Platform For AI:Activate PAI and create a default workspace

Prepare an account

• We recommend that you use an Alibaba Cloud account to activate PAI.

• If you want to activate PAI as a Resource Access Management (RAM) user, you must attach the AliyunPAIFullAccess policy to the RAM user. For more information, see Appendix: AliyunPAIFullAccess.

After you configure your account, perform the following steps to activate PAI and create a default workspace.

Activate PAI

1. Log on to the PAI console.

2. On the Welcome page, select a region in the top navigation bar and click the Activate Platform for AI and create a default workspace button.

   

3. In the Order Details step that appears, confirm the basic activation information and configure the required parameters.

   

   Take note of the following configuration:

   • Activate Platform for AI and Other Services

     • When you use PAI for AI development, you may need to use other Alibaba Cloud services. For information about the scenarios that involve other Alibaba Cloud services, see Activate and grant permissions to dependent Alibaba Cloud services.

     • We recommend that you activate Object Storage Service (OSS) in this step. OSS is used to store AI development assets. For more information, see What is OSS. If you activate OSS in this step, you are charged for OSS only when you use the OSS service. You can activate other services based on your business requirements.

   • Assign the algorithm developer role of the default workspace to all RAM users

     This option is selected by default. If you have multiple RAM users within your Alibaba Cloud account, we recommend that you unselect this option and grant permissions to RAM users based on your actual business requirements.

   • RAM Role Authorization

     Click Authorize Now and follow the on-screen instructions to grant RAM roles the required permissions.

4. After you confirm the configurations, click Activate and Create Default Workspace. When the activation is complete, you can click Go to Default Workspace or Log on to the PAI console to perform further development.

FAQs

What do I do if my account does not have the permissions to activate PAI and create a default workspace?

• Description

  After you log on to the PAI console, the Activate Platform for AI and create a default workspace button is grayed out and the message "The current account does not have the permissions to activate Platform for AI. Contact the owner of the Alibaba Cloud account" appears.

  

• Solution

  • We recommend that you use your Alibaba Cloud account to activate PAI.

  • If you want to activate PAI as a RAM user, make sure that you attach the AliyunPAIFullAccess policy to the RAM user. We do not recommend this solution because the permissions the policy grants are large in scope. For more information, see Appendix: AliyunPAIFullAccess.

References

• When you use PAI for AI development, you may need to use other Alibaba Cloud services. To ensure smooth development, you must activate the dependent Alibaba Cloud services and grant the required permissions to the services. For more information, see Activate and grant permissions to dependent Alibaba Cloud services.

• After you create a workspace, you can manage the computing resources, configure the default storage path, and specify the time for clearing temporary tables in the workspace. For more information, see Manage workspaces.

• If multiple users need to work in the same workspace for collaborative development, management, or O&M, you must add the users as members of the workspace and grant them the required permissions. For information about the roles and permissions in a workspace, see Roles and permissions. For information about how to add members in a workspace, see Manage members of the workspace.

• For information about the billing of PAI, see Billing overview.

• For information about the terms related to workspace management, AI development, and product modules in PAI, see Terms.