You can call this operation to modify the name, description, status, or image family of a custom image.

Debugging

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ModifyImageAttribute

The operation that you want to perform. If you use a custom HTTP URL or HTTPS URL to make an API request, you must specify the Action parameter. Set the value to ModifyImageAttribute.

ImageId String Yes m-bp18ygjuqnwhechc****

The ID of the custom image.
RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The region ID of the custom image. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

ImageName String No testImageName

The name of the custom image. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://.

This parameter is empty by default, which indicates that the original name is retained.
Status String No Deprecated

The status of the custom image. Valid values:

  • Deprecated: puts the image into the Deprecated state. If the custom image is shared, you must unshare it before you can put it into the Deprecated state. Images in the Deprecated state cannot be shared or copied, but can be used to create instances or replace system disks.
  • Available: puts the image into the Available state. You can restore an image from the Deprecated state to the Available state.
Note If you want to roll back a custom image in the image family to a previous version, you can put the latest available custom image into the Deprecated state. Proceed with caution if only one custom image is in the Available state within the image family. You will not be able to create instances if no custom images are in the Available state within the instance family.
ImageFamily String No hangzhou-daily-update

The name of the image family. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot start with acs: or aliyun. It cannot contain http:// or https://. This parameter is empty by default.

Description String No testDescription

The description of the custom image. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.

This parameter is empty by default, which indicates that the original description is retained.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=ModifyImageAttribute
&ImageId=m-bp18ygjuqnwhechc****
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&ImageName=testImageName
&Description=testDescription
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<ModifyImageAttributeResponse>
      <RequestId>C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9</RequestId>
</ModifyImageAttributeResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId": "C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 InvalidImageName.Malformed The specified Image name is wrongly formed. The error message returned because the specified ImageName parameter is invalid. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, periods (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://.
400 MissingParameter The input parameter "RegionId" that is mandatory for processing this request is not supplied. The error message returned because the required RegionId parameter is not specified.
400 InvalidImageName.Duplicated The specified Image name has already bean used. The error message returned because the specified image name already exists.
400 InvalidDescription.Malformed The specified description is wrongly formed. The error message returned because the specified Description parameter is invalid. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.
404 InvalidImageId.NotFound The specified ImageId does not exist. The error message returned because the specified image does not exist in this account.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.