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In this article:

  • Getting a list of shards in a cluster
  • Getting detailed information about a shard
  • Creating a shard
  • Deleting a shard
  • Rebalancing a cluster
  1. Step-by-step guides
  2. Sharding and fault tolerance
  3. Managing shards

Managing cluster shards

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at December 17, 2025
  • Getting a list of shards in a cluster
  • Getting detailed information about a shard
  • Creating a shard
  • Deleting a shard
  • Rebalancing a cluster

You can add and remove cluster shards, request the list of shards in a selected cluster, and rebalance your cluster.

Warning

You can only manage shards in sharded clusters.

You can create a sharded cluster or enable sharding in an existing non-sharded cluster.

Getting a list of shards in a clusterGetting a list of shards in a cluster

Management console
CLI
REST API
gRPC API
  1. In the management console, select the folder with the cluster you need.
  2. Go to Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™.
  3. Click the cluster name and select the Shards tab.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To get a list of shards in a cluster, run this command:

yc managed-redis shards list --cluster-name <cluster_name>

Result:

+--------------+
|     NAME     |
+--------------+
| test-shard-1 |
| test-shard-2 |
| test-shard-3 |
+--------------+
  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Call the Cluster.ListShards method, e.g., via the following cURL request:

    curl \
        --request GET \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-redis/v1/clusters/<cluster_ID>/shards'
    

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  3. View the server response to make sure your request was successful.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Clone the cloudapi repository:

    cd ~/ && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/yandex-cloud/cloudapi
    

    Below, we assume the repository contents are stored in the ~/cloudapi/ directory.

  3. Call the ClusterService.ListShards method, e.g., via the following gRPCurl request:

    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/redis/v1/cluster_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
              "cluster_id": "<cluster_ID>"
            }' \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.redis.v1.ClusterService.ListShards
    

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  4. Check the server response to make sure your request was successful.

Getting detailed information about a shardGetting detailed information about a shard

CLI
REST API
gRPC API

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To get information about a shard, run the following command:

yc managed-redis shards get <shard_name> --cluster-name <cluster_name>
  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Call the Cluster.GetShard method, e.g., via the following cURL request:

    curl \
        --request GET \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-redis/v1/clusters/<cluster_ID>/shards/<shard_name>'
    

    You can get the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder, and the shard name, with the list of shards in the cluster.

  3. Check the server response to make sure your request was successful.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Clone the cloudapi repository:

    cd ~/ && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/yandex-cloud/cloudapi
    

    Below, we assume the repository contents are stored in the ~/cloudapi/ directory.

  3. Call the ClusterService.GetShard method, e.g., via the following gRPCurl request:

    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/redis/v1/cluster_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
              "cluster_id": "<cluster_ID>",
              "shard_name": "<shard_name>"
            }' \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.redis.v1.ClusterService.GetShard
    

    You can get the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder, and the shard name, with the list of shards in the cluster.

  4. Check the server response to make sure your request was successful.

You can get the shard name with the list of shards in the cluster, and the cluster name, with the list of clusters in the folder.

Creating a shardCreating a shard

For clusters with the local-ssd disk type, the minimum allowed number of hosts per shard is two.

Management console
CLI
Terraform
REST API
gRPC API

To add a shard:

  1. Go to Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™.
  2. Click the cluster name and navigate to the Shards tab.
  3. Click Create shard.
  4. Specify Shard name.
  5. Under Hosts:
    • Optionally, edit the host settings.
    • Click Add host.
    • In the Availability zone field, select the availability zone and Subnet, and enable Public access.
  6. Click Create shard.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

See the description of the CLI command for adding a shard:

yc managed-redis shards add --help

To create a shard of two hosts, one with public access and the other with a host priority of 50, run this command:

yc managed-redis shards add --name=<new_shard_name> \
  --cluster-name=<cluster_name> \
  --host zone-id=<availability_zone>,`
    `subnet-name=<subnet_name>,`
    `assign-public-ip=true \
  --host zone-id=<availability_zone>,`
    `subnet-name=<subnet_name>,`
    `replica-priority=50

To add a shard:

  1. Open the current Terraform configuration file describing your infrastructure.

    For information on how to create such a file, see Creating a cluster.

