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Auto Scaling:DescribeRegions

Last Updated:Sep 10, 2026

Queries the regions where Auto Scaling is available.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ess:DescribeRegions

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

AcceptLanguage

string

No

Filters the results based on the specified language. For more information, see RFC7231. Valid values:

  • zh-CN: Chinese.

  • en-US: English.

  • ja: Japanese.

Default value: zh-CN.

zh-CN

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

73469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****

Regions

object

Region

array<object>

The collection of region information.

object

The collection of region information.

ClassicUnavailable

boolean

Indicates whether the region supports scaling groups of the classic network type. Valid values:

  • true: The region does not support scaling groups of the classic network type.

  • false: The region supports scaling groups of the classic network type.

false

RegionEndpoint

string

The endpoint of the region.

ess.aliyuncs.com

LocalName

string

The name of the region.

华北2 (北京)

VpcUnavailable

boolean

Indicates whether the region supports scaling groups of the VPC type. Valid values:

  • true: The region does not support scaling groups of the VPC type.

  • false: The region supports scaling groups of the VPC type.

false

RegionId

string

The region ID.

cn-beijing

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "73469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****",
  "Regions": {
    "Region": [
      {
        "ClassicUnavailable": false,
        "RegionEndpoint": "ess.aliyuncs.com",
        "LocalName": "华北2 (北京)",
        "VpcUnavailable": false,
        "RegionId": "cn-beijing"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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