What is Alibaba Cloud CLI?

Getting Started

• Use Alibaba Cloud CLI to call API operations
• Use the Alibaba Cloud CLI extension for VS Code

Installation Guide

• Install Alibaba Cloud CLI on Windows
• Install Alibaba Cloud CLI on macOS
• Install CLI (Linux)

Configure Alibaba Cloud CLI

• Configure credentials
• Multiple credential management
• Configure a proxy
• Use the automatic code completion feature

Use Alibaba Cloud CLI

• Command syntax
• Parameter formats
• Command-line options
• Generate and run CLI commands
• Use the help command
• Extract parameters and tabulate output
• Aggregate the results of paging operations
• Forcibly call an API operation
• Poll the return results
• Simulate a call
• Debug logs

Best Practices

• Use Alibaba Cloud CLI to migrate ECS instances across regions
• Run Alibaba Cloud CLI in a Docker container