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yc managed-postgresql cluster create

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at January 27, 2026

Create PostgreSQL cluster

Command UsageCommand Usage

Syntax:

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

FlagsFlags

Flag

Description

--name

string

Cluster name.

--description

string

Cluster description.

--environment

string

Cluster environment. Values: production, prestable.

--network-id

string

Network id.

--network-name

string

Network name.

--host

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

Individual configurations for hosts that should be created for the PostgresSQL cluster.

Possible property names:

  • zone-id: ID of the availability zone where the host resides.

  • 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: Whether the host should get a public IP address on creation.

  • replication-source: Host name of the host to be used as the replication source (for cascading replication).

  • priority: Priority of the host as a replica.

--user

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

Descriptions of database users to be created in the PostgresSQL cluster.

Possible property names:

  • name: Name of the PostgresSQL user.

  • password: Password of the PostgresSQL user.

  • generate-password: Generate password using Connection Manager.

  • permission: Permission for PostgresSQL user.

  • conn-limit: Number of connections available to the user.

  • lock-timeout: Lock timeout in milliseconds.

  • log-min-duration-statement: Log minimal duration statement in milliseconds.

  • temp-file-limit: Temporary file limit in bytes.

  • default-transaction-isolation: Default transaction isolation. Values: 'transaction-isolation-read-uncommitted', 'transaction-isolation-read-committed', 'transaction-isolation-repeatable-read', 'transaction-isolation-serializable'

  • synchronous-commit: Synchronous commit. Values: 'synchronous-commit-on', 'synchronous-commit-off', 'synchronous-commit-local', 'synchronous-commit-remote-write', 'synchronous-commit-remote-apply'

  • log-statement: Log statement. Values: 'log-statement-none', 'log-statement-ddl', 'log-statement-mod', 'log-statement-all'

  • statement-timeout: Statement timeout in milliseconds.

  • idle-in-transaction-session-timeout: Idle in transaction session timeout in milliseconds.

  • wal-sender-timeout: WAL sender timeout in milliseconds.

  • pgaudit.log: Enable audit events for user

--database

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

Descriptions of databases to be created in the PostgresSQL cluster.

Possible property names:

  • name: Name of the PostgresSQL database.

  • owner: Name of the user to be assigned as the owner of the database.

  • lc-collate: POSIX locale for string sorting order.

  • lc-ctype: POSIX locale for character classification.

--datalens-access

Allow access for DataLens

--websql-access

Allow access for Web SQL

--serverless-access

Allow access for Serverless

--datatransfer-access

Allow access for DataTransfer

--yandexquery-access

Allow access for Yandex Query

--postgresql-version

string

Version of PostgreSQL used in the cluster. Values: 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 14-1c, 13-1c, 12-1c, 11-1c, 10-1c

--resource-preset

string

ID of the preset for computational resources available to a host (CPU, memory etc.).

--disk-size

byteSize

Volume of the storage available to a host in GB.

--disk-type

string

Type of the storage environment for the host.

--backup-window-start

timeofday

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

--backup-retain-period-days

int

Retention policy of automated backups.

--labels

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

A list of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add. For example, to add two labels named 'foo' and 'bar', both with the value 'baz', use '--labels foo=baz,bar=baz'.

--security-group-ids

value[,value]

A list of security groups for the PostgreSQL cluster.

--deletion-protection

Deletion Protection inhibits deletion of the cluster.

--host-group-ids

value[,value]

A list of host groups to place VMs of cluster on.

--disk-encryption-key-id

string

ID of the KMS key for cluster disk encryption.

--async

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

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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