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# How to move a VM across folders or clouds



## Case description {#case-description}

You need to move a VM from one cloud or folder to another.

## Solution {#case-resolution}

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- Moving across clouds

    To move a VM across clouds, complete the following steps:

    1. [Create an image from the disk of the required VM](../../../compute/operations/image-create/create-from-disk.md).
    1. [Add an IAM user](../../../organization/operations/add-account.md) to the cloud with the image you want to transfer.
    1. [Assign the IAM user the minimum required roles](../../../iam/operations/roles/grant.md): `resource-manager.clouds.member` and `compute.images.user`.
    1. [Set up](../../../cli/quickstart.md) YC CLI for the user in the target cloud.
    1. Get the ID of your image. To do this, in the [management console](https://console.yandex.cloud), find the **ID** field on the **Images** tab. Alternatively, you can get the ID by running this YC CLI command: `yc compute image list`.

    1. Get the ID of the cloud where the original image is located. To do this, in the [management console](https://console.yandex.cloud), find the **ID** field. Alternatively, you can get the ID by running this YC CLI command: `yc resource-manager cloud list`.

    1. 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](../../../compute/operations/vm-create/create-from-user-image.md#create-vm-from-image) from the image you got.

- Moving across folders

    To change a VM folder, follow these steps in your CLI:

    If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, [install and initialize it](../../../cli/quickstart.md#install).

    The folder used by default is the one specified when [creating](../../../cli/operations/profile/profile-create.md) the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the `yc config set folder-id <folder_ID>` command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using `--folder-name` or `--folder-id`. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

    1. Get a list of all VMs in the default folder:

        ```bash
        yc compute instance list
        ```

        Result:

        ```bash
        +----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+---------+----------------------+
        |          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 |
        +----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+---------+----------------------+
        ```      

    1. Get a list of all folders in the default cloud:

        ```bash
        yc resource-manager folder list
        ```

        Result:

        ```bash
        +----------------------+--------------------+------------------+--------+
        |          ID          |        NAME        |      LABELS      | STATUS |
        +----------------------+--------------------+------------------+--------+
        | b1g***************** | my-folder          |                  | ACTIVE |
        | b1g***************** | default            |                  | ACTIVE |
        +----------------------+--------------------+------------------+--------+
        ```

    1. See the description of the CLI command for moving a VM:

        ```bash
        yc compute instance move --help
        ```

    1. Move the VM to a different folder by specifying the following values: 

        * In `id`, enter the VM ID, e.g., `fhm*****************`.
        * In `destination-folder-id`, specify the destination folder ID, e.g., `b1g*****************`.

        ```bash
        yc compute instance move \
            --id fhm***************** \
            --destination-folder-id b1g*****************
        ```

        For more information about `yc compute instance move`, see the [CLI reference](../../../cli/cli-ref/compute/cli-ref/instance/move.md).

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