Use tags to grant access to ECS instances by group

Procedure

1. Log on to the ECS console with your Alibaba Cloud account. In the ECS console, create tags and attach the tags to your ECS instances.
   1. Log on to the ECS console.
   2. In the upper-left corner, select a region.
   3. In the left-side navigation pane, choose instances & Images > Instances. On the Instances page, find the ECS instance to which you want to attach a tag.
   4. Move the pointer over the icon in the Tag column, and click Edit Tags in the tooltip that appears.
   5. In the Edit Tags dialog box, click Create, enter the tag key and tag value in the fields that appear, and then click Confirm. If the tag has been created, click Available Tags, and select the tag key and the tag value from the drop-down list. After the tag is added, click Confirm.
   Perform the preceding steps to attach the team:dev tag to five ECS instances and attach the team:ops tag to the other five ECS instances.
2. Log on to the RAM console with your Alibaba Cloud account and create two user groups named developer and operator.

   For more information, see Create a RAM user group.

3. Create RAM users and add each RAM user to the corresponding user group.

   For more information, see Create a RAM user and Add a RAM user to a RAM user group.

4. Create two custom policies named policyForDevTeam and policyForOpsTeam. Attach the policyForDevTeam policy to the developer group and attach the policyForOpsTeam policy to the operator group.

   For more information, see Create a custom policy and Grant permissions to a RAM user group.

   Note After you attach a policy to a user group, the RAM users in the group has the permissions that are included in the policy.

   The policyForDevTeam policy is defined by using the following script:

   {
       "Statement": [
       {
           "Action": "ecs:*",
           "Effect": "Allow",
           "Resource": "*",
           "Condition": {
               "StringEquals": {
                   "ecs:tag/team": "dev"
               }
           }
       },
       {
           "Action": "ecs:DescribeTag*",
           "Effect": "Allow",
           "Resource": "*"
       }
       ],
       "Version": "1"
   }

   The policyForOpsTeam policy is defined by using the following script:

   {
       "Statement": [
       {
           "Action": "ecs:*",
           "Effect": "Allow",
           "Resource": "*",
           "Condition": {
               "StringEquals": {
                   "ecs:tag/team": "dev"
               }
           }
       },
       {
           "Action": "ecs:DescribeTag*",
           "Effect": "Allow",
           "Resource": "*"
       }
       ],
       "Version": "1"
   }

   Each policy consists of two statements:

   • The statement that includes the "Action": "ecs:*" condition grants RAM users the access to the ECS instances to which the team:dev or team:ops tag is attached.
   • The statement that includes "Action": "ecs:DescribeTag*" authorizes RAM users to view all ECS tags. After a RAM user logs on to the ECS console, all existing tags are displayed. The RAM user must select an authorized tag key and tag value to view the instances to which the selected tag is attached.

Verify the authorization

1. Log on to the ECS console as a RAM user.
2. In the upper-left corner, select the region.
3. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > Instances.
4. On the Instances page, click Tags next to the search box.
5. Move the pointer over a tag key. The list of tag values is displayed. Select a tag value. Then, only the ECS instances to which the tag is attached are displayed in the instance list.
   For example, a RAM user in the developer user group can view the list of ECS instances to which the team:dev tag is attached.

Related operations

You can use the procedure that is described in this topic to grant access to other ECS instances by group. The ECS resources include block storage devices, snapshots, images, security groups, elastic network interfaces (ENIs), dedicated hosts (DDHs), or Secure Shell (SSH) key pairs.