Managing Cloud Shell
With Cloud Shell, you can use Yandex Cloud CLI and other terminal tools without any prior setup, directly in your browser. The Cloud Shell environment includes basic tools for working with the cloud and popular SDKs for programming languages.
Starting Cloud Shell
To start the Cloud Shell terminal:
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Go to the management console and log in to Yandex Cloud or sign up if not signed up yet.
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In the left-hand menu, click Cloud Shell.
A terminal window will open: wait for the session to start and the development environment to be created.
There are several interface elements in the top-right part of the terminal. You can use them to:
Customizing the interface
To personalize the terminal's appearance, you can:
- Configure its theme by clicking and selecting your preferred option:
- Automatic: the theme will follow your browser theme.
- Always dark: the dark theme will always be used no matter what your browser settings are.
- Increase the terminal size to fit the full width of your browser window by clicking . To return to compact view, click .
Managing the development environment
You can use the menu to:
- Restart the terminal: all sessions and running processes will be stopped. Installed packages will be saved.
- Clear data: all sessions and running processes will be stopped. Installed packages will be deleted.
Note
When performing any of these operations, all your data stored in the home directory will be saved.
Hiding the terminal or reloading the page has no effect on the session state. The Cloud Shell virtual machine will continue to run in the background, but after 15 minutes it will be automatically stopped and deleted. All system changes, including installed applications and packages, will be reset.