  2. Add the appropriate number of host sections to the Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™ cluster description and specify the shard name in the shard_name argument:

    resource "yandex_mdb_redis_cluster" "<cluster_name>" {
      ...
      host {
        zone             = "<availability_zone>"
        subnet_id        = <subnet_ID>
        assign_public_ip = <public_access>
        replica_priority = <host_priority>
        shard_name       = "<shard_name>"
      }
    }
    

    Where assign_public_ip is public access to the host, true or false.

  3. Make sure the settings are correct.

    1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.

    2. Run this command:

      terraform validate
      

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  4. Confirm updating the resources.

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan
      

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply
        
      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

For more information, see this Terraform provider guide.

Time limits

A Terraform provider sets the timeout for Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™ cluster operations:

  • Creating a cluster, including by restoring one from a backup: 15 minutes.
  • Editing a cluster: 60 minutes.
  • Deleting a cluster: 15 minutes.

Operations exceeding the set timeout are interrupted.

How do I change these limits?

Add the timeouts block to the cluster description, for example:

resource "yandex_mdb_redis_cluster" "<cluster_name>" {
  ...
  timeouts {
    create = "1h30m" # 1 hour 30 minutes
    update = "2h"    # 2 hours
    delete = "30m"   # 30 minutes
  }
}
  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Call the Cluster.AddShard method, e.g., via the following cURL request:

    curl \
        --request POST \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
        --url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-redis/v1/clusters/<cluster_ID>/shards' \
        --data '{
                  "shardName": "<shard_name>",
                  "hostSpecs": [
                    {
                      "zoneId": "<availability_zone>",
                      "subnetId": "<subnet_ID>",
                      "shardName": "<shard_name>",
                      "replicaPriority": "<host_priority>",
                      "assignPublicIp": <public_access_to_cluster_host>
                    },
                    { <similar_configuration_for_host_2> },
                    { ... },
                    { <similar_configuration_for_host_N> }
                  ]
                }'
    

    Where:

    • shardName: Name of the shard being created.

    • hostSpecs: Host settings:

      • zoneId: Availability zone.
      • subnetId: Subnet ID. Specify it if the selected availability zone has two or more subnets.
      • shardName: Shard name for the host.
      • replicaPriority: Host priority for promotion to master if the primary master fails.
      • assignPublicIp: Internet access to the host via a public IP address, true or false. You can only enable public access if your cluster supports TLS.

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  3. View the server response to make sure your request was successful.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Clone the cloudapi repository:

    cd ~/ && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/yandex-cloud/cloudapi
    

    Below, we assume the repository contents are stored in the ~/cloudapi/ directory.

  3. Call the ClusterService.AddShard method, e.g., via the following gRPCurl request:

    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/redis/v1/cluster_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
              "cluster_id": "<cluster_ID>",
              "shard_name": "<shard_name>",
              "host_specs": [
                {
                  "zone_id": "<availability_zone>",
                  "subnet_id": "<subnet_ID>",
                  "shard_name": "<shard_name>",
                  "replica_priority": "<host_priority>",
                  "assign_public_ip": <public_access_to_cluster_host>
                },
                { <similar_configuration_for_host_2> },
                { ... },
                { <similar_configuration_for_host_N> }
              ]
            }' \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.redis.v1.ClusterService.AddShard
    

    Where:

    • shard_name: Name of the shard being created.

    • host_specs: Host settings:

      • zone_id: Availability zone.
      • subnet_id: Subnet ID. Specify it if the selected availability zone has two or more subnets.
      • shard_name: Shard name for the host.
      • replica_priority: Host priority for promotion to master if the primary master fails.
      • assign_public_ip: Internet access to the host via a public IP address, true or false. You can only enable public access if your cluster supports TLS.

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

To enable data placement on the new shard, run Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™ cluster rebalancing.

