Creating a container

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 create a container, run this command:

yc serverless container create --name <container_name>

Result:

id: bba3fva6ka5g********
folder_id: b1gqvft7kjk3********
created_at: "2021-07-09T14:49:00.891Z"
name: my-beta-container
url: https://bba3fva6ka5g********.containers.yandexcloud.net/
status: ACTIVE

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 the provider resources, see the relevant documentation on the Terraform website or its mirror.

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

To create a container and its revision:

1. In the configuration file, describe the resources you want to create:

   • name: Container name. This is a required parameter. Follow these naming requirements:

     • 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.

   • memory: Amount of memory allocated to a container, MB. The default value is 128 MB.

   • service_account_id: Service account ID.

   • url: URL of the Docker image in Yandex Container Registry.

   Here is an example of the configuration file structure:

   provider "yandex" {
    token     = "<OAuth_token>"
    cloud_id  = "<cloud_ID>"
    folder_id = "<folder_ID>"
    zone      = "ru-central1-a"
   }
   
   resource "yandex_serverless_container" "test-container" {
     name               = "<container_name>"
     memory             = <memory_size>
     service_account_id = "<service_account_ID>"
     image {
         url = "<Docker_image_URL>"
     }
   }
   

   For more information about the yandex_serverless_container settings, see this Terraform guide.

2. Make sure the configuration files are correct.

   1. In the command line, navigate to the directory where you created the configuration file.

   2. Run a check using this command:

      terraform plan
      

   If the configuration description is correct, the terminal will display a list of the resources being created and their settings. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will point them out.

3. Deploy the cloud resources.

   1. If the configuration does not contain any errors, run this command:

      terraform apply
      

   2. Confirm creating the resources: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

      This will create all the resources you need in the specified folder. You can check the new resources and their settings using the management console or this CLI command:

      yc serverless container list
      

To create a container, use the create REST API method for the Container resource or the ContainerService/Create gRPC API call.