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Compute Nest:Hosted O&M permissions

Last Updated:Mar 31, 2026

When you create a hosted O&M service, specify the RAM policies that your operators need to perform O&M tasks. After a customer deploys a service instance, Compute Nest automatically creates those policies and attaches them to a service-linked role — giving your operators scoped access to the customer's resources.

The permissions your operators receive are the intersection of the AliyunComputeNestPolicyForSupplierRole system policy and the policies you select when configuring the service. Even if you select a broad policy (such as All Permissions), the effective permissions are capped by the system policy boundary.

Resource scope

The resources that service providers can access depend on the service type:

  • Private services with hosted O&M enabled: Service providers can access only the resources in the customer's specific private service instance.

  • Pure hosted O&M services: Service providers can access only the ECS instances or service instance resources you explicitly specify. To see which resources are covered, open the service instance details page.

Permission model

AliyunComputeNestPolicyForSupplierRole system policy

This system policy defines the maximum permission boundary for all hosted O&M operations. No matter which policies you select, the effective permissions cannot exceed the actions listed here.

{
    "Version": "1",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Action": [
                "ecs:StartInstance",
                "ecs:DescribeInstances",
                "ecs:RebootInstance",
                "ecs:StopInstance",
                "ecs:RunCommand",
                "ecs:DescribeInvocations",
                "ecs:DescribeInvocationResults",
                "ecs:StartTerminalSession",
                "ecs:DescribeTerminalSessions",
                "ecs:CloseTerminalSession",
                "ecs:DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents",
                "ecs:DescribeDiagnosticReports",
                "ecs:CreateDiagnosticReport",
                "ecs:DescribeSecurityGroups",
                "ecs:DescribeDisks",
                "ecs:DescribeImages",
                "cms:DescribeMetricData",
                "cms:DescribeMetricList",
                "cms:QueryMetricList",
                "cms:DescribeMetricRuleList",
                "cms:DescribeAlertHistoryList",
                "cms:DescribeAlertLogList",
                "cms:DescribeLogHistogram",
                "cms:DescribeLogCount",
                "cms:DescribeDynamicTagRuleList",
                "cms:DescribeMonitorGroups",
                "tag:ListTagResources",
                "vpc:DescribeVpcs",
                "vpc:DescribeVSwitches",
                "vpc:DescribeVSwitchAttributes",
                "vpc:DescribeVpcAttribute",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteEntryList",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteTableList",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteTables",
                "vpc