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  • gRPC request
  • StartClusterRequest
  • operation.Operation
  • StartClusterMetadata
  • Cluster
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  • ResourcePool
  • ScalePolicy
  • FixedScale
  • AutoScale
  • HistoryServerConfig
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  1. API reference
  2. gRPC
  3. Cluster
  4. Start

Managed Spark API, gRPC: ClusterService.Start

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at April 14, 2025
  • gRPC request
  • StartClusterRequest
  • operation.Operation
  • StartClusterMetadata
  • Cluster
  • ClusterConfig
  • ResourcePools
  • ResourcePool
  • ScalePolicy
  • FixedScale
  • AutoScale
  • HistoryServerConfig
  • Dependencies
  • Metastore
  • NetworkConfig
  • LoggingConfig
  • UILink
  • MaintenanceWindow
  • AnytimeMaintenanceWindow
  • WeeklyMaintenanceWindow
  • MaintenanceOperation

Start the specified Spark cluster.

gRPC requestgRPC request

rpc Start (StartClusterRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

StartClusterRequestStartClusterRequest

{
  "cluster_id": "string"
}

Field

Description

cluster_id

string

Required field. ID of the Spark cluster that is being started.

operation.Operationoperation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": {
    "cluster_id": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "folder_id": "string",
    "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "labels": "map<string, string>",
    "config": {
      "resource_pools": {
        "driver": {
          "resource_preset_id": "string",
          "scale_policy": {
            // Includes only one of the fields `fixed_scale`, `auto_scale`
            "fixed_scale": {
              "size": "int64"
            },
            "auto_scale": {
              "min_size": "int64",
              "max_size": "int64"
            }
            // end of the list of possible fields
          }
        },
        "executor": {
          "resource_preset_id": "string",
          "scale_policy": {
            // Includes only one of the fields `fixed_scale`, `auto_scale`
            "fixed_scale": {
              "size": "int64"
            },
            "auto_scale": {
              "min_size": "int64",
              "max_size": "int64"
            }
            // end of the list of possible fields
          }
        }
      },
      "history_server": {
        "enabled": "bool"
      },
      "dependencies": {
        "pip_packages": [
          "string"
        ],
        "deb_packages": [
          "string"
        ]
      },
      "metastore": {
        "cluster_id": "string"
      }
    },
    "status": "Status",
    "network": {
      "subnet_ids": [
        "string"
      ],
      "security_group_ids": [
        "string"
      ]
    },
    "deletion_protection": "bool",
    "service_account_id": "string",
    "logging": {
      "enabled": "bool",
      // Includes only one of the fields `folder_id`, `log_group_id`
      "folder_id": "string",
      "log_group_id": "string"
      // end of the list of possible fields
    },
    "health": "Health",
    "links": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "url": "string"
      }
    ],
    "maintenance_window": {
      // Includes only one of the fields `anytime`, `weekly_maintenance_window`
      "anytime": "AnytimeMaintenanceWindow",
      "weekly_maintenance_window": {
        "day": "WeekDay",
        "hour": "int64"
      }
      // end of the list of possible fields
    },
    "planned_operation": {
      "info": "string",
      "delayed_until": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
      "latest_maintenance_time": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
      "next_maintenance_window_time": "google.protobuf.Timestamp"
    }
  }
  // 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.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp.

created_by

string

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

modified_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

done

bool

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

StartClusterMetadata

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

google.rpc.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

Cluster

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.

StartClusterMetadataStartClusterMetadata

Field

Description

cluster_id

string

ID of the Spark cluster.

ClusterCluster

Spark cluster.

Field

Description

id

string

Required field. Unique ID of the Spark cluster.
This ID is assigned by Cloud in the process of creating a Spark cluster.

folder_id

string

ID of the folder that the Spark cluster belongs to.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

The time when the Spark cluster was created.

name

string

Name of the Spark cluster.
The name is unique within the folder. 1-64 characters long.

description

string

Description of the Spark cluster. 0-256 characters long.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

config

ClusterConfig

Configuration of the Spark cluster.

status

enum Status

Cluster status.

