Getting information about a public image

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

1. View the description of the CLI command to get information about a public image of a disk:

   yc compute image get --help
   

2. Get the public image ID by specifying the operating system family name:

   yc compute image get-latest-from-family <family_name> --folder-id standard-images
   

   To learn the image family name, get a list of images in the folder.

   Result:

   id: fd85u0rct32prepgjlv0
   folder_id: standard-images
   created_at: "2024-03-11T10:57:40Z"
   name: ubuntu-22-04-lts-v20240311
   description: ubuntu 22.04 lts
   family: ubuntu-2204-lts
   storage_size: "7633633280"
   min_disk_size: "8589934592"
   product_ids:
     - f2ef01lju2nsansfdahf
   status: READY
   os:
     type: LINUX
   pooled: true
   

   You will find the public image ID in the id row.

Terraform allows you to quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. Configuration files store the infrastructure description in the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Terraform and its providers are distributed under the Business Source License.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or the mirror.

If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To get a public image ID using Terraform:

1. Add the data and output sections to the Terraform configuration file:

   data "yandex_compute_image" "ubuntu_image" {
     family = "<family_name>"
   }
   
   output "ubuntu_id" {
     value = data.yandex_compute_image.my_image.image_id
   }
   

   Where:

   • data "yandex_compute_image": Description of the public image as a data source:
     • family: Family name of public image operating systems. To learn the image family name, get a list of images in the folder.
   • output "image": Output variable containing the public image ID:
     • value: Returned value.

   For more information about the yandex_compute_image data source parameters, see the provider documentation.

2. Create resources:

   1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

   2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      

   3. Run the command:

      terraform plan
      

      The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.

   4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      

   5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

   Terraform will create the required resources and display the output variable values in the terminal. To check the results, run:

   terraform output
   

   Result:

   image = "fd85u0rct32prepgjlv0"
   

To get a public image ID, use the get REST API method for the Image resource or the ImageService/Get gRPC API call.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

1. View the description of the CLI command to get information about a public image:

   yc compute image get --help
   

2. Get information about a public image by specifying its ID:

   yc compute image get <image_ID>
   

   To find out the image ID, get a list of images in the folder.

   Result:

   id: fd89ls0nj4oqmlhhi568
   folder_id: standard-images
   created_at: "2024-04-29T10:58:27Z"
   name: ubuntu-2204-lts-oslogin-v20240429
   description: Ubuntu 22.04 OsLogin
   family: ubuntu-2204-lts-oslogin
   storage_size: "7511998464"
   min_disk_size: "10737418240"
   product_ids:
     - f2e48vn7nr04r2bpg4eg
   status: READY
   os:
     type: LINUX
   pooled: true
   

Terraform allows you to quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. Configuration files store the infrastructure description in the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Terraform and its providers are distributed under the Business Source License.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or the mirror.

If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To get information about a public image using Terraform:

1. Add the data and output sections to the Terraform configuration file:

   data "yandex_compute_image" "my_image" {
     image_id = "<image_ID>"
   }
   output "image" {
     value = data.yandex_compute_image.my_image.family
   }
   

   Where:

   • data "yandex_compute_image": Description of the public image as a data source:
     • image_id: Public image ID. To find out the image ID, get a list of images in the folder.
   • output "image": Output variable containing information about the OS family:
     • value: Returned value.

   Instead of family you can select any other parameter to get the information you need. For more information about the yandex_compute_image data source parameters, see the relevant provider documentation.

2. Create resources:

   1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

   2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      

   3. Run the command:

      terraform plan
      

      The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.

   4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      

   5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

   Terraform will create the required resources and display the output variable values in the terminal. To check the results, run:

   terraform output
   

   Result:

   image = "ubuntu-2204-lts"
   

To get detailed information about a public disk image, use the get REST API method for the Image resource or the ImageService/Get gRPC API call.