Creating a file storage

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Danila N.

Updated at May 5, 2026

To create a file storage:

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select the folder where you want to create a file storage.
Go to Compute Cloud.
In the left-hand panel, select File storages.
Click Create file storage.
Enter a name for the file storage.
- The name must be from 3 to 63 characters long.
- It may contain uppercase and lowercase Latin and Cyrillic letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores, and spaces.
- The first character must be a letter. The last character cannot be a hyphen, underscore, or space.
Optionally, provide a description for file storage.
Select the availability zone. You can only attach a file storage to VMs from the same availability zone.
Select the file storage type.

Warning

Once a file storage is created, you cannot change its availability zone or type.
Specify the block and disk size for the file storage.
Click Create.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

The folder used by default is the one specified when creating the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using --folder-name or --folder-id. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

See the description of the CLI command for creating a file storage:
```
yc compute filesystem create --help
```
Create a file storage in the default folder:
```
yc compute filesystem create \
  --name <file_storage_name> \
  --type <file_storage_type> \
  --zone <availability_zone> \
  --size <file_storage_size> \
  --labels <key>=<value>
```
Where:
- --name: File storage name. Follow these naming requirements:
  - Length: between 3 and 63 characters.
  - It can only contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
  - It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
- --type: File storage type. The possible values are network-hdd or network-ssd.
- --zone: Availability zone.
- --size: File storage size. This is an optional setting. The default value is 150 GB.
  
  By default, the value is specified in bytes. To specify the size in megabytes or gigabytes, use the M and G suffixes, e.g., 2048M or 2G.
- --labels: File storage labels in <key>=<value> format. This is an optional setting.
  
  To specify multiple labels, list them separated by commas: <key_1>=<value_1>,<key_2>=<value_2>,...,<key_n>=<value_n>.
Result:
```
done (11s)
id: epdcago8e5lr********
folder_id: b1gt6g8ht345********
created_at: "2024-05-02T05:56:39Z"
name: my-sample-fs
labels:
  key1: value1
  key2: value2
  key3: value3
type_id: network-hdd
zone_id: ru-central1-a
size: "1073741824"
status: READY
```

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

In the configuration file, describe the properties of resources you want to create:
```
provider "yandex" {
  zone = "ru-central1-a"
}

resource "yandex_compute_filesystem" "default" {
  name   = "<file_storage_name>"
  type   = "<file_storage_type>"
  zone   = "<availability_zone>"
  size   = <file_storage_size>
  labels = {
    <label_1_key> = "<label_1_value>"
    <label_2_key> = "<label_2_value>"
  }
}
```
Where:
- name: File storage name. This is a required setting.
- type: File storage type. The possible values are network-hdd or network-ssd. The default file storage type is network-hdd. This is an optional setting.
- zone: Availability zone. This is an optional setting.
- size: File storage size in GB. This is an optional setting. The default value is 150 GB.
- labels: Resource label in <key> = "<value>" format. This is an optional setting.
For more information about the yandex_compute_filesystem settings, see this Terraform guide.
Create the resources:
1. In the terminal, navigate to the configuration file directory.
2. Make sure the configuration is correct using this command:
```
terraform validate
```
  If the configuration is valid, you will get this message:
```
Success! The configuration is valid.
```
3. Run this command:
```
terraform plan
```
  You will see a list of resources and their properties. No changes will be made at this step. Terraform will show any errors in the configuration.
4. Apply the configuration changes:
```
terraform apply
```
5. Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.

This will create a file storage in the specified folder. You can check the new file storage and its settings using the management console or this CLI command:

yc compute filesystem get <file_storage_name>

Use the create REST API method for the Filesystem resource or the FilesystemService/Create gRPC API call.

Creating a file storage

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