Updating virtual router settings
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Updated at August 21, 2026
Note
You need the cloud-router.editor role to run this operation.
Management console
CLI
- In the management console, select the folder containing the virtual router.
- Navigate to Cloud Router.
- In the virtual router row, click and select Edit.
- Enter a new name and description for your virtual router.
- Add or delete labels.
- Enable or disable Deletion protection to protect your virtual router from accidental deletion.
- Add or delete private connections in the Private connections field.
- In the Networks field, add or delete networks and IP prefixes.
Currently, you can update the following virtual router settings via the CLI:
new-name: Private connection name.description: Private connection description.
Note
When updating IP prefix announcements or adding or deleting private connections in a virtual router, use separate commands instead of the --vpc-net and --cic-prc update command options.
For example, to update the virtual router description, follow the steps below:
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View the description of the CLI command for updating a virtual router:
yc cloudrouter routing-instance update --help -
Provide a new
descriptionfor the virtual router:yc cloudrouter routing-instance update c3l87**********1dpin \ --description "My new RI description" \ --asyncExpected result:
id: al4r9**********4613n description: routing instance update created_at: "2025-04-08T21:21:33.106772882Z" created_by: bfbud**********v7dfn modified_at: "2025-04-08T21:21:33.106772882Z" metadata: '@type': type.googleapis.com/yandex.cloud.cloudrouter.v1.UpdateRoutingInstanceMetadata routing_instance_id: c3l87**********1dpin -
Check the updated parameter value after the operation is complete:
yc cloudrouter routing-instance get c3l87**********1dpin