Detaching a file storage from a VM

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Updated at May 5, 2026

Unmount the file storage from the VM:

Connect to the VM via SSH.
If you previously added a line to the /etc/fstab file to automatically mount the file storage to the VM at startup (e.g., when attaching the storage to the VM), delete that line.
Run this command:
```
sudo umount <mount_path>
```

To check that your file storage is unmounted, run this command:

df -T

The result must show no virtiofs type file system mapped to the file storage:

Filesystem        Type         1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev              devtmpfs        988600       0    988600   0% /dev
tmpfs             tmpfs           203524     780    202744   1% /run
/dev/vda2         ext4          13354932 1909060  10861420  15% /
tmpfs             tmpfs          1017604       0   1017604   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs             tmpfs             5120       0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs             tmpfs          1017604       0   1017604   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs             tmpfs           203520       0    203520   0% /run/user/1000

Stop the VM.
Detach the file storage from the VM in Compute Cloud:
Management console

CLI

Terraform

API
1. In the management console, select the folder where your file storage resides.
2. Go to Compute Cloud.
3. In the left-hand panel, select File storages.
4. Select the storage.
5. Go to the Virtual machines tab.
6. In the line with the VM in question, click and select Detach file storage.
7. In the window that opens, confirm the detachment.
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.
1. See the description of the CLI command for attaching a file storage to a VM:
  yc compute instance detach-filesystem --help
2. Get a list of file storages in the default folder:
  yc compute filesystem list
  Result:
  +----------------------+-------------------+------------+---------------+--------+-------------+ | ID | NAME | SIZE | ZONE | STATUS | DESCRIPTION | +----------------------+-------------------+------------+---------------+--------+-------------+ | epdtcr9blled******** | first-filesystem | 1073741824 | ru-central1-a | READY | | | epd3f4gv8bs4******** | second-filesystem | 1073741824 | ru-central1-a | READY | | +----------------------+-------------------+------------+---------------+--------+-------------+
3. Get a list of VMs in the default folder:
  yc compute instance list
  Result:
  +----------------------+-------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+ | ID | NAME | ZONE ID | STATUS | EXTERNAL IP | INTERNAL IP | +----------------------+-------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+ | epdj4upltbiv******** | vm-01 | ru-central1-a | RUNNING | 51.250.**.** | 192.168.*.* | | 1pc3088tkv4m******** | vm-02 | ru-central1-a | RUNNING | 84.201.**.** | 192.168.*.* | +----------------------+-------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+
4. Detach the file storage from a VM:
  yc compute instance detach-filesystem \ --id <VM_ID> \ --filesystem-id <file_storage_ID>
  Where:
  - --id: VM ID.
    
    Instead of the ID, you can specify the VM name in the --name parameter.
  - --filesystem-id: File storage ID.
    
    Instead of the ID, you can specify the file storage name in the --filesystem-name parameter.
  As a result, the command will output the updated VM configuration. The detached file storage must not be featured in the filesystems section of the configuration you get.
If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

Set the allow_stopping_for_update parameter to true on your VM, if you have not done it yet.
1. Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the section specifying the storage:
  Example of specifying a storage in the VM configuration using Terraform
  
  ... resource "yandex_compute_instance" "vm-1" { name = "test-vm" platform_id = "standard-v3" zone = "ru-central1-a" filesystem { filesystem_id = "fhmaikp755gr********" } ...
2. Apply the changes:
  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.
You can check that the storage has been detached from the VM using the management console or this CLI command:
```
yc compute instance get <VM_name>
```
Use the detachFilesystem REST API method for the Instance resource or the InstanceService/DetachFilesystem gRPC API call.

Detaching a file storage from a VM

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