Starting a workflow
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Updated at May 5, 2025
Management console
CLI
API
- In the management console, go to the folder where you want to start a workflow.
- Select Serverless Integrations.
- In the left-hand panel, select Workflows.
- Click next to the workflow in question and select Execute.
- In the window that opens, click Start and wait for the workflow to complete.
If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.
The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.
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See the description of the CLI command for starting a workflow:
yc serverless workflow execution start --help -
Get a list of workflows:
yc serverless workflow listResult:
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******** -
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.