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  • HTTP request
  • Body parameters
  • CreateComputeInstance
  • ResourcesSpec
  • AttachedDiskSpec
  • DiskSpec
  • DiskPlacementPolicy
  • NetworkInterfaceSpec
  • PrimaryAddressSpec
  • OneToOneNatSpec
  • DnsRecordSpec
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  1. API reference
  2. REST
  3. Agent
  4. Create

Load Testing API, REST: Agent.Create

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at January 14, 2025
  • HTTP request
  • Body parameters
  • CreateComputeInstance
  • ResourcesSpec
  • AttachedDiskSpec
  • DiskSpec
  • DiskPlacementPolicy
  • NetworkInterfaceSpec
  • PrimaryAddressSpec
  • OneToOneNatSpec
  • DnsRecordSpec
  • LogSettings
  • Response
  • CreateAgentMetadata
  • Status
  • Agent
  • LogSettings

Creates an agent in the specified folder.

Also creates a corresponding compute instance.

HTTP requestHTTP request

POST https://loadtesting.api.cloud.yandex.net/loadtesting/api/v1/agent

Body parametersBody parameters

{
  "folderId": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "computeInstanceParams": {
    "labels": "object",
    "zoneId": "string",
    "resourcesSpec": {
      "memory": "string",
      "cores": "string",
      "coreFraction": "string",
      "gpus": "string"
    },
    "metadata": "object",
    "bootDiskSpec": {
      "mode": "string",
      "deviceName": "string",
      "autoDelete": "boolean",
      // Includes only one of the fields `diskSpec`, `diskId`
      "diskSpec": {
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "typeId": "string",
        "size": "string",
        // Includes only one of the fields `imageId`, `snapshotId`
        "imageId": "string",
        "snapshotId": "string",
        // end of the list of possible fields
        "diskPlacementPolicy": {
          "placementGroupId": "string",
          "placementGroupPartition": "string"
        },
        "blockSize": "string",
        "kmsKeyId": "string"
      },
      "diskId": "string"
      // end of the list of possible fields
    },
    "networkInterfaceSpecs": [
      {
        "subnetId": "string",
        "primaryV4AddressSpec": {
          "address": "string",
          "oneToOneNatSpec": {
            "ipVersion": "string",
            "address": "string",
            "dnsRecordSpecs": [
              {
                "fqdn": "string",
                "dnsZoneId": "string",
                "ttl": "string",
                "ptr": "boolean"
              }
            ]
          },
          "dnsRecordSpecs": [
            {
              "fqdn": "string",
              "dnsZoneId": "string",
              "ttl": "string",
              "ptr": "boolean"
            }
          ]
        },
        "primaryV6AddressSpec": {
          "address": "string",
          "oneToOneNatSpec": {
            "ipVersion": "string",
            "address": "string",
            "dnsRecordSpecs": [
              {
                "fqdn": "string",
                "dnsZoneId": "string",
                "ttl": "string",
                "ptr": "boolean"
              }
            ]
          },
          "dnsRecordSpecs": [
            {
              "fqdn": "string",
              "dnsZoneId": "string",
              "ttl": "string",
              "ptr": "boolean"
            }
          ]
        },
        "securityGroupIds": [
          "string"
        ],
        "index": "string"
      }
    ],
    "serviceAccountId": "string",
    "platformId": "string"
  },
  "agentVersion": "string",
  "labels": "object",
  "logSettings": {
    "cloudLogGroupId": "string"
  }
}

Field

Description

folderId

string

Required field. ID of the folder to create an agent in.

name

string

Name of the agent.

A created compute instance will have the same name.

description

string

Description of the agent.

A created compute instance will have the same description.

computeInstanceParams

CreateComputeInstance

Parameters for compute instance to be created.

agentVersion

string

Version of the agent.

