Creating a registry

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Yandex Cloud

Improved by

Danila N.

Updated at June 18, 2026

Warning

Yandex IoT Core is no longer available to new users.

Current users can create resources until November 1, 2026. Afterwards, the service will go read-only and cease to operate on December 1, 2026. For more information on the timing and procedure, see Service shutdown.

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select the folder you want to create a registry in.
Navigate to IoT Core.
In the left-hand panel, select Registries.
Click Create registry.
Under General information, add:
- Registry Name, e.g., my-registry.
- (Optional) Description with additional information about the registry.
- Password that you will use to access the registry. To create a password, you can use this password generator.
  
  Note
  
  Save the password as you will need it for authentication.
- (Optional) To assign a label to the registry, fill in the Key and Value fields and click Add label.
(Optional) Add a certificate:
- To add a file:
  1. Select the File method.
  2. Click Attach file.
  3. Select the file with the public key of the certificate and click Open.
  4. Click Add.
- To add text:
  1. Select the Text method.
  2. Paste the certificate's public key to the Content field.
  3. Click Add.
Click Create.

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 specify a different folder for any command using --folder-name or --folder-id. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

Create a registry:
```
yc iot registry create --name <registry_name>
```
The registry naming requirements are as follows:
- Length: between 3 and 63 characters.
- It can only contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
Result:
```
id: b91hafek85**********
folder_id: aoek49ghmk*********
created_at: "2019-05-27T13:40:06.923Z"
name: <registry_name>
status: ACTIVE
log_group_id: ckghotead**********
```
(Optional) Assign the registry a password for authentication with a username and password:
```
yc iot registry password add --registry-name <registry_name>
```
You will be prompted to enter a password. Password requirements:
- The password must contain numbers, upper-case and lower-case letters, and special characters.
- It must be at least 14 characters long.
Result:
```
registry_id: b91hafek85**********
id: aoek49ghmk*********
created_at: "2019-05-27T13:44:06.923Z"
```

(Optional) Add to the registry a certificate for authentication with certificates:

yc iot registry certificate add \
   --registry-name <registry_name> \
   --certificate-file <certificate>

Where:

--registry-name: Registry name.
--certificate-file: Path to the public key of the certificate, such as cert.pem.

Result:

registry_id: b91hafek85**********
fingerprint: 589ce16050****
certificate_data: |
   -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
   MIIE/jCCAuagAwIBAgIJAPRA...
   -----END CERTIFICATE-----
created_at: "2019-05-27T13:41:45.295Z"

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

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

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

To manage infrastructure using Terraform under a service account or user accounts (a Yandex account, a federated account, or a local user), authenticate using the appropriate method.

Note

To add certificates to a registry, generate them in advance.

To create a device registry:

In the configuration file, describe the resource you want to create:
- yandex_iot_core_registry: Registry parameters:
  - name: Registry name.
  - description: Registry description.
  - labels: Registry labels in key:value format.
  - passwords: List of registry passwords for authentication with a username and password.
  - certificates: List of registry certificates for authentication with certificates.
Note

Make sure to use only one of the two authentication methods.

Here is an example of the resource structure in the configuration file:
```
resource "yandex_iot_core_registry" "my_registry" {
  name        = "test-registry"
  description = "test registry for terraform provider documentation"
  labels = {
    test-label = "label-test"
  }

  passwords = [
    "<password_1>",
    "<password_2>"
  ]

  certificates = [
    file("<path_to_first_certificate_file>"),
    file("<path_to_second_certificate_file>")
  ]
}

output "yandex_iot_core_registry_my_registry" {
  value = "${yandex_iot_core_registry.my_registry.id}"
}
```
For more information about the resources you can create with Terraform, see this provider guide.
Make sure the configuration files are correct.
1. In the terminal, navigate to the directory where you created your configuration file.
2. Run a check using this command:
```
terraform plan
```
If the configuration is correct, the terminal will display a list of the resources and their settings. Otherwise, Terraform will show any detected errors.
Deploy the cloud resources.
1. If the configuration is correct, run this command:
```
terraform apply
```
2. Confirm creating the resources.
  
  This will create all the resources you need in the specified folder. You can check the new resources and their settings using the management console or this CLI command:
```
yc iot registry list
```

To create a registry, use the create REST API method for the Registry resource or the RegistryService/Create gRPC API call.

Creating a registry

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