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Cloud Shell:Functions and features

Last Updated:Oct 17, 2025

Cloud Shell

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Cloud Shell

Visual code editor

Cloud Shell provides a built-in visual code editor. The simplified code editor allows you to develop programs on one page and execute or deploy code by running commands.

Visual code editor

Upload or download files

You can upload files to Cloud Shell or download files from Cloud Shell to an on-premises server to manage the cloud file system.

Upload or download files

Preview web applications

Cloud Shell provides the web application preview feature. You can use this feature to run and preview web applications on a Cloud Shell virtual machine (VM).

Preview web applications

Custom settings

Cloud Shell supports custom settings. You can create a custom command line environment. For example, you can configure commands and connect Cloud Shell to your Alibaba Cloud resources. Then, you can enable the settings on a new Cloud Shell tab.

Custom settings

Write and publish a tutorial

You can write tutorials in Cloud Shell and publish the tutorials to a remote Git repository. Users can read the tutorials to get started with your project.

Write a tutorial