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Starting a workflow

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Updated at June 9, 2025
  1. In the management console, go to the folder where you want to start a workflow.
  2. Select Serverless Integrations.
  3. In the left-hand panel, select Workflows.
  4. Click next to the workflow in question and select Execute.
  5. In the window that opens, click Start and wait for the workflow to complete.

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

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  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.

See also

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