Starting a workflow execution

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.

1. See the description of the CLI command for starting a workflow:

   yc serverless workflow execution start --help
   

2. Get a list of workflows:

   yc serverless workflow list
   

   Result:

   workflows:
     - id: dfqdi6ic7c5j********
       folder_id: b1g681qpemb4********
       created_at: "2025-03-10T13:31:55.387059Z"
       name: workflow895
       status: ACTIVE
       log_options:
         folder_id: b1g681qpemb4********
     ...
     - id: dfqud9cbc4k5********
       folder_id: b1g681qpemb4********
       created_at: "2025-03-10T12:57:48.679682Z"
       name: workflow203
       status: ACTIVE
       log_options:
         folder_id: b1g681qpemb4********
   

3. Start a workflow by specifying its name or ID:

   yc serverless workflow execution start <workflow_ID>
   

   Result:

   execution_id: dfqapb31gq758qil1r8b-b3e3dade-4903-4a6f-9df7-a4b6********
   

To start a workflow, use the start REST API method for the Execution resource or the ExecutionService/Start gRPC API call.