_storage_size> \
      --labels <key>=<value>
    

    Where:

    • --name: File storage name. The naming requirements are as follows:

      • It must be from 2 to 63 characters long.
      • It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
      • It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
    • --type: File storage type. The possible values are network-hdd or network-ssd.

    • --zone: Availability zone.

    • --size: File storage size. This is an optional parameter. The default value is 150 GB.

      By default, the value is specified in bytes. To specify the size in megabytes or gigabytes, use the M and G suffixes, e.g., 2048M or 2G.

    • --labels: File storage labels in <key>=<value> format. This is an optional parameter.

      To specify multiple labels, list them separated by commas: <key_1>=<value_1>,<key_2>=<value_2>,...,<key_n>=<value_n>.

    Result:

    done (11s)
    id: epdcago8e5lr********
    folder_id: b1gt6g8ht345********
    created_at: "2024-05-02T05:56:39Z"
    name: my-sample-fs
    labels:
      key1: value1
      key2: value2
      key3: value3
    type_id: network-hdd
    zone_id: ru-central1-a
    size: "1073741824"
    status: READY
    

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure its Yandex Cloud provider.

  1. In the configuration file, define the parameters of the resources you want to create:

    provider "yandex" {
      zone = "ru-central1-a"
    }
    
    resource "yandex_compute_filesystem" "default" {
      name   = "<file_storage_name>"
      type   = "<file_storage_type>"
      zone   = "<availability_zone>"
      size   = <file_storage_size>
      labels = {
        <label_1_key> = "<label_1_value>"
        <label_2_key> = "<label_2_value>"
      }
    }
    

    Where:

    • name: File storage name. This is a required parameter.
    • type: File storage type. The possible values are network-hdd or network-ssd. The default file storage type is network-hdd. This is an optional parameter.
    • zone: Availability zone. This is an optional parameter.
    • size: File storage size in GB. This is an optional parameter. The default value is 150 GB.
    • labels: Resource label in <key> = "<value>" format. This is an optional parameter.

    For more information about the yandex_compute_filesystem resource parameters in Terraform, see the relevant provider documentation.

  2. Create the resources:

    1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

    2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      
    3. Run the command:

      terraform plan
      

      The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.

    4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      
    5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

This will create a file storage in the specified folder. You can check the new file storage and its settings using the management console or this CLI command:

yc compute filesystem get <file_storage_name>

Use the create REST API method for the Filesystem resource or the FilesystemService/Create gRPC API call.

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