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  3. Creating a container revision

Creating a container revision

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at April 22, 2025

You need to create a new revision:

  • When you upload a new Docker image version to Yandex Container Registry.
  • When you modify revision settings.

Note

To ensure the integrity of version links, you cannot update or delete container revisions.

If a registry or repository containing the Docker image is not public, you need to specify a service account with permission to download the Docker image in the revision settings. For example, the container-registry.images.puller role to the folder or registry containing the Docker image.

If a service account is specified in the revision settings, the user or the service account creating the revision must have the iam.serviceAccounts.user role. It confirms the right to use the service account.

Management console
CLI
Terraform
API
  1. In the management console, select the folder with your container.

  2. Select Serverless Containers.

  3. Select the container whose revision you want to create.

  4. Go to the Editor tab.

  5. Under Image settings:

    • Specify the Yandex Container Registry Docker image URL.
    • Additionally specify the revision parameters, if needed:
      • Command: Commands that the container will run when started. It matches the ENTRYPOINT instruction in the Dockerfile.

      • Arguments: Matches the CMD instruction in the Dockerfile. Specify arguments in key = value format. If you do not specify this parameter, the default CMD value from the Docker image will be used.

        You can provide multiple arguments to a container. To do this, click Add.

      • Working directory: Allows you to change the working directory of a container. It matches the WORKDIR instruction in the Dockerfile. We recommend setting absolute paths to folders.

  6. Click Create revision.

To create a container revision, run this command:

yc serverless container revision deploy \
  --container-name <container_name> \
  --image <Docker_image_URL> \
  --cores 1 \
  --memory 1GB \
  --concurrency 1 \
  --execution-timeout 30s \
  --service-account-id <service_account_ID> \
  --command '<command_1>','<command_2>' \
  --args '<key_1=value_1>','<key_2=value_2>'

Where:

  • --cores: Number of cores available to the container.

  • --memory: Required memory. The default value is 128 MB.

  • --concurrency: Maximum number of concurrent requests to a single container instance. May be in the range between 1 (default) and 16. If the number of requests to a container exceeds the concurrency value, Serverless Containers scales the container up by running its additional instances.

    Note

    The number of container instances and concurrent container requests in each zone cannot exceed the quota.

  • --execution-timeout: Timeout. The default value is 3 seconds.

  • --service-account-id: ID of the service account with permissions to download a Docker image.

  • --command: Commands the container will run when started. Separate them by commas. It matches the ENTRYPOINT instruction in the Dockerfile.

  • --args: Arguments matching the CMD instruction in the Dockerfile. Specify them in key = value format separated by commas. If you do not specify this parameter, the default CMD value from the Docker image will be used.

Result:

id: bbajn5q2d74c********
container_id: bba3fva6ka5g********
created_at: "2021-07-09T15:04:55.135Z"
image:
  image_url: cr.yandex/crpd3cicopk7********/test-container:latest
  image_digest: sha256:de8e1dce7ceceeafaae122f7670084a1119c961cd9ea1795eae92bd********
resources:
  memory: "1073741824"
  cores: "1"
execution_timeout: 3s
service_account_id: ajeqnasj95o7********
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 documentation on the Terraform website or mirror website.

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

In Terraform, a new revision is created every time the resource runtime parameters are updated.

To create a revision:

  1. Update the parameters of the yandex_serverless_container resource in the configuration file:

    resource "yandex_serverless_container" "test-container" {
      name               = "<container_name>"
      cores              = "<number_of_cores>"
      memory             = "<memory_size>"
      concurrency        = "<concurrent_requests>"
      service_account_id = "<service_account_ID>"
      image {
        url      = "<Docker_image_URL>"
        command  = ["<command_1>","<command_2>"]
        args     = ["<key_1=value_1>","key_2=value_2"]
        work_dir = "<working_directory>"
      }
    }
    

    Where:

  • cores: Number of cores available to the container.

  • memory: Required memory. The default value is 128 MB.

  • concurrency: Maximum number of concurrent requests to a single container instance. May be in the range between 1 (default) and 16. If the number of requests to a container exceeds the concurrency value, Serverless Containers scales the container up by running its additional instances.

    Note

    The number of container instances and concurrent container requests in each zone cannot exceed the quota.

  • command: Commands the container will run when started. Separate them by commas. It matches the ENTRYPOINT instruction in the Dockerfile.

  • args: Arguments matching the CMD instruction in the Dockerfile. Specify them in key = value format separated by commas. If you do not specify this parameter, the default CMD value from the Docker image will be used.

  • work_dir: Allows you to change the working directory of a container. It matches the WORKDIR instruction in the Dockerfile. We recommend setting absolute paths to folders.

For more information about the yandex_serverless_container resource parameters in Terraform, see the relevant provider documentation.

  1. Create resources:

    1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

    2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      
    3. Run the command:

      terraform plan
      

      The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.

    4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      
    5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

    This will create the revision. You can check the new revision using the management console or this CLI command:

    yc serverless container revision list
    

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

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