Updating a file storage

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Updated at April 28, 2026

After creating a file storage, you can change its name, description, and size.

Note

To resize a file storage, you can only use the CLI or API. You can only increase the storage size. Reducing it is not supported.

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select the folder where your file storage resides.
Go to Compute Cloud.
In the left-hand panel, select File storages.
In the line with the file storage, click and select Edit.
Update the file storage parameters, e.g., rename the storage by editing the Name field.

Note

To resize a file storage, you can only use the CLI or API.
Click Save.

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 set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id options.

See the description of the CLI command for updating a file storage:
- To change the name, description, or size:
```
yc compute filesystem update --help
```
- To resize:
```
yc compute filesystem resize --help
```

Get a list of available file storages:

yc compute filesystem list --format yaml

Result:

- id: epd0u6h8lh41********
  folder_id: b1g86q4m5vej********
  created_at: "2022-04-26T16:59:19Z"
...
  size: "1073741824"
  block_size: "4096"
  status: READY

Update the storage parameters by specifying the storage --id or --name value in your command. For example, update the following:

Name and description:

yc compute filesystem update \
  --name storage-1 \
  --new-name storage-3 \
  --description vm-storage

Result:

id: epd5g123c8hk********
folder_id: b1g86q4m5vej********
created_at: "2022-04-26T16:37:30Z"
...
size: "1073741824"
block_size: "4096"
status: READY

Size:

yc compute filesystem resize \
  --name storage-1 \
  --size 2GB

Result:

id: epd5g123c8hk********
folder_id: b1g86q4m5vej********
created_at: "2022-04-26T16:37:30Z"
...
size: "2147483648"
block_size: "4096"
status: READY

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

Open the Terraform configuration file and edit the section specifying the file storage:
Example of specifying a file storage in Terraform configuration
```
...
resource "yandex_compute_filesystem" "default" {
  name  = "fs-name"
  type  = "network-ssd"
  zone  = "ru-central1-a"
  size  = 150
}
...
```
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 the file storage updates and settings using the management console or this CLI command:

yc compute filesystem get <file_storage_name>

Use the update REST API method for the Filesystem resource or the FilesystemService/Update gRPC API call.

Updating a file storage

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