Getting started with Yandex Cloud Shell

With Cloud Shell, you can use the Yandex Cloud CLI and other terminal tools directly in your browser, no prior setup required. The Cloud Shell environment provides essential cloud management tools and popular programming language SDKs.

To get started with Cloud Shell:

1. Go to the management console and log in to Yandex Cloud or sign up if not signed up yet.

2. 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.

   Note

   You can run up to four parallel sessions in the terminal. To run a new session, click . Once started, a session can remain active for up to 12 hours. Inactive sessions are automatically terminated after 30 minutes of inactivity. For more information about limitations in Cloud Shell, see Limits.

3. Use Yandex Cloud CLI commands to manage cloud resources from the terminal. For example, to list all VMs in the cloud, run this command:

   yc compute instance list
   

   For more command examples, see Getting started with the CLI. To view the full list of available commands, run the yc --help command or open the CLI reference.

4. Install the required applications using the apt tool. For example, to install postgresql-client for connecting to a Yandex Managed Service for PostgreSQL cluster, run this command:

   sudo apt update && sudo apt install --yes postgresql-client
   

   Note

   The Cloud Shell VM will be automatically stopped and deleted 15 after the last active session ends. Any system changes, including installed applications and packages, will be reset.

See also

• Managing Cloud Shell
• Cloud Shell limits
• CLI reference