  • STATUS_UNKNOWN: Cluster status is unknown
  • CREATING: Cluster is being created
  • RUNNING: Cluster is running normally.
  • UPDATING: Cluster is being updated.
  • ERROR: Cluster encountered a problem and cannot operate.
  • STOPPING: Cluster is stopping.
  • STOPPED: Cluster is stopped.
  • STARTING: Cluster is starting.

network

NetworkConfig

deletion_protection

bool

Deletion Protection inhibits deletion of the cluster

service_account_id

string

Service account that will be used to access a YC resources

logging

LoggingConfig

Cloud logging configuration.

health

enum Health

Aggregated cluster health.

  • HEALTH_UNKNOWN: Cluster is in unknown state (we have no data).
  • ALIVE: Cluster is alive and well.
  • DEAD: Cluster is inoperable (it cannot perform any of its essential functions).
  • DEGRADED: Cluster is partially alive (it can perform some of its essential functions).

links[]

UILink

UI URLs

maintenance_window

MaintenanceWindow

Window of maintenance operations.

planned_operation

MaintenanceOperation

Maintenance operation planned at nearest maintenance_window.

ClusterConfigClusterConfig

Field

Description

resource_pools

ResourcePools

Required field.

history_server

HistoryServerConfig

Configuration for HistoryServer

dependencies

Dependencies

Container custom environment dependencies

metastore

Metastore

Metastore Cluster

ResourcePoolsResourcePools

Field

Description

driver

ResourcePool

Required field.

executor

ResourcePool

Required field.

ResourcePoolResourcePool

Field

Description

resource_preset_id

string

Required field. ID of the preset for computational resources allocated to a instance (e.g., CPU, memory, etc.).

scale_policy

ScalePolicy

Required field.

ScalePolicyScalePolicy

Field

Description

fixed_scale

FixedScale

Includes only one of the fields fixed_scale, auto_scale.

auto_scale

AutoScale

Includes only one of the fields fixed_scale, auto_scale.

FixedScaleFixedScale

Field

Description

size

int64

AutoScaleAutoScale

Field

Description

min_size

int64

max_size

int64

HistoryServerConfigHistoryServerConfig

Field

Description

enabled

bool

DependenciesDependencies

Field

Description

pip_packages[]

string

deb_packages[]

string

MetastoreMetastore

Field

Description

cluster_id

string

NetworkConfigNetworkConfig

Field

Description

subnet_ids[]

string

IDs of VPC network subnets where instances of the cluster are attached.

security_group_ids[]

string

User security groups

LoggingConfigLoggingConfig

Field

Description

enabled

bool

folder_id

string

Includes only one of the fields folder_id, log_group_id.

log_group_id

string

Includes only one of the fields folder_id, log_group_id.

UILinkUILink

Field

Description

name

string

url

string

MaintenanceWindowMaintenanceWindow

Field

Description

anytime

AnytimeMaintenanceWindow

Includes only one of the fields anytime, weekly_maintenance_window.

weekly_maintenance_window

WeeklyMaintenanceWindow

Includes only one of the fields anytime, weekly_maintenance_window.

AnytimeMaintenanceWindowAnytimeMaintenanceWindow

Field

Description

Empty

WeeklyMaintenanceWindowWeeklyMaintenanceWindow

Field

Description

day

enum WeekDay

  • WEEK_DAY_UNSPECIFIED
  • MON
  • TUE
  • WED
  • THU
  • FRI
  • SAT
  • SUN

hour

int64

Hour of the day in UTC.

MaintenanceOperationMaintenanceOperation

Field

Description

info

string

delayed_until

google.protobuf.Timestamp

latest_maintenance_time

google.protobuf.Timestamp

next_maintenance_window_time

google.protobuf.Timestamp

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