Adding a label to a container

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Updated at July 8, 2026

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CLI

Terraform

API

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

The folder used by default is the one specified when creating the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using --folder-name or --folder-id. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

To add a label to a container, run this command:

yc serverless container add-labels <container_name> --labels <key>=<value>

Result:

id: flh7r96juaqq********
folder_id: aoek6qrs8tjh********
created_at: "2021-08-17T07:53:10.219Z"
name: my-beta-container
description: my beta container description
labels:
  label: test
url: https://flh7r96juaqq********.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 guides on the Terraform website or its mirror.

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 add a label to a container created with Terraform:

Open the Terraform configuration file and add the labels section to the yandex_serverless_container resource:

...
resource "yandex_serverless_container" "test-container" {
  name   = "my first container with description"
  memory = 256
  image {
     url = "cr.yandex/yc/test-image:v1"
  }
  labels = {
     label1 = "test"
  }
}
...

For more on the properties of the yandex_serverless_container resource, see this provider guide.

Validate your configuration 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
```
Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.

You can check the new container labels using the CLI:

yc serverless container get <container_name_or_ID>

To add a label to a container, use the update REST API method for the Container resource or the ContainerService/Update gRPC API call.

Adding a label to a container

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