Creating a VM from a Container Optimized Image

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

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

1. View the description of the CLI command to create a VM from a Container Optimized Image:

   yc compute instance create-with-container --help
   

2. Create a VM from a Container Optimized Image:

   yc compute instance create-with-container \
     --name my-vm \
     --zone ru-central1-b \
     --ssh-key ssh-key.pub \
     --service-account-name my-robot \
     --platform standard-v3 \
     --create-boot-disk size=30 \
     --public-ip \
     --container-name=my-app \
     --container-image=cr.yandex/mirror/ubuntu:16.04 \
     --container-command=sleep \
     --container-arg="1000" \
     --container-env=KEY1=VAL1,KEY2=VAL2 \
     --container-privileged
   

   Where:

   • --name: VM name.

   • --zone: Availability zone.

   • --ssh-key: Contents of the public key file.

   • --service-account-name: Service account name.

   • --create-boot-disk size: Boot disk size.

     To find out the minimum boot disk size required to install the image, run one of these commands:

     • yc compute image get-latest-from-family container-optimized-image --folder-id standard-images if you are installing a Container Optimized Image.
     • yc compute image get-latest-from-family container-optimized-image-gpu --folder-id standard-images if you are installing a GPU Container Optimized Image.

     You can find the minimum boot disk size in the min_disk_size parameter.

   • --public-ip: Public IP address allocated to the VM.

   • --container-name: Docker container name.

   • --container-image: Name of the Docker image used to run the Docker container.

   • --container-command: Command to run when you start the Docker container.

   • --container-arg: Parameters for the command specified in --container-command.

   • --container-env: Environment variables available in the Docker container.

   • --container-privileged: Run the Docker container in privileged mode.

   Result:

   done (17s)
    id: epdbf646ge5q********
    folder_id: b1g88tflru0e********
    created_at: "2023-03-13T09:44:03Z"
    name: my-vm
   ...
   

   Once created, the VM will appear in the VM list under Compute Cloud in the management console. For more information about working with VMs, see our step-by-step guides.