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yc compute instance

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at January 27, 2026

Manage virtual machine instances

Command UsageCommand Usage

Syntax:

yc compute instance <command>

Aliases:

  • instances

Command TreeCommand Tree

  • yc compute instance add-access-binding — Add access binding for the specified instance

  • yc compute instance add-labels — Add labels to specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance add-metadata — Add or update metadata for the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance add-one-to-one-nat — Add one-to-one NAT to the specified network interface of virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance attach-disk — Attach existing disk to the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance attach-filesystem — Attach existing filesystem to the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance attach-network-interface — Attach the specified network interface to the virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance create — Create a virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance create-with-container — Create a virtual machine instance running Docker container

  • yc compute instance delete — Delete the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance detach-disk — Detach disk from the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance detach-filesystem — Detach filesystem from the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance detach-network-interface — Detach the specified network interface from the virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance get — Show information about the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance get-serial-port-output — Return the serial port output of the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance list — List virtual machine instances

  • yc compute instance list-access-bindings — List access bindings for the specified instance

  • yc compute instance list-operations — List operations for the specified instance

  • yc compute instance move — Move the specified virtual machine instance into the folder

  • yc compute instance relocate — Relocate the specified virtual machine instance to the zone

  • yc compute instance remove-access-binding — Remove access binding for the specified instance

  • yc compute instance remove-labels — Remove labels from specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance remove-metadata — Remove keys from metadata for the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance remove-one-to-one-nat — Remove one-to-one NAT to the specified network interface of virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance restart — Restart the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance set-access-bindings — Set access bindings for the specified instance and delete all existing access bindings if there were any

  • yc compute instance simulate-maintenance-event — Simulate a maintenance event (maintenance policy must be set)

  • yc compute instance start — Start the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance stop — Stop the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance update — Update the specified virtual machine instance

  • yc compute instance update-container — Update the specified virtual machine instance running Docker container

  • yc compute instance update-network-interface — Update the specified network interface of virtual machine instance

Global FlagsGlobal Flags

Flag

Description

--profile

string

Set the custom configuration file.

--debug

Debug logging.

--debug-grpc

Debug gRPC logging. Very verbose, used for debugging connection problems.

--no-user-output

Disable printing user intended output to stderr.

--retry

int

Enable gRPC retries. By default, retries are enabled with maximum 5 attempts.
Pass 0 to disable retries. Pass any negative value for infinite retries.
Even infinite retries are capped with 2 minutes timeout.

--cloud-id

string

Set the ID of the cloud to use.

--folder-id

string

Set the ID of the folder to use.

--folder-name

string

Set the name of the folder to use (will be resolved to id).

--endpoint

string

Set the Cloud API endpoint (host:port).

--token

string

Set the OAuth token to use.

--impersonate-service-account-id

string

Set the ID of the service account to impersonate.

--no-browser

Disable opening browser for authentication.

--format

string

Set the output format: text (default), yaml, json, json-rest.

--jq

string

Query to select values from the response using jq syntax

-h, --help

Display help for the command.

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