If not provided, the most recent agent version will be used.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Agent labels as key:value pairs.

logSettings

LogSettings

Agent log settings

CreateComputeInstanceCreateComputeInstance

Field

Description

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Resource labels as key:value pairs.

zoneId

string

Required field. ID of the availability zone where the instance resides.
To get a list of available zones, use the yandex.cloud.compute.v1.ZoneService.List request

resourcesSpec

ResourcesSpec

Required field. Computing resources of the instance, such as the amount of memory and number of cores.
To get a list of available values, see Levels of core performance.

metadata

object (map<string, string>)

The metadata key:value pairs that will be assigned to this instance. This includes custom metadata and predefined keys.
The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.

Values are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the programs which configure the instance.
The values must be 256 KB or less.

For example, you may use the metadata in order to provide your public SSH key to the instance.
For more information, see Metadata.

bootDiskSpec

AttachedDiskSpec

Required field. Boot disk to attach to the instance.

networkInterfaceSpecs[]

NetworkInterfaceSpec

Network configuration for the instance. Specifies how the network interface is configured
to interact with other services on the internal network and on the internet.
Currently only one network interface is supported per instance.

serviceAccountId

string

ID of the service account to use for authentication inside the instance.
To get the service account ID, use a yandex.cloud.iam.v1.ServiceAccountService.List request.

platformId

string

ID of the Compute VM platform on which the agent will be created.
Default value: "standard-v2"

ResourcesSpecResourcesSpec

Field

Description

memory

string (int64)

Required field. The amount of memory available to the instance, specified in bytes.

cores

string (int64)

Required field. The number of cores available to the instance.

coreFraction

string (int64)

Baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst performance above that baseline level.
This field sets baseline performance for each core.

For example, if you need only 5% of the CPU performance, you can set core_fraction=5.
For more information, see Levels of core performance.

gpus

string (int64)

The number of GPUs available to the instance.

AttachedDiskSpecAttachedDiskSpec

Field

Description

mode

enum (Mode)

The mode in which to attach this disk.

  • MODE_UNSPECIFIED
  • READ_ONLY: Read-only access.
  • READ_WRITE: Read/Write access. Default value.

deviceName

string

Specifies a unique serial number of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/disk/by-id/ tree
of a Linux operating system running within the instance.

This value can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
If not specified, a random value will be generated.

autoDelete

boolean

Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted.

diskSpec

DiskSpec

Disk specification.

Includes only one of the fields diskSpec, diskId.

diskId

string

ID of the disk that should be attached.

Includes only one of the fields diskSpec, diskId.

DiskSpecDiskSpec

Field

Description

name

string

Name of the disk.

description

string

Description of the disk.

typeId

string

ID of the disk type.
To get a list of available disk types, use the yandex.cloud.compute.v1.DiskTypeService.List request.

size

string (int64)

Required field. Size of the disk, specified in bytes.

imageId

string

ID of the image to create the disk from.

Includes only one of the fields imageId, snapshotId.

snapshotId

string

ID of the snapshot to restore the disk from.

Includes only one of the fields imageId, snapshotId.

diskPlacementPolicy

DiskPlacementPolicy

Placement policy configuration.

blockSize

string (int64)

Block size of the disk, specified in bytes. The default is 4096.

kmsKeyId

string

ID of KMS key for disk encryption

DiskPlacementPolicyDiskPlacementPolicy

Field

Description

placementGroupId

string

Placement group ID.

placementGroupPartition

string (int64)

NetworkInterfaceSpecNetworkInterfaceSpec

Field

Description

subnetId

string

Required field. ID of the subnet.

primaryV4AddressSpec

PrimaryAddressSpec

Primary IPv4 address that will be assigned to the instance for this network interface.

primaryV6AddressSpec

PrimaryAddressSpec

Primary IPv6 address that will be assigned to the instance for this network interface. IPv6 not available yet.

securityGroupIds[]

string

ID's of security groups attached to the interface

index

string

The index of the network interface, will be generated by the server, 0,1,2... etc if not specified.

PrimaryAddressSpecPrimaryAddressSpec

Field

Description

address

string

An IPv4 internal network address that is assigned to the instance for this network interface.
If not specified by the user, an unused internal IP is assigned by the system.

oneToOneNatSpec

OneToOneNatSpec

An external IP address configuration.
If not specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.

dnsRecordSpecs[]

DnsRecordSpec

Internal DNS configuration

OneToOneNatSpecOneToOneNatSpec

Field

Description

ipVersion

enum (IpVersion)

External IP address version.

  • IP_VERSION_UNSPECIFIED
  • IPV4: IPv4 address, for example 192.0.2.235.
  • IPV6: IPv6 address. Not available yet.

address

string

set static IP by value

dnsRecordSpecs[]

DnsRecordSpec

External DNS configuration

DnsRecordSpecDnsRecordSpec

Field

Description

fqdn

string

Required field. FQDN (required)

dnsZoneId

string

DNS zone id (optional, if not set, private zone used)

ttl

string (int64)

DNS record ttl, values in 0-86400 (optional)

ptr

boolean

When set to true, also create PTR DNS record (optional)

LogSettingsLogSettings

Field

Description

cloudLogGroupId

string

Id of Yandex Cloud log group to upload agent logs to

ResponseResponse

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "createdAt": "string",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "modifiedAt": "string",
  "done": "boolean",
  "metadata": {
    "agentId": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": {
    "code": "integer",
    "message": "string",
    "details": [
      "object"
    ]
  },
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "folderId": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "computeInstanceId": "string",
    "status": "string",
    "errors": [
      "string"
    ],
    "currentJobId": "string",
    "agentVersionId": "string",
    "labels": "object",
    "logSettings": {
      "cloudLogGroupId": "string"
    }
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the operation.

description

string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.

createdAt

string (date-time)

Creation timestamp.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

createdBy

string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.

modifiedAt

string (date-time)

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

done

boolean

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress.
If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadata

CreateAgentMetadata

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.
It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

error

Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

response

Agent

The normal response of the operation in case of success.
If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete,
the response is google.protobuf.Empty.
If the original method is the standard Create/Update,
the response should be the target resource of the operation.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

CreateAgentMetadataCreateAgentMetadata

Field

Description

agentId

string

ID of the agent that is being created.

StatusStatus

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Field

Description

code

integer (int32)

Error code. An enum value of google.rpc.Code.

message

string

An error message.

details[]

object

A list of messages that carry the error details.

AgentAgent

Load testing agent on which tests are executed.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the agent. Generated at creation time.

folderId

string

ID of the folder that the agent belongs to.

name

string

Name of the agent.

description

string

Description of the agent.

computeInstanceId

string

ID of the compute instance managed by the agent.

Empty if there is no such instance (i.e. the case of external agent).

status

enum (Status)

Status of the agent.

  • STATUS_UNSPECIFIED: Status is not specified.
  • PREPARING_TEST: Agent is preparing a test to be executed.
  • READY_FOR_TEST: Agent is ready to take a test.
  • TESTING: Agent is executing a test.
  • TANK_FAILED: Agent application encountered an error and cannot operate normally.
  • PROVISIONING: Agent is waiting for resources to be allocated.
  • STOPPING: Agent is being stopped.
  • STOPPED: Agent is stopped.
  • STARTING: Agent is being started.
  • RESTARTING: Agent is being restarted.
  • UPDATING: Agent is being updated.
  • ERROR: Agent encountered an error and cannot operate.
  • CRASHED: Agent is crashed and will be restarted automatically.
  • DELETING: Agent is being deleted.
  • INITIALIZING_CONNECTION: Service is waiting for connection with agent to be established.
  • LOST_CONNECTION_WITH_AGENT: Service has lost connection with agent.
  • UPLOADING_ARTIFACTS: Agent is uploading test artifacts.

errors[]

string

List of errors reported by the agent.

currentJobId

string

ID of the test that is currently being executed by the agent.

agentVersionId

string

Version of the agent.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Agent labels as key:value pairs.

logSettings

LogSettings

Agent log settings

LogSettingsLogSettings

Field

Description

cloudLogGroupId

string

Id of Yandex Cloud log group to upload agent logs to

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