Updating a desktop
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Updated at March 17, 2026
Yandex Cloud CLI
If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.
The folder used by default is the one specified when creating the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id options.
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View the description of the CLI command for updating a desktop:
yc desktops desktop update-properties --help -
Get a list of desktops in the default folder:
yc desktops desktop listResult:
+----------------------+------------------+--------+----------------------+---------------------+ | ID | NAME | STATUS | DESKTOP GROUP ID | CREATED (UTC-0) | +----------------------+------------------+--------+----------------------+---------------------+ | e3vmvhgbgac4******** | my-cloud-desktop | ACTIVE | e3v1rbln45tl******** | 2024-10-09 22:42:28 | | e3vio1bc5ppz******** | reserved-desktop | ACTIVE | e3v9om0ur4rl******** | 2024-10-09 21:35:17 | +----------------------+------------------+--------+----------------------+---------------------+ -
Select the
IDorNAMEof the desktop you need, e.g.,my-cloud-desktop. -
Update desktop parameters, e.g., name:
yc desktops desktop update-properties \ --name <desktop_name> \ --new-name <new_desktop_name>Result:
id: e3vmvhgbgac4******** folder_id: b1g681qpemb4******** desktop_group_id: e3v1rbln45tl******** created_at: "2024-10-09T22:42:28.020Z" status: ACTIVE name: renamed-cloud-desktop resources: memory: "4294967296" cores: "2" core_fraction: "100" network_interfaces: - network_id: enp0asmd9pr9******** subnet_id: e2lb1da2dd9v******** users: - subject_id: ajej2i98kcjd********