This topic lists the Alibaba Cloud services that support Security Token Service (STS).

For more information about STS and the scenarios where STS is used, see What is STS? and RAM role overview.

Alibaba Cloud services that support STS

The following Alibaba Cloud products support STS: Elastic computing, Database, Storage and CDN, Networking, Analytics, Cloud communications, Management and monitoring, Application, IoT, Middleware, Message queueing, Media services, Big data, Security, Marketplace, Domains and websites, Membership services, Billing management, Ticket services, and Messaging.

Each table in this topic contains the following columns:

  • Service: the name of the service that supports STS.
  • Console: indicates whether STS can be used to implement access control in the console of the service. A check sign (√) indicates that STS is supported. A cross sign (×) indicates that STS is not supported.
  • API: indicates whether STS can be used to implement access control when you call the API of the service. A check sign (√) indicates that STS is supported when you call the API of the service. A cross sign (×) indicates that STS is not supported when you call the API of the service. A circle (○) indicates that no API is provided for the service.

Elastic computing

Service Console API
Elastic Compute Service (ECS) √ √
Auto Scaling (ESS) √ √
Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) √ √
Container Registry √ √
Resource Orchestration Service (ROS) √ √
Batch Compute √ √
Function Compute √ √
Elastic High Performance Computing (E-HPC) √ √
Simple Application Server × ○
Elastic Container Instance (ECI) √ √
Web App Service √ √
Operation Orchestration Service (OOS) √ √

Database

Service Console API
ApsaraDB RDS √ √
ApsaraDB for MongoDB √ √
ApsaraDB for Redis √ √
ApsaraDB for Memcache √ √
Time Series Database (TSDB) √ √
AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL √ √
Data Transmission Service (DTS) √ √
Database Backup √ √
PolarDB-X (formerly DRDS) √ √
Database Gateway √ √
LedgerDB √ √

Storage and CDN

Service Console API
Object Storage Service (OSS) √ √
Apsara File Storage NAS (NAS) √ ○
Tablestore √ √
CDN √ √
Dynamic Route for CDN (DCDN) √ √
Cloud Storage Gateway (CSG) √ ○
Hybrid Backup Recovery (HBR) √ ○
Lightning Cube × ○

Networking

Service Console API
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) √ √
Server Load Balancer (SLB) √ √
Elastic IP Address (EIP) √ √
Express Connect √ √
NAT Gateway (NAT) √ √
VPN Gateway √ √
Global Accelerator (GA) √ √
Smart Access Gateway √ √
Cloud Enterprise Network √ √

Analytics

Service Console API
E-MapReduce √ √
Data Lake Analytics (DLA) × ×

Cloud communications

Service Console API
Short Message Service (SMS) √ √

Management and monitoring

Service Console API
Cloud Monitor √ √
ActionTrail √ √
Resource Access Management (RAM) √ √
Key Management Service (KMS) √ √
Intelligent Advisor × ×
Cloud Config √ ○
Resource Management √ √
Prometheus Service √ √

Application

Service Console API
Log Service √ √
Direct Mail √ √
API Gateway √ √
Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) √ √

IoT

Service Console API
IoT Platform (IOT) √ √
IoT Edge × ×

Middleware

Service Console API
Enterprise Distributed Application Service (EDAS) × √
Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) × ×
Application Configuration Management √ √

Message queueing

Service Console API
Message Queue for Apache RocketMQ √ √
Message Service (MNS) √ √
EventBridge √ √

Media services

Service Console API
ApsaraVideo for Media Processing (MTS) √ √
ApsaraVideo VOD (VOD) √ √
ApsaraVideo Live √ √
Real-Time Communication × ×

Big data

Service Console API
DataWorks √ √
Quick BI × ×
Machine Learning Platform for AI (PAI) × ×
Public Recognition × ×
DataV × ×
MaxCompute √ √
Elasticsearch √ √
Machine Translation × ×
Image Search √ √

Security

Service Console API
Security Center (SAS) √ ○
Server Guard √ ○
Anti-DDoS Basic √ ○
Anti-DDoS Pro √ ○
Anti-DDoS Premium √ ○
GameShield √ ○
Web Application Firewall (WAF) √ ○
SSL Certificates Service √ ○
Cloud Security Scanner √ ○
Content Moderation √ ○
Anti-Bot Service √ ○

Marketplace

Service Console API
Alibaba Cloud Marketplace √ ○

Domains and websites

Service Console API
Alibaba Cloud DNS (DNS) √ ○
Domains √ √
Cloud Web Hosting × ×
Alibaba Mail × ×

Membership services

Service Console API
ICP Filing √ ○

Billing management

Service Console API
Billing Management √ √

Ticket services

Service Console API
Ticket Management √ √

Messaging

Service Console API
Message Center √ ○