Getting a list of instance groups
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Updated at March 17, 2026
To get a list of instance groups:
Management console
CLI
API
- In the management console
, open the folder containing the instance group in question. - Go to Compute Cloud.
- In the left-hand panel, select
Instance groups.
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.
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See the description of the CLI command for using an instance group:
yc compute instance-group --help -
Get a list of instance groups in the default folder:
yc compute instance-group listResult:
+----------------------+----------------------+--------+------+ | ID | NAME | STATUS | SIZE | +----------------------+----------------------+--------+------+ | cl15b3mrkk88******** | first-instance-group | ACTIVE | 3 | +----------------------+----------------------+--------+------+
Use the list REST API method for the InstanceGroup resource or the InstanceGroupService/List gRPC API call.
To request a list of available instance groups, use the listInstances REST API method or the InstanceGroupService/ListInstances gRPC API call.