Create a role and grant temporary access permissions to the role by using STS

Create a RAM user

1. Log on to the RAM console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Users. On the Users page, click Create User.
   
3. Select Programmatic Access and click OK.
   
   
4. Click Copy in the Actions column corresponding to the RAM user to save the user logon name, logon password, and AccessKey pair.
   Note We recommend that you keep the user information confidential for future access purposes.
5. Go back to the Users page. The RAM user you created appears in the user list. When the RAM user is created, it does not have any permissions. Click Add Permissions in the Actions column corresponding to the RAM user.
   
6. On the Add Permissions page, select the AliyunSTSAssumeRoleAccess policy from the list of policies under System Policy, and click OK.
   

Create a role

1. In the left-side navigation pane of the RAM console, click RAM Roles. On the RAM Roles page, click Create RAM Role.
2. In the Create RAM Role dialog box, select Alibaba Cloud Account and click Next.
3. Enter a RAM role name and select Current Alibaba Cloud Account. Then, click OK.
4. Go back to the RAM Roles page. Find the role that you created, and click Add Permissions in the Actions column.
5. Select the AliyunVODFullAccess policy from the list of policies under System Policy, and click OK.
   Note To control risks, we recommend that you grant permissions to RAM roles based on the principle of least privilege.
   After the permission is granted, a record is generated.

Use STS to authorize access

You must download and install the STS SDK for the corresponding programming language or call the AssumeRole operation. For the configurations of roles and policies, see the following example for Java.

For how to call API operations, see What is STS?

• Sample code for Java

  After a RAM user and a RAM role are created, you can use STS to authorize access.

  The following sample code provides a simple example in Java.

  package pop;
  
  import com.aliyuncs.DefaultAcsClient;
  import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ClientException;
  import com.aliyuncs.http.MethodType;
  import com.aliyuncs.profile.DefaultProfile;
  import com.aliyuncs.profile.IClientProfile;
  import com.aliyuncs.sts.model.v20150401.AssumeRoleRequest;
  import com.aliyuncs.sts.model.v20150401.AssumeRoleResponse;
  import com.aliyuncs.vod.model.v20170321.CreateUploadVideoRequest;
  import com.aliyuncs.vod.model.v20170321.CreateUploadVideoResponse;
  
  /**
   * @author jack
   * @date 2020/5/25
   */
  public class TestStsService {
  
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          // Only RAM users can call the AssumeRole operation.
          // AccessKey pairs of Alibaba Cloud accounts cannot be used to initiate AssumeRole requests.
          // Create a RAM user in the RAM console and create an AccessKey pair for the user.
          String accessKeyId = "<access-key-id>";
          String accessKeySecret = "<access-key-secret>";
          // Request parameters for the AssumeRole operation include RoleArn, RoleSessionName, Policy, and DurationSeconds.
          // You must obtain the RoleArn value from the RAM console.
          String roleArn = "<role-arn>";
          // The RoleSessionName parameter indicates the name of the session for the temporary token. You can use this parameter to identify users in audit or identify users to whom you want to issue tokens.
          // However, you must take note of the length and naming conventions of the RoleSessionName parameter. The RoleSessionName value can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_), and cannot include spaces.
          // For more information about the naming conventions, see the format requirements in the API reference.
          String roleSessionName = "session-name";// Specify a session name.
          // Specify a policy.
          String policy = "{\n" +
                  "  \"Version\": \"1\",\n" +
                  "  \"Statement\": [\n" +
                  "    {\n" +
                  "      \"Action\": \"vod:*\",\n" +
                  "      \"Resource\": \"*\",\n" +
                  "      \"Effect\": \"Allow\"\n" +
                  "    }\n" +
                  "  ]\n" +
                  "}";
          try {
              AssumeRoleResponse response = assumeRole(accessKeyId, accessKeySecret, roleArn, roleSessionName, policy);
              System.out.println("Expiration: " + response.getCredentials().getExpiration());
              System.out.println("Access Key Id: " + response.getCredentials().getAccessKeyId());
              System.out.println("Access Key Secret: " + response.getCredentials().getAccessKeySecret());
              System.out.println("Security Token: " + response.getCredentials().getSecurityToken());
              System.out.println("RequestId: " + response.getRequestId());
  
