If your account maintains various types of resources that are associated with each other in different ways, you can bind tags to the resources to categorize and manage the resources in a unified manner.

You can bind 20 tags to a resource at most. You can bind/unbind 20 tags at most for the resource each time.

Take the following steps to bind resources with tags:

  1. Log on to the ECS console.
  2. Select the resource type in the left-side navigation pane for the binding operation, such as Instance, Disks, Snapshots, Images, and Security Groups.
  3. Select a region.
  4. Select the resources in the resource list to bind tags.
  5. Click Edit Tag at the bottom of the resource list.
    Note If the selected resources are instances, select  More > Instance Settings > Edit Tag.
  6. In the dialog box,
    • If the selected resource has already been created a tag, click the existing tag, and select the available tags.
    • Click Create and set Key and Value if no tags are available for the selected resource.
      Note
      • Key is required whereas Value is optional.
      • Key cannot start with aliyun, http://, or https://. The key is case-insensitive and can contain up to 64 characters.
      • Value cannot start with http:// or https://. The value is case-insensitive and can contain up to 128 characters. It can be empty.
      • Any tag Key of a resource must be unique. A tag with the same key as an existing one will be overwritten.
      • Available Tags and Create are grayed out if the selected resources are already bound with 20 tags. You must unbind some tags before binding new tags.
  7. Click Confirm.

To check if tags are successfully bound, use the Edit Tag function of the resource or click Tags in the left-side navigation pane of the ECS console. You can click Tags with a tag symbol at the top of the resource list to filter resources.