After creating cloud assistant commands, you can set a name and description for a command, clone commands, and delete commands you no longer require.

Modify the name and description of a command

To create or modify the name and description of a cloud assistant command, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to the ECS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, select Cloud Assistant.
  3. Select the target region.
  4. Hover your mouse over the target command and click the icon that appears. Then, edit the following as required:
    • Command Name: Enter a new command name.
    • Command Description: Enter a new command description.
  5. Click OK.

You can also use the ECS API ModifyCommand to modify command information.

Clone a command

The clone command is equivalent to adding a new version of an existing cloud assistant command. You can retain all the information of the original cloned command, or set a new name, description, type, content, execution path, or timeout time for it. To clone a command, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to the ECS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, select Cloud Assistant.
  3. Select the target region.
  4. Find the target cloud assistant command and from the Operation list, click Clone.
  5. In the Clone Command dialog box, complete the following as required:
    1. Enter a new Command Name.
    2. Enter a new Command Description.
    3. Click the icon to replace the command type from the drop-down list. For Windows instances, you can select Bat or Power Shell. For Linux instances, you can only select Shell.
    4. Enter or paste the new command content.
    5. Determine a new command Execution Path. The default execution path for Bat or PowerShell commands is the directory where the cloud assistant client is installed, such as C:\ProgramData\aliyun\assist\$(version). The default execution path for Shell commands is the /root directory.
    6. Configure the timeout time, in seconds for the command. The default value is 3600. If a command you created cannot be executed within the amount of time set by this parameter, the command times out. When the timeout time of the command expires, the command process will be forcibly terminated.
    7. Confirm your modification settings and then click Create.

Delete commands

Within each Alibaba Cloud region, you can have a maximum of 100 cloud assistant commands. We suggest that you regularly review your commands to check if any commands are unnecessary and can be deleted to . To delete a command on the ECS console, perform the following steps:

  1. Log on to the ECS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, select Cloud Assistant.
  3. Select the target region.
  4. Depending on your requirements, perform the following actions:
    • To delete a single command, from the Operation list, select Delete.
    • To delete multiple commands, select the target instances and then click Delete Command.

  5. In the Delete Command dialog box, click OK.

You can also use the ECS API DeleteCommand to delete commands.