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yc desktops group create

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Updated at January 27, 2026

Create a desktop group

Command UsageCommand Usage

Syntax:

yc desktops group create [Flags...] [Global Flags...]

FlagsFlags

Flag

Description

--folder-id

string

Desktop folder id.

--image-id

string

Desktop image id.

--name

string

Desktop name.

--description

string

Desktop description.

--resource-spec

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Resources specification for desktop group.

Possible property names:

  • memory: Specifies how much memory desktop should have. (required)

  • cores: Amount of cores to attach to the desktop. (required)

  • core-fraction: Amount of core-fraction to attach to the desktop. (required)

--network-interface-spec

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Resources specification for desktop group.

Possible property names:

  • network-id: Network id (required)

  • subnet-id: Subnet IDs (required)

--boot-disk-spec

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Boot disk specification for desktop group.

Possible property names:

  • disk-type: Disk type (required)

  • disk-size: Disk size (required)

--data-disk-spec

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Data disk specification for desktop group.

Possible property names:

  • disk-type: Disk type (required)

  • disk-size: Disk size (required)

--group-config

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Desktop group configuration.

Possible property names:

  • max-group-size: Max group size (required)

  • hot-standby: Hot standby (required)

  • user-account-id: User account ids

--async

Display information about the operation in progress, without waiting for the operation to complete.

Global FlagsGlobal Flags

Flag

Description

--profile

string

Set the custom configuration file.

--debug

Debug logging.

--debug-grpc

Debug gRPC logging. Very verbose, used for debugging connection problems.

--no-user-output

Disable printing user intended output to stderr.

--retry

int

Enable gRPC retries. By default, retries are enabled with maximum 5 attempts.
Pass 0 to disable retries. Pass any negative value for infinite retries.
Even infinite retries are capped with 2 minutes timeout.

--cloud-id

string

Set the ID of the cloud to use.

--folder-name

string

Set the name of the folder to use (will be resolved to id).

--endpoint

string

Set the Cloud API endpoint (host:port).

--token

string

Set the OAuth token to use.

--impersonate-service-account-id

string

Set the ID of the service account to impersonate.

--no-browser

Disable opening browser for authentication.

--format

string

Set the output format: text (default), yaml, json, json-rest.

--jq

string

Query to select values from the response using jq syntax

-h, --help

Display help for the command.

  • Creating a desktop group

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