How to move a VM across folders or clouds
Case description
You need to move a VM from one cloud or folder to another.
Solution
To move a VM across clouds, complete the following steps:
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Add an IAM user to the cloud with the image you want to transfer.
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Assign the IAM user the minimum required roles:
resource-manager.clouds.memberandcompute.images.user. -
Set up YC CLI for the user in the target cloud.
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Get the ID of your image. To do this, in the management console, find the ID field on the Images tab. Alternatively, you can get the ID by running this YC CLI command:
yc compute image list. -
Get the ID of the cloud where the original image is located. To do this, in the management console, find the ID field. Alternatively, you can get the ID by running this YC CLI command:
yc resource-manager cloud list. -
With your YC CLI, create a new image in the target cloud:
yc compute image create --name <new_image_name> \ --source-image-id <original_image_ID> \ --cloud-id <original_image_home_cloud_ID>
After performing these actions, create a new VM from the image you got.
To change a VM folder, follow these steps in your CLI:
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.
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Get a list of all VMs in the default folder:
yc compute instance listResult:
+----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+---------+----------------------+ | ID | NAME | ZONE ID | STATUS | DESCRIPTION | +----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+---------+----------------------+ | fhm***************** | first-instance | ru-central1-a | RUNNING | my first vm via CLI | | fhm***************** | second-instance | ru-central1-a | RUNNING | my second vm via CLI | +----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+---------+----------------------+ -
Get a list of all folders in the default cloud:
yc resource-manager folder listResult:
+----------------------+--------------------+------------------+--------+ | ID | NAME | LABELS | STATUS | +----------------------+--------------------+------------------+--------+ | b1g***************** | my-folder | | ACTIVE | | b1g***************** | default | | ACTIVE | +----------------------+--------------------+------------------+--------+ -
See the description of the CLI command for moving a VM:
yc compute instance move --help -
Move the VM to a different folder by specifying the following values:
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id, enter the VM ID, e.g.,fhm*****************. - In
destination-folder-id, specify the destination folder ID, e.g.,b1g*****************.
yc compute instance move \ --id fhm***************** \ --destination-folder-id b1g*****************For more information about
yc compute instance move, see the CLI reference. - In