Renaming a cloud

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To rename a cloud, you must have the editor role or higher for that cloud. You cannot rename a suspended cloud. If you cannot perform this operation, contact the cloud administrator or owner.

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, click or in the top panel and select the cloud.
Click in the top-right corner and select Edit.
In the window that opens, enter a new cloud name. The naming requirements are as follows:
- Length: between 3 and 63 characters.
- It can only contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
Click Save.

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

View the description of the cloud update command:
```
yc resource-manager cloud update --help
```

Get a list of available clouds:

yc resource-manager cloud list

Result:

+----------------------+------------------+----------------------+--------+
|          ID          |       NAME       |   ORGANIZATION ID    | LABELS |
+----------------------+------------------+----------------------+--------+
| b1go33ek97iq******** | my-cloud         | bpf2c65rqcl8******** |        |
| b1gbi30tq0m9******** | my-new-cloud     | bpfaidqca8vd******** |        |
+----------------------+------------------+----------------------+--------+

To rename a cloud, run this command:
```
yc resource-manager cloud update \
  --name <current_cloud_name> \
  --new-name <new_cloud_name>
```
Where:
- --name: Current name of the cloud you want to change. Instead of the cloud name, you can provide its ID in the --id parameter.
- --new-name: New cloud name.
  - Length: between 3 and 63 characters.
  - It can only contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
  - It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
Result:
```
id: b1go33ek97iq********
created_at: "2024-12-10T09:25:22Z"
name: my-old-cloud
organization_id: bpf2c65rqcl8********
```

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To manage infrastructure using Terraform under a service account or user accounts (a Yandex account, a federated account, or a local user), authenticate using the appropriate method.

To rename a cloud created using Terraform:

Open the Terraform configuration file and edit the name parameter value in the cloud description fragment.
Example cloud description in Terraform configuration
```
...
resource "yandex_resourcemanager_cloud" "cloud1" {
  name            = "cloud-main"
  organization_id = "bpf7nhb9hkph********"
}
...
```
For more on yandex_resourcemanager_cloud properties in Terraform, see this provider guide.
In the command line, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.
Make sure the configuration file is correct using this command:
```
terraform validate
```
If the configuration is valid, you will get this message:
```
Success! The configuration is valid.
```
Run this command:
```
terraform plan
```
You will see a list of resources and their properties. No changes will be made at this step. Terraform will show any errors in the configuration.
Apply the configuration changes:
```
terraform apply
```
Confirm the changes: type yes into the terminal and press Enter.

You can verify the updated cloud name in the management console or the following CLI command:
```
yc resource-manager cloud list
```

To rename a cloud, use the update REST API method for the Cloud resource or the CloudService/Update gRPC API call.

Renaming a cloud

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