Resource groups allow you to organize your cloud resources by dimensions such as purpose, permission, and ownership. This enables hierarchical resource management for multiple users and projects within your enterprise. A cloud resource can belong to only one resource group. The relationships between cloud resources are not affected when they are added to a resource group. This topic describes how to manage and configure resource groups, and how to filter instances by resource group.
Usage notes
A resource group can contain cloud resources from different regions. For example, Resource Group A can contain instances from the China (Beijing) and China (Hangzhou) regions.
Resource groups inherit the global permissions of a Resource Access Management (RAM) user. If you grant a RAM user permissions to manage all Alibaba Cloud resources, the RAM user can also access all resource groups that belong to your Alibaba Cloud account.
Manage a resource group
For more information about how to add, delete, modify, and view resource groups, see Manage resource groups.
Configure a resource group
Configure when you create an instance
Log on to the API Gateway console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click . In the top navigation bar, select a region.
On the Instances page, click Create Instance.
On the product purchase page, configure the parameters as needed and select the target resource group. After you confirm that the information is correct, click Buy Now.
NoteIf you do not select a resource group, the system automatically assigns the instance to the Default Resource Group.
Configure when you create a domain name
Log on to the API Gateway console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Domain Name. In the top navigation bar, select a region.
Click Add Domain Name. In the Add Domain Name panel, configure the parameters, select a resource group in the Advanced Configurations section, and then click Create.
Configure when you create an API
Log on to the API Gateway console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click . In the top navigation bar, select a region.
On the APIs page, click Create on the card of the API type that you want to create. In the panel that appears, configure the parameters, select a resource group in the Advanced Configurations section, and then click Confirm.
Filter instances by resource group
Log on to the API Gateway console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click . In the top navigation bar, select a region.
In the top menu bar, click All Resources and select the target resource group to filter the list of instances.