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In this article:

  • gRPC request
  • CreateDesktopGroupRequest
  • ResourcesSpec
  • NetworkInterfaceSpec
  • operation.Operation
  • CreateDesktopGroupMetadata
  • DesktopGroup
  • ResourcesSpec
  • NetworkInterfaceSpec
  1. API reference
  2. gRPC
  3. DesktopGroup
  4. Create

Cloud Desktop API, gRPC: DesktopGroupService.Create

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at April 24, 2025
  • gRPC request
  • CreateDesktopGroupRequest
  • ResourcesSpec
  • NetworkInterfaceSpec
  • operation.Operation
  • CreateDesktopGroupMetadata
  • DesktopGroup
  • ResourcesSpec
  • NetworkInterfaceSpec

Creates desktop group in the specified folder.

gRPC requestgRPC request

rpc Create (CreateDesktopGroupRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

CreateDesktopGroupRequestCreateDesktopGroupRequest

{
  "folder_id": "string",
  "desktop_image_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "resources_spec": {
    "memory": "int64",
    "cores": "int64",
    "core_fraction": "int64"
  },
  "network_interface_spec": {
    "network_id": "string",
    "subnet_ids": [
      "string"
    ]
  }
}

Field

Description

folder_id

string

Required field. ID of the folder to create a DesktopGroup in.

To get a folder ID make a yandex.cloud.resourcemanager.v1.FolderService.List request.

desktop_image_id

string

Required field. An image used to create a desktop boot disk

name

string

Name of the DesktopGroup.
The name must be unique within the folder.

description

string

Description of the DesktopGroup.

resources_spec

ResourcesSpec

Resource specification of the desktop group.

network_interface_spec

NetworkInterfaceSpec

Network interface specification of the desktop group.

ResourcesSpecResourcesSpec

Field

Description

memory

int64

RAM volume, in bytes.

cores

int64

Number of CPU cores.

core_fraction

int64

Baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst performance above that baseline level.
This field sets baseline performance for each core.

NetworkInterfaceSpecNetworkInterfaceSpec

Field

Description

network_id

string

Required field. ID of the network interface specification.

subnet_ids[]

string

List of subnet IDs.

operation.Operationoperation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": {
    "desktop_group_id": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "folder_id": "string",
    "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "status": "Status",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "resources_spec": {
      "memory": "int64",
      "cores": "int64",
      "core_fraction": "int64"
    },
    "network_interface_spec": {
      "network_id": "string",
      "subnet_ids": [
        "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

CreateDesktopGroupMetadata

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

DesktopGroup

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.

CreateDesktopGroupMetadataCreateDesktopGroupMetadata

Field

Description

desktop_group_id

string

ID of the desktop group that is being created.

DesktopGroupDesktopGroup

A desktop group resource.

Field

Description

id

string

Desktop group ID.

folder_id

string

ID of the folder that the desktop group belongs to.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

status

enum Status

Status of the desktop group.

  • STATUS_UNSPECIFIED
  • CREATING: Desktop group is being created.
  • ACTIVE: Desktop group is ready to use.
  • DELETING: Desktop group is being deleted.

name

string

Name of the desktop group.

description

string

Description of the desktop group.

resources_spec

ResourcesSpec

Resource specification of the desktop group.

network_interface_spec

NetworkInterfaceSpec

Network interface specification of the desktop group.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Labels of the desktop group.

ResourcesSpecResourcesSpec

Field

Description

memory

int64

RAM volume, in bytes.

cores

int64

Number of CPU cores.

core_fraction

int64

Baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst performance above that baseline level.
This field sets baseline performance for each core.

NetworkInterfaceSpecNetworkInterfaceSpec

Field

Description

network_id

string

Required field. ID of the network interface specification.

subnet_ids[]

string

List of subnet IDs.

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