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Elastic Compute Service:DescribeRegions

Last Updated:Mar 01, 2024

Queries the details of regions in which Elastic Block Storage (EBS) features (such as async replication, CloudLens for EBS, and Dedicated Block Storage Cluster) are supported.

Debugging

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Authorization information

There is currently no authorization information disclosed in the API.

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
ResourceTypestringNo

The type of resource. Valid values:

  • ear: async replication
  • lens: CloudLens for EBS
  • dbsc: Dedicated Block Storage Cluster

Default value: ear.

ear
AcceptLanguagestringNo

The language in which the regions and zones are named. This parameter corresponds to the LocalName response parameter. Valid values:

  • zh-CN: Chinese
  • en-US: English
  • ja: Japanese

Default value: zh-CN.

zh-CN
RegionIdstringNo

The ID of the region.

cn-beijing

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object

Schema of Response

RequestIdstring

The ID of the request.

17EE62D8-064E-5404-8B0D-72122478****
Regionsobject []

Details about the regions.

LocalNamestring

The name of the region.

China (Hangzhou)
RegionEndpointstring

The endpoint of the region.

ebs.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
RegionIdstring

The ID of the region.

cn-hangzhou
Zonesobject []

Details about the zones.

LocalNamestring

The name of the zone.

Hangzhou Zone H
ZoneIdstring

The ID of the zone.

cn-hangzhou-h
ResourceTypesarray

The type of resource list.

string

The type of resource. Valid values:

  • ear: async replication

  • lens: CloudLens for EBS

  • dbsc: Dedicated Block Storage Cluster

ear

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "17EE62D8-064E-5404-8B0D-72122478****",
  "Regions": [
    {
      "LocalName": "China (Hangzhou)",
      "RegionEndpoint": "ebs.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com",
      "RegionId": "cn-hangzhou",
      "Zones": [
        {
          "LocalName": "Hangzhou Zone H",
          "ZoneId": "cn-hangzhou-h",
          "ResourceTypes": [
            "ear"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError messageDescription
403ForbiddenUser is not authorized to operate.You are not authorized to manage the resource. Check the account permissions or contact the Alibaba Cloud account.
403Forbidden.ActionUser is not authorized to operate this action.You are not authorized to perform this operation. Check the account permissions or contact the Alibaba Cloud account.
404NoSuchResourceThe specified resource does not exist.The specified resource does not exist.
500InternalErrorThe request processing has failed due to some unknown error, exception or failure.An internal error has occurred.
504RequestTimeoutThe request is timeout, please try again later.The request has timed out. Try again later.

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

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2024-02-02The internal configuration of the API is changed, but the call is not affectedsee changesets
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2023-06-26The internal configuration of the API is changed, but the call is not affectedsee changesets
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