Terraform reference for Yandex Managed Service for Kubernetes
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Updated at October 30, 2025
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 Terraform, see this tutorial.
Resources
Managed Service for Kubernetes supports the following Terraform provider resources:
| Terraform resource | Yandex Cloud resource |
|---|---|
| yandex_kubernetes_cluster | Kubernetes cluster |
| yandex_kubernetes_node_group | Node group |
| yandex_kubernetes_cluster_iam_binding | Assigning access permissions for a Kubernetes cluster. We recommend using yandex_kubernetes_cluster_iam_member instead of yandex_kubernetes_cluster_iam_binding. |
| yandex_kubernetes_cluster_iam_member | Assigning access permissions for a Kubernetes cluster |
Data sources
Managed Service for Kubernetes supports the following Terraform provider data sources:
| Terraform data source | Description |
|---|---|
| yandex_kubernetes_cluster | Kubernetes cluster information |
| yandex_kubernetes_node_group | Node group information |