Getting started with Yandex Cloud Shell

With Cloud Shell, you can use Yandex Cloud CLI and other terminal tools without any prior setup, directly in your browser. The Cloud Shell environment provides essential cloud management tools and popular programming language SDKs.

To get started with Cloud Shell:

1. Navigate to the management console and log in to Yandex Cloud, or sign up if you have not already.

2. On the Yandex Cloud Billing page, make sure you have a billing account linked and it has the ACTIVE or TRIAL_ACTIVE status. If you do not have a billing account, create one and link a cloud to it.

3. In the management console, select Cloud Shell in the left-hand panel.

   A terminal window will open: wait for the session to start and the development environment to be created.

4. Use Yandex Cloud CLI commands to manage cloud resources from the terminal. For example, to list all VMs in the cloud, run this command:

   yc compute instance list
   

   

   For more command examples, see Getting started with the CLI. To view the full list of available commands, run the yc --help command or open the CLI reference.

   Note

   You can run up to four parallel sessions in the terminal. To run a new session, click . Once started, a session can remain active for up to 12 hours. Inactive sessions are automatically terminated after 30 minutes of inactivity. For more on Cloud Shell limits, see Limits.

5. Install the required applications using the apt tool. For example, to install postgresql-client for connecting to a Yandex Managed Service for PostgreSQL cluster, run this command:

   sudo apt update && sudo apt install --yes postgresql-client
   

   Note

   The Cloud Shell VM will be automatically stopped and deleted 15 after the last active session ends. Any system changes, including installed applications and packages, will be reset.

Useful linksUseful links

• Managing Cloud Shell
• Cloud Shell limits
• CLI reference