Creating a container

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder 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

Terraform allows you to quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. Configuration files store the infrastructure description in the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Terraform and its providers are distributed under the Business Source License.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or the mirror.

If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To create a container and its revision:

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

   • name: Container name. This is a required parameter. The naming requirements are as follows:

     • The name must be from 3 to 63 characters long.
     • It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
     • The first character must be a letter and the last character cannot be 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 resource parameters in Terraform, see the relevant provider documentation.

2. Make sure the configuration files are correct.

   1. In the command line, go to the folder where you created the configuration file.

   2. Run a check using this command:

      terraform plan
      

   If the configuration is described correctly, the terminal will display a list of created resources and their parameters. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will point them out.

3. Deploy 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.

      All the resources you need will then be created 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.