Updating a desktop
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Updated at September 3, 2025
Yandex Cloud CLI
If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.
By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the 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
parameter.
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View the description of the CLI command for updating a desktop:
yc desktops desktop update-properties --help
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Get a list of desktops in the default folder:
yc desktops desktop list
Result:
+----------------------+------------------+--------+----------------------+---------------------+ | 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 | +----------------------+------------------+--------+----------------------+---------------------+
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Select the
ID
orNAME
of the desktop you need, e.g.,my-cloud-desktop
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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********