Deleting a shardDeleting a shard

Alert

  • All the shard hosts are deleted with the shard.
  • If a cluster has two or three shards, use the CLI, Terraform, or API to delete a shard.
Management console
CLI
Terraform
REST API
gRPC API
  1. In the management console, go to the folder containing the cluster to delete the shard from.
  2. Go to Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™.
  3. Click the cluster name and select the Shards tab.
  4. Next to the shard in question, click and select Delete.
  5. In the window that opens, click Remove.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To delete a shard from a cluster, run this command:

yc managed-redis shards delete <shard_name> \
  --cluster-name=<cluster_name>

You can get the shard name with the list of shards in the cluster, and the cluster name, with the list of clusters in the folder.

  1. Open the current Terraform configuration file describing your infrastructure.

    For information on how to create such a file, see Creating a cluster.

  2. Delete all shard-related host sections from the Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™ cluster description.

  3. Make sure the settings are correct.

    1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.

    2. Run this command:

      terraform validate
      

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  4. Type yes and press Enter.

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan
      

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply
        
      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

For more information, see this Terraform provider guide.

Time limits

A Terraform provider sets the timeout for Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™ cluster operations:

  • Creating a cluster, including by restoring one from a backup: 15 minutes.
  • Editing a cluster: 60 minutes.
  • Deleting a cluster: 15 minutes.

Operations exceeding the set timeout are interrupted.

How do I change these limits?

Add the timeouts block to the cluster description, for example:

resource "yandex_mdb_redis_cluster" "<cluster_name>" {
  ...
  timeouts {
    create = "1h30m" # 1 hour 30 minutes
    update = "2h"    # 2 hours
    delete = "30m"   # 30 minutes
  }
}
  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Call the Cluster.DeleteShard method, e.g., via the following cURL request:

    curl \
        --request DELETE \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-redis/v1/clusters/<cluster_ID>/shards/<shard_name>'
    

    You can get the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder, and the shard name, with the list of shards in the cluster.

  3. Check the server response to make sure your request was successful.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Clone the cloudapi repository:

    cd ~/ && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/yandex-cloud/cloudapi
    

    Below, we assume the repository contents are stored in the ~/cloudapi/ directory.

  3. Call the ClusterService.DeleteShard method, e.g., via the following gRPCurl request:

    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/redis/v1/cluster_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
              "cluster_id": "<cluster_ID>",
              "shard_name": "<shard_name>" 
            }' \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.redis.v1.ClusterService.DeleteShard
    

    You can get the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder, and the shard name, with the list of shards in the cluster.

  4. Check the server response to make sure your request was successful.

Rebalancing a clusterRebalancing a cluster

New shards come with no hash slots and cannot store any data. To enable placing data on a new shard, rebalance the cluster to allocate some of its hash slots to that shard. The cluster will move the data in the reassigned hash slots to the matching shard. You can run a rebalance on a running cluster without affecting the availability or integrity of its data.

For more information, see Scalability.

Management console
CLI
REST API
gRPC API

To rebalance a cluster:

  1. In the management console, select the folder with your cluster.
  2. Go to Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™.
  3. Click the cluster name.
  4. In the Overview tab, click Rebalance.

Tip

You can also rebalance a cluster by clicking Rebalance cluster on the Shards tab.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To rebalance a cluster, run this command:

yc managed-redis cluster rebalance \
  --name=<cluster_name>

You can get the cluster name with the list of clusters in the folder.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Call the Cluster.Rebalance method, e.g., via the following cURL request:

    curl \
        --request POST \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-redis/v1/clusters/<cluster_ID>:rebalance'
    

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  3. View the server response to make sure your request was successful.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Clone the cloudapi repository:

    cd ~/ && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/yandex-cloud/cloudapi
    

    Below, we assume the repository contents are stored in the ~/cloudapi/ directory.

  3. Call the ClusterService.Rebalance method, e.g., via the following gRPCurl request:

    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/redis/v1/cluster_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
              "cluster_id": "<cluster_ID>"
            }' \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.redis.v1.ClusterService.Rebalance
    

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  4. Check the server response to make sure your request was successful.

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