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Terraform in Yandex Cloud
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          • compute_disk
          • compute_disk_placement_group
          • compute_filesystem
          • compute_gpu_cluster
          • compute_image
          • compute_instance
          • compute_instance_group
          • compute_placement_group
          • compute_snapshot
          • compute_snapshot_schedule
          • loadtesting_agent

In this article:

  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference
  1. Terraform reference
  2. Resources
  3. Compute Cloud
  4. Data Sources
  5. compute_instance

yandex_compute_instance (DataSource)

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at February 12, 2026
  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference

Get information about a Yandex Compute instance. For more information, see the official documentation.

Warning

One of instance_id or name should be specified.

Example usageExample usage

//
// Get information about existing Compute Instance.
//
data "yandex_compute_instance" "my_instance" {
  instance_id = "some_instance_id"
}

output "instance_external_ip" {
  value = data.yandex_compute_instance.my_instance.network_interface.0.nat_ip_address
}

Arguments & Attributes ReferenceArguments & Attributes Reference

  • boot_disk [Block]. The boot disk for the instance. Either initialize_params or disk_id must be specified.
    • auto_delete (Bool). Defines whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted. The default value is True.
    • device_name (String). Name that can be used to access an attached disk.
    • disk_id (String). The ID of the existing disk (such as those managed by yandex_compute_disk) to attach as a boot disk.
    • initialize_params [Block]. Parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Either initialize_params or disk_id must be set. Either image_id or snapshot_id must be specified.
      • block_size (Number). Block size of the disk, specified in bytes.
      • description (String). Description of the boot disk.
      • image_id (String). A disk image to initialize this disk from.
      • kms_key_id (String). ID of KMS symmetric key used to encrypt disk.
      • name (String). Name of the boot disk.
      • size (Number). Size of the disk in GB.
      • snapshot_id (String). A snapshot to initialize this disk from.
      • type (String). Disk type.
    • mode (String). Type of access to the disk resource. By default, a disk is attached in READ_WRITE mode.
  • created_at (Read-Only) (String). The creation timestamp of the resource.
  • description (String). The resource description.
  • folder_id (String). The folder identifier that resource belongs to. If it is not provided, the default provider folder-id is used.
  • fqdn (Read-Only) (String). The fully qualified DNS name of this instance.
  • gpu_cluster_id (String). ID of the GPU cluster to attach this instance to.
  • hardware_generation (Read-Only) (List Of Object).
    • generation2_features .
    • legacy_features .
      • pci_topology .
  • id (String).
  • instance_id (String). The ID of a specific instance.
  • labels (Map Of String). A set of key/value label pairs which assigned to resource.
  • maintenance_grace_period (String). Time between notification via metadata service and maintenance. E.g., 60s.
  • maintenance_policy (String). Behavior on maintenance events. Can be: unspecified, migrate, restart. The default is unspecified.
  • metadata (Map Of String). Metadata key/value pairs to make available from within the instance.
  • name (String). The resource name.
  • network_acceleration_type (String). Type of network acceleration. Can be standard or software_accelerated. The default is standard.
  • network_interface [Block]. Networks to attach to the instance. This can be specified multiple times.
    • dns_record [Block]. List of configurations for creating ipv4 DNS records.
      • dns_zone_id (String). DNS zone ID (if not set, private zone used).
      • fqdn (Required)(String). DNS record FQDN (must have a dot at the end).
      • ptr (Bool). When set to true, also create a PTR DNS record.
      • ttl (Number). DNS record TTL in seconds.
    • index (Number). Index of network interface, will be calculated automatically for instance create or update operations if not specified. Required for attach/detach operations.
    • ip_address (String). The private IP address to assign to the instance. If empty, the address will be automatically assigned from the specified subnet.
    • ipv4 (Bool). Allocate an IPv4 address for the interface. The default value is true.
    • ipv6 (Bool). If true, allocate an IPv6 address for the interface. The address will be automatically assigned from the specified subnet.
    • ipv6_address (String). The private IPv6 address to assign to the instance.
    • ipv6_dns_record [Block]. List of configurations for creating ipv6 DNS records.
      • dns_zone_id (String). DNS zone ID (if not set, private zone used).
      • fqdn (Required)(String). DNS record FQDN (must have a dot at the end).
      • ptr (Bool). When set to true, also create a PTR DNS record.
      • ttl (Number). DNS record TTL in seconds.
    • mac_address (Read-Only) (String).
    • nat (Bool). Provide a public address, for instance, to access the internet over NAT.
    • nat_dns_record [Block]. List of configurations for creating ipv4 NAT DNS records.
      • dns_zone_id (String). DNS zone ID (if not set, private zone used).
      • fqdn (Required)(String). DNS record FQDN (must have a dot at the end).
      • ptr (Bool). When set to true, also create a PTR DNS record.
      • ttl (Number). DNS record TTL in seconds.
    • nat_ip_address (String). Provide a public address, for instance, to access the internet over NAT. Address should be already reserved in web UI.
    • nat_ip_version (Read-Only) (String).
    • security_group_ids (Set Of String). Security Group (SG) IDs for network interface.
    • subnet_id (Required)(String). ID of the subnet to attach this interface to. The subnet must exist in the same zone where this instance will be created.
  • platform_id (String). The type of virtual machine to create.
  • resources [Block]. Compute resources that are allocated for the instance.
    • core_fraction (Number). If provided, specifies baseline performance for a core as a percent.
    • cores (Required)(Number). CPU cores for the instance.
    • gpus (Number). If provided, specifies the number of GPU devices for the instance.
    • memory (Required)(Number). Memory size in GB.
  • scheduling_policy [Block]. Scheduling policy configuration.
    • preemptible (Bool). Specifies if the instance is preemptible. Defaults to false.
  • secondary_disk [Block]. A set of disks to attach to the instance. The structure is documented below.

Warning

The allow_stopping_for_update property must be set to true in order to update this structure.

  • auto_delete (Bool). Whether the disk is auto-deleted when the instance is deleted. The default value is false.
  • device_name (String). Name that can be used to access an attached disk under /dev/disk/by-id/.
  • disk_id (Required)(String). ID of the disk that is attached to the instance.
  • mode (String). Type of access to the disk resource. By default, a disk is attached in READ_WRITE mode.
  • service_account_id (String). Service account which linked to the resource.
  • status (Read-Only) (String). The status of this instance.
  • zone (String). The availability zone where resource is located. If it is not provided, the default provider zone will be used.
  • filesystem [Block]. List of filesystems that are attached to the instance.
    • device_name (String). Name of the device representing the filesystem on the instance.
    • filesystem_id (Required)(String). ID of the filesystem that should be attached.
    • mode (String). Mode of access to the filesystem that should be attached. By default, filesystem is attached in READ_WRITE mode.
  • local_disk [Block]. List of local disks that are attached to the instance.

Warning

Local disks are not available for all users by default.

  • device_name (Read-Only) (String). The name of the local disk device.
  • size_bytes (Required)(Number). Size of the disk, specified in bytes.
  • metadata_options [Block]. Options allow user to configure access to instance's metadata.
    • aws_v1_http_endpoint (Number).
    • aws_v1_http_token (Number).
    • gce_http_endpoint (Number).
    • gce_http_token (Number).
  • placement_policy [Block]. The placement policy configuration.
    • host_affinity_rules (List Of Object). List of host affinity rules.

Warning

Due to terraform limitations, simply deleting the placement_policy fields does not work. To reset the values of these fields, you need to set them empty:

placement_policy {
placement_group_id = ""
host_affinity_rules = []
}
- key .
- op .
- values .

  • placement_group_id (String). Specifies the id of the Placement Group to assign to the instance.
  • placement_group_partition (Number).

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