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yc managed-clickhouse cluster create

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at January 27, 2026

Create a ClickHouse cluster.

Command UsageCommand Usage

Syntax:

yc managed-clickhouse cluster create <CLUSTER-NAME> [Flags...] [Global Flags...]

FlagsFlags

Flag

Description

--name

string

Name of the ClickHouse cluster.

--description

string

Description of the cluster.

--environment

string

Environment to deploy the cluster in. Supported values: 'production', 'prestable'.

--network-id

string

Network id.

--network-name

string

Network name.

--shard

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Configurations of the shards that should be created in the cluster.

Possible property names:

  • name: Shard name.

  • disk-size-limit: Disk size limit of the shard in the cluster (GB).

  • planned-usage-threshold: Planned usage threshold of the shard in the cluster.

  • emergency-usage-threshold: Emergency usage threshold of the shard in the cluster.

  • weight: Weight of the shard in the cluster; an integer.

--host

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Individual configurations for hosts that should be created with the ClickHouse cluster.

Possible property names:

  • zone-id: ID of the availability zone where the new host should reside.

  • subnet-id: ID of the subnet that the host should be created in.

  • subnet-name: Name of the subnet that the host should be created in.

  • assign-public-ip: Assign a public IP address to the host being added.

  • shard-name: Host shard name.

  • type: Type of the host to be created. Supported values: 'clickhouse', 'zookeeper'.

--user

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Descriptions of database users to be created with the ClickHouse cluster.

Possible property names:

  • name: Name of the ClickHouse user.

  • password: Password of the ClickHouse user.

  • generate-password: Generate password using Connection Manager.

--database

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Descriptions of databases to be created with the ClickHouse cluster.

Possible property names:

  • name: Name of the ClickHouse database.

--clickhouse-resource-preset

string

Resource preset for computational resources available to a ClickHouse host (CPU, RAM etc.).

--clickhouse-disk-type

string

Storage type for a ClickHouse host.

--clickhouse-disk-size

byteSize

Storage volume available to a ClickHouse host in GB

--zookeeper-resource-preset

string

Resource preset for computational resources available to a ZooKeeper host (CPU, RAM etc.).

--zookeeper-disk-type

string

Storage type for the host.

--zookeeper-disk-size

byteSize

Storage volume available to a ZooKeeper host in GB

--datalens-access

Allow access for DataLens

--websql-access

Allow access for Web SQL

--metrika-access

Allow access for Yandex Metrika

--serverless-access

Allow access for Serverless

--datatransfer-access

Allow access for DataTransfer

--yandexquery-access

Allow access for Yandex Query

--version

string

Version of the ClickHouse server software.

--backup-window-start

timeofday

Start time for the daily backup in UTC timezone. Format: HH:MM:SS

--cloud-storage-move-factor

float

When to move data to Yandex Object Storage.

--cloud-storage-data-cache

Whether to use cache for data on Yandex Object Storage.

--cloud-storage-data-cache-max-size

byteSize

Limit for cache for data on Yandex Object Storage.

--cloud-storage-prefer-not-to-merge

Disable merge of data parts stored in Yandex Object Storage.

--enable-sql-database-management

Whether database management through SQL commands is enabled.

--enable-sql-user-management

Whether user management through SQL commands is enabled.

--embedded-keeper

Whether cluster should use embedded Keeper instead of Zookeeper.

--backup-retain-period-days

int

Auto backups retain period in days.

--labels

key=value[,key=value...]

A list of ClickHouse cluster labels as key-value pairs.

--service-account

string

Service account for the ClickHouse cluster.

--security-group-ids

value[,value]

A list of security groups for the ClickHouse cluster.

--deletion-protection

Deletion Protection inhibits deletion of the cluster.

--cloud-storage

Whether to use Yandex Object Storage for storing ClickHouse data.

--disk-encryption-key-id

string

ID of the KMS key for cluster disk encryption.

--admin-password

string

Password for entity. Usage of --read-admin-password is more secure

--read-admin-password

Read password for entity from input

--generate-admin-password

Generate random password

--async

Display information about the operation in progress, without waiting for the operation to complete.

--disk-size-autoscaling

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Disk size autoscaling settings

Possible property names:

  • clickhouse-disk-size-limit: Disk size limit of all shards in the cluster (GB).

  • clickhouse-planned-usage-threshold: Planned usage threshold of all shards in the cluster.

  • clickhouse-emergency-usage-threshold: Emergency usage threshold of all shards in the cluster.

  • zookeeper-disk-size-limit: Set disk size limit for zookeeper subcluster (GB).

  • zookeeper-planned-usage-threshold: Set planned usage threshold for zookeeper subcluster.

  • zookeeper-emergency-usage-threshold: Set emergency usage threshold for zookeeper subcluster.

--maintenance-window

PROPERTY=VALUE[,PROPERTY=VALUE...]

Maintenance window settings

Possible property names:

  • type: Type of maintenance window, it can be anytime or weekly. A day and hour of window need to be specified with weekly window.

  • hour: Hour of day in UTC time zone (1-24) for maintenance window if window type is weekly.

  • day: Day of week for maintenance window if window type is weekly. One of MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN. Values: 'mon', 'tue', 'wed', 'thu', 'fri', 'sat', 'sun'

Global FlagsGlobal Flags

Flag

Description

--profile

string

Set the custom configuration file.

--debug

Debug logging.

--debug-grpc

Debug gRPC logging. Very verbose, used for debugging connection problems.

--no-user-output

Disable printing user intended output to stderr.

--retry

int

Enable gRPC retries. By default, retries are enabled with maximum 5 attempts.
Pass 0 to disable retries. Pass any negative value for infinite retries.
Even infinite retries are capped with 2 minutes timeout.

--cloud-id

string

Set the ID of the cloud to use.

--folder-id

string

Set the ID of the folder to use.

--folder-name

string

Set the name of the folder to use (will be resolved to id).

--endpoint

string

Set the Cloud API endpoint (host:port).

--token

string

Set the OAuth token to use.

--impersonate-service-account-id

string

Set the ID of the service account to impersonate.

--no-browser

Disable opening browser for authentication.

--format

string

Set the output format: text (default), yaml, json, json-rest.

--jq

string

Query to select values from the response using jq syntax

-h, --help

Display help for the command.

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