Creating a GPU cluster

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Updated at May 5, 2025

Note

By default, a cloud has a zero quota for creating GPU clusters. To change the quota, contact support.

This section explains how to create a GPU cluster. Currently, GPU clusters can only be created in the ru-central1-a and ru-central1-d availability zones.

After creating a cluster, you can add VMs from the same availability zone to it.

CLI

Terraform

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI 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.

See the description of the CLI command for creating a GPU cluster:
```
yc compute gpu-cluster create --help
```
Note that currently, you can only create GPU clusters with the infiniband interconnect type.

Create a GPU cluster in the default availability zone:

yc compute gpu-cluster create --interconnect-type infiniband

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

In the Terraform configuration file, define the parameters of the resource you want to create:
```
provider "yandex" {
  zone = "ru-central1-a"
}

resource "yandex_compute_gpu_cluster" "default" {
  name               = "<GPU_cluster_name>"
  interconnect_type  = "<interconnect_type>"
  zone               = "ru-central1-a"
  labels             = {
    <label_1_key> = "<label_1_value>"
    <label_2_key> = "<label_2_value>"
  }
}
```
Where:
- name: GPU cluster name. This is a required parameter.
- interconnect_type: Interconnect type. Currently, you can only create GPU clusters with the infiniband interconnect type. This is a required parameter.
- labels: Resource label in <key> = "<value>" format. This is an optional parameter.
For more information about the yandex_compute_gpu_cluster resource properties, see the Terraform provider documentation.
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 GPU cluster in the specified folder. You can check the new GPU cluster and its settings using the management console or this CLI command:

yc compute gpu-cluster get <GPU_cluster_name>

Creating a GPU cluster

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