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Terraform in Yandex Cloud
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  • Solution library
    • Overview
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          • cloud_desktops_desktop
          • cloud_desktops_desktop_group

In this article:

  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference
  • Import
  1. Terraform reference
  2. Resources
  3. Cloud Desktop
  4. Resources
  5. cloud_desktops_desktop_group

yandex_cloud_desktops_desktop_group (Resource)

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

Manages a Cloud Desktops Desktop Group. For more information see the official documentation

Example usageExample usage

// network to function
resource "yandex_vpc_network" "network" {}

resource "yandex_vpc_subnet" "subnet" {
	zone 			= "ru-central1-a"
	network_id 		= yandex_vpc_network.network.id
	v4_cidr_blocks 	= ["10.1.0.0/24"]
}

data "yandex_cloud_desktops_image" "desktop_image_by_folder_and_name" {
	name 	  = "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (2024-12-03)"
}

// desktop group
resource "yandex_cloud_desktops_desktop_group" "desktop_group" {
	name 		= "desktop-group-name"
	folder_id 	= "<your folder id (optional)>"
	image_id 	= data.yandex_cloud_desktops_image.image.id
	description = "Sample description"
	
	desktop_template = {
		resources = {
			cores 			= 4
			memory 			= 8
			core_fraction 	= 100
		}
		boot_disk = {
			initialize_params = {
				size = 24
				type = "SSD"
			}
		}
		data_disk = {
			initialize_params = {
				size = 16
				type = "HDD"
			}
		}
		network_interface = {
			network_id = yandex_vpc_network.network.id
			subnet_ids = ["${yandex_vpc_subnet.subnet.id}"]
		}
	}
	group_config = {
		min_ready_desktops 	= 1
		max_desktops_amount = 5
		desktop_type 		= "PERSISTENT"
		members				= [
			{
				id 		= "<your id>"
				type 	= "userAccount"
			}
		]
	}
		
	labels = {
    	label1 = "label1-value"
    	label2 = "label2-value"
  	}
}

Arguments & Attributes ReferenceArguments & Attributes Reference

  • description (String). The description of the desktop group.
  • desktop_group_id (Read-Only) (String). The id of the desktop group.
  • desktop_template [Block]. The configuration template for the desktop group.
    • boot_disk [Block]. The boot disk configuration for each desktop in the group.
      • initialize_params [Block]. General data disk configuration
        • size (Number). The size of disk in gigabytes.
        • type (Required)(String). The type of disk. Allowed values: TYPE_UNSPECIFIED, HDD or SDD
    • data_disk [Block]. The data disk configuration for each desktop in the group.
      • initialize_params [Block]. General data disk configuration
        • size (Number). The size of disk in gigabytes.
        • type (Required)(String). The type of disk. Allowed values: TYPE_UNSPECIFIED, HDD or SDD
    • network_interface [Block]. The base network interface configuration for each desktop in the group.
      • network_id (Required)(String). The id of the network desktops from the group would use.
      • subnet_ids (List Of String). The ids of the subnet networks desktops from the group would use.
    • resources [Block]. The base resource configuration for each desktop in the group.
      • core_fraction (Number). The baseline level of CPU performance each desktop in this group would have.
      • cores (Number). The number of cores each desktop in this group would have.
      • memory (Number). The number of gigabytes of RAM each desktop in this group would have.
  • folder_id (String). The folder the dekstop group is in.
  • group_config [Block]. The group configuration.
    • desktop_type (String). The type of the desktop group. Allowed: DESKTOP_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED, PERSISTENT, NON_PERSISTENT
    • max_desktops_amount (Number). Maximum number of desktops.
    • members [Block]. List of members in this desktop group.
      • id (Required)(String). The id of the member. More info in the official documentation.
      • type (Required)(String). The type of the member. More info in the official documentation.
    • min_ready_desktops (Number). Minimum number of ready desktops.
  • id (Read-Only) (String). The resource identifier.
  • image_id (Required)(String). The id of the desktop image the group is based on.
  • labels (Map Of String). A set of key/value label pairs which assigned to resource.
  • name (Required)(String). The name of the desktop group.

ImportImport

The resource can be imported by using their resource ID. For getting it you can use Yandex Cloud Web Console or Yandex Cloud CLI.

# terraform import yandex_cloud_desktops_desktop_group.<resource Name> "name,folderID,desktopImageID"
terraform import yandex_cloud_desktops_desktop_group.my_desktop_group "group,fd8go**********trjsd,fd8go**********trjsd"

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