Compute Cloud API, gRPC: InstanceService.Move

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gRPC request
MoveInstanceRequest
operation.Operation

Moves the specified instance to another folder of the same cloud.
The instance must be stopped before moving. To stop the instance, make a Stop request.
After moving, the instance will start recording its Monitoring default metrics to its new folder. Metrics
that have been recorded to the source folder prior to moving will be retained.

gRPC request

rpc Move (MoveInstanceRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

MoveInstanceRequest

{
  "instance_id": "string",
  "destination_folder_id": "string"
}

Field

Description

instance_id

string

ID of the instance to move.
To get the instance ID, make a InstanceService.List request.
The length must be less than or equal to 50.
This field is required.

destination_folder_id

string

ID of the folder to move the instance to.
To get the folder ID, make a yandex.cloud.resourcemanager.v1.FolderService.List request.
The length must be less than or equal to 50.
This field is required.

operation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": "google.protobuf.Any",
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": "google.protobuf.Any"
  // 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	google.protobuf.Any 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	google.protobuf.Any 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.

Compute Cloud API, gRPC: InstanceService.Move

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MoveInstanceRequestMoveInstanceRequest

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gRPC request

MoveInstanceRequest

operation.Operation