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In this article:

  • gRPC request
  • GetPlacementGroupRequest
  • PlacementGroup
  • SpreadPlacementStrategy
  • PartitionPlacementStrategy
  1. API reference
  2. gRPC
  3. PlacementGroup
  4. Get

Compute Cloud API, gRPC: PlacementGroupService.Get

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at June 1, 2026
  • gRPC request
  • GetPlacementGroupRequest
  • PlacementGroup
  • SpreadPlacementStrategy
  • PartitionPlacementStrategy

Returns the specified placement group.
To get the list of all available placement groups, make a List request.

gRPC requestgRPC request

rpc Get (GetPlacementGroupRequest) returns (PlacementGroup)

GetPlacementGroupRequestGetPlacementGroupRequest

{
  "placement_group_id": "string"
}

Field

Description

placement_group_id

string

ID of the placement group to return.
To get a placement group ID make a PlacementGroupService.List request.

PlacementGroupPlacementGroup

{
  "id": "string",
  "folder_id": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "labels": "map<string, string>",
  // Includes only one of the fields `spread_placement_strategy`, `partition_placement_strategy`
  "spread_placement_strategy": "SpreadPlacementStrategy",
  "partition_placement_strategy": {
    "partitions": "int64"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the placement group. Generated at creation time.

folder_id

string

ID of the folder that the placement group belongs to.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

name

string

Name of the placement group.
The name is unique within the folder.

description

string

Description of the placement group. 0-256 characters long.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Placement group labels as key:value pairs.

spread_placement_strategy

SpreadPlacementStrategy

Anti-affinity placement strategy (spread). Instances are distributed
over distinct failure domains.

Includes only one of the fields spread_placement_strategy, partition_placement_strategy.

Placement strategy. To specify a placement strategy, send the corresponding
field containing approriate structure.
Only one field must by specified.

partition_placement_strategy

PartitionPlacementStrategy

Includes only one of the fields spread_placement_strategy, partition_placement_strategy.

Placement strategy. To specify a placement strategy, send the corresponding
field containing approriate structure.
Only one field must by specified.

SpreadPlacementStrategySpreadPlacementStrategy

This is an empty structure that must be passed to explicitly
specify the required placement strategy.

Field

Description

Empty

PartitionPlacementStrategyPartitionPlacementStrategy

Field

Description

partitions

int64

The value must be between 2 and 5.

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