Creating a new cloud

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

1. View the description of the create cloud command:

   yc resource-manager cloud create --help
   

2. If you do not have a linked organization yet, link the one you want to create the cloud in to the CLI profile.

   yc config set organization-id <organization_ID>
   

   Where <organization_ID> is the ID of the organization to create the cloud in.

3. To create the cloud, run this command:

   yc resource-manager cloud create \
     --name <cloud_name> \
     --billing-account-id <billing_account_ID>
   

   Where:

   • --name: Name of the cloud you are creating. The name should match the following format:

     • It must be 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.

   • --billing-account-id: ID of the billing account to link the new cloud to.

     You can get the billing account ID in the Yandex Cloud Billing interface under Account information on the billing account page.

   Result:

   done (4s)
   id: b1gbi30tq0m9********
   created_at: "2024-12-10T09:25:22Z"
   name: my-new-cloud
   organization_id: bpfaidqca8vd********
   

If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

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

   # Creating a cloud
   
   resource "yandex_resourcemanager_cloud" "cloud1" {
     name            = "<cloud_name>"
     organization_id = "<organization_ID>"
   }
   
   # Linking the cloud to the billing account
   
   resource "yandex_billing_cloud_binding" "mycloud" {
     billing_account_id = "<billing_account_ID>"
     cloud_id           = yandex_resourcemanager_cloud.cloud1.id
   }
   

   Where:

   • name: Cloud name. The name should match the following format:

     • It must be 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.

   • organization_id: Organization ID. Terraform allows you to create a cloud only for an existing organization.

   • billing_account_id: ID of the billing account to link the new cloud to.

     You can get the billing account ID in the Yandex Cloud Billing interface under Account information on the billing account page.

   • cloud_id: ID of the cloud to link to the billing account.

   For more information about the yandex_resourcemanager_cloud and yandex_billing_cloud_binding resource parameters in Terraform, see the relevant provider documentation.

2. Create 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 cloud linked to your billing account in the organization. You can check the new cloud and its parameters in the management console or using this CLI command:

yc resource-manager cloud list

To create a cloud, use the create REST API method for the Cloud resource or the CloudService/Create gRPC API call.