              createUploadVideo(response.getCredentials().getAccessKeyId(), response.getCredentials().getAccessKeySecret(), response.getCredentials().getSecurityToken());
          } catch (ClientException e) {
              System.out.println("Failed to get a token.") ;
              System.out.println("Error code: " + e.getErrCode());
              System.out.println("Error message: " + e.getErrMsg());
          }
      }
  
      static AssumeRoleResponse assumeRole(String accessKeyId, String accessKeySecret, String roleArn, String roleSessionName, String policy) throws ClientException {
          try {
              // Construct a default profile. Leave the region ID unspecified.
              /*
              Note: If you set SysEndpoint to sts.aliyuncs.com, the regionId parameter is optional. Otherwise, you must set regionId to the service region in use. Example: cn-shanghai.
              For more information about the STS endpoints of regions, see Endpoints.
               */
              IClientProfile profile = DefaultProfile.getProfile("", accessKeyId, accessKeySecret);
              // Use the profile to construct a client.
              DefaultAcsClient client = new DefaultAcsClient(profile);
              // Create a AssumeRoleRequest and set the request parameters.
              final AssumeRoleRequest request = new AssumeRoleRequest();
              request.setSysEndpoint("sts.aliyuncs.com");
              request.setSysMethod(MethodType.POST);
              request.setRoleArn(roleArn);
              request.setRoleSessionName(roleSessionName);
              request.setPolicy(policy);
              // Send the request and obtain the response.
              final AssumeRoleResponse response = client.getAcsResponse(request);
              return response;
          } catch (ClientException e) {
              throw e;
          }
      }
  
      static void createUploadVideo(String accessKeyId, String accessKeySecret, String token) {
          // Specify the region of ApsaraVideo VOD. For example, if the service region is Shanghai, set regionId to cn-shanghai.
          String regionId = "cn-shanghai";
          IClientProfile profile = DefaultProfile.getProfile(regionId, accessKeyId, accessKeySecret);
          DefaultAcsClient client = new DefaultAcsClient(profile);
  
          CreateUploadVideoRequest request = new CreateUploadVideoRequest();
          request.setSecurityToken(token);
          request.setTitle("t5");
          request.setFileName("D:\\TestVideo\\t4.mp4");
          request.setFileSize(10240L);
  
          try {
              CreateUploadVideoResponse response = client.getAcsResponse(request);
              System.out.println("CreateUploadVideoRequest, " + request.getUrl());
              System.out.println("CreateUploadVideoRequest, requestId:" + response.getRequestId());
              System.out.println("UploadAddress, " + response.getUploadAddress());
              System.out.println("UploadAuth, " + response.getUploadAuth());
              System.out.println("VideoId, " + response.getVideoId());
          } catch (ClientException e) {
              System.out.println("action, error:" + e);
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  }
                  

  • RoleArn: the ID of the role to be assumed. To obtain the RoleArn value, go to the RAM Roles page in the RAM console. Click the name of the RAM role and check the ARN value in the Basic Information section.
  • RoleSessionName: the name of the temporary access credential. We recommend that you use different application user names to distinguish the credentials.
  • Policy: the permission limits added when the user assumes a role.
    Note

    • The Policy parameter is passed in to limit the permissions of the temporary access credential after the role is assumed. The final permissions obtained by the temporary access credential are an intersection of the permissions of the role and the permissions specified by the Policy parameter.
    • The Policy parameter is passed in to improve flexibility. For example, you can set this parameter to specify that only the CreateUploadVideo operation can be called.
  • DurationSeconds: the validity period of the temporary access credential. Unit: seconds. Valid values: 900 to 3600.
  • AccessKeyId and AccessKeySecret: the RAM user who assumes the role and its AccessKey pair.
• STS SDK for PHP
• STS SDK for Python
• STS SDK for .NET
• STS SDK for Node.js

A response is returned after the request is sent. For more information, see Responses.