Updating a cloud network

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Yandex Cloud

Updated at July 29, 2025

Examples
- Updating a cloud network using its name

After creating a cloud network, you can change its name, description, and labels.

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, go to the folder where you need to update a cloud network.
In the list of services, select Virtual Private Cloud.
Click in the row of the subnet you need and select Edit.
Edit as appropriate.
Click Save changes.

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.

See the description of the CLI command for updating cloud network parameters:
```
yc vpc network update --help
```

Get a list of all networks in the default folder:

yc vpc network list

Result:

+----------------------+----------------+
|          ID          |      NAME      |
+----------------------+----------------+
| enpavfmgapum******** | test-network-1 |
| enplom7a98s1******** | default        |
+----------------------+----------------+

Select the ID or NAME of the network you need.

Change the parameters of the cloud network by specifying its name:

yc vpc network update enpavfmgapum******** --new-name test-network-renamed

Result:

id: enpavfmgapum********
folder_id: b1g6ci08ma55********
created_at: "2018-10-23T14:05:32Z"
name: test-network-renamed
description: My first network
labels:
  new_label: test_label

You can provide the ID and name not only as positional arguments, but also using the --id and --name parameters:

yc vpc network update \
  --id enpavfmgapum******** \
  --new-name test-network-renamed \
  --labels new_label=test_label

yc vpc network update \
  --name test-network-1 \
  --new-name test-network-renamed \
  --labels new_label=test_label

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the relevant documentation on the Terraform website or its mirror.

Open the Terraform configuration file and edit the fragment with the cloud network description:

# Example of a cloud network description
resource "yandex_vpc_network" "default" {
  name        = "network-1"
  description = "My first network"
  labels = {
    tf-label    = "tf-label-value"
    empty-label = ""
  }
}

For more information about yandex_vpc_network properties, see this Terraform article.

Apply the changes:
1. In the terminal, go to the directory where you edited the configuration file.
2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using this command:
```
terraform validate
```
  If the configuration is correct, you will get this message:
```
Success! The configuration is valid.
```
3. Run this command:
```
terraform plan
```
  You will see a detailed list of resources. No changes will be made at this step. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will show them.
4. Apply the changes:
```
terraform apply
```
5. Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.
You can check the cloud network update using the management console or the following CLI command:
```
yc vpc network get <network_name>
```

To update a cloud network, use the update REST API method for the Network resource or the NetworkService/Update gRPC API call, and provide the following in the request:

ID of the cloud network you want to update, in the networkId parameter.

To get the cloud network ID, use the list REST API method for the Network resource or the NetworkService/List gRPC API call and provide the folder ID in the folderId request parameter.

To learn how to find out the folder ID, see Getting the folder ID.
New network settings, if required:
- Name in the name parameter.
- Description in the description parameter.
- Network labels in the labels parameter.
List of settings to update in the updateMask parameter.

Warning

The API method will assign default values to all the parameters of the object you are modifying unless you explicitly provide them in your request. To avoid this, list the settings you want to change in the updateMask parameter as a single comma-separated string.

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