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  3. Getting information about a placement group

Getting information about a placement group

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Updated at May 5, 2025
Management console
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  1. In the management console, go to the folder the placement group is in.
  2. Select Compute Cloud.
  3. In the left-hand panel, select Placement groups.
  4. Select the group.
  5. The Overview page will show the VM placement group details.

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.

  1. See the description of the CLI command for getting information about a placement group:

    yc compute placement-group get --help
    
  2. Get information about a placement group by specifying its name or ID:

    yc compute placement-group get <placement_group_name>
    

    Result:

    id: fd8j3mm3229m********
    folder_id: b1g86q4m5vej********
    created_at: "2023-10-19T10:36:38Z"
    name: test-group
    spread_placement_strategy: {}
    

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or mirror website.

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

To get information about a placement group using Terraform:

  1. Add the data and output sections to the Terraform configuration file:

    data "yandex_compute_placement_group" "my_group" {
      group_id = "<placement_group_ID>"
    }
    
    output "placement_group" {
      value = data.yandex_compute_placement_group.my_group.created_at
    }
    

    Where:

    • data "yandex_compute_placement_group": Description of the placement group as a data source:
      • group_id: Placement group ID.
    • output "placement_group": Output variable that contains information about the placement group creation time:
      • value: Returned value.

    You can replace created_at with any other parameter to get the information you need. For more information about the yandex_compute_placement_group data source parameters, 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.

    Terraform will create all the required resources and display the output variable values in the terminal. To check the results, run this command:

    terraform output
    

    Result:

    placement_group = "2024-03-18T17:27:14Z"
    

To get detailed information about a placement group, use the get REST API method for the PlacementGroup resource or the PlacementGroupService/Get gRPC API call.

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