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Cloud Desktop API, gRPC: DesktopService.Create

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Updated at October 3, 2025

Creates desktop in the specified folder.

gRPC request

rpc Create (CreateDesktopRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

CreateDesktopRequest

{
  "desktop_group_id": "string",
  "subnet_id": "string",
  "users": [
    {
      "subject_id": "string",
      "subject_type": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Field

Description

desktop_group_id

string

Required field. ID of the desktop group.

subnet_id

string

ID of the subnet for desktop.

users[]

User

List of users.

User

Field

Description

subject_id

string

Required field. Identity of the access binding.

subject_type

string

Required field. Type of the access binding, e.g. userAccount, serviceAccount, system.

operation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": {
    "desktop_id": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "folder_id": "string",
    "desktop_group_id": "string",
    "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "status": "Status",
    "name": "string",
    "resources": {
      "memory": "int64",
      "cores": "int64",
      "core_fraction": "int64"
    },
    "network_interfaces": [
      {
        "network_id": "string",
        "subnet_id": "string"
      }
    ],
    "users": [
      {
        "subject_id": "string",
        "subject_type": "string"
      }
    ],
    "labels": "map<string, string>"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the operation.

description

string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp.

created_by

string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.

modified_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

done

bool

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress.
If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadata

CreateDesktopMetadata

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.
It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

error

google.rpc.Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

response

Desktop

The normal response of the operation in case of success.
If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete,
the response is google.protobuf.Empty.
If the original method is the standard Create/Update,
the response should be the target resource of the operation.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

CreateDesktopMetadata

Field

Description

desktop_id

string

ID of the desktop that is being created.

Desktop

A desktop resource.

Field

Description

id

string

Desktop ID.

folder_id

string

ID of the folder that the desktop belongs to.

desktop_group_id

string

ID of the desktop group that the desktop belongs to.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

status

enum Status

Status of the desktop.

  • STATUS_UNSPECIFIED
  • CREATING: Desktop is being created.
  • ACTIVE: Desktop is ready to be used.
  • DELETING: Desktop is being deleted.
  • RESTARTING: Desktop is restarting.
  • UPDATING: Desktop is updating.
  • STARTING: Desktop is starting.
  • STOPPING: Desktop is stopping.
  • STOPPED: Desktop is stopped.
  • ERROR: Desktop did not manage start or restart.
  • CREATION_FAILED: Desktop did not manage to get created or updated.
  • HEALTH_CHECK: Desktop in the process of health check.

name

string

Name of the desktop.

resources

Resources

Resources of the desktop.

network_interfaces[]

NetworkInterface

users[]

User

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Labels of the desktop.

Resources

Field

Description

memory

int64

cores

int64

core_fraction

int64

NetworkInterface

Field

Description

network_id

string

Required field.

subnet_id

string

Required field.

User

Field

Description

subject_id

string

Required field. Identity of the access binding.

subject_type

string

Required field. Type of the access binding, e.g. userAccount, serviceAccount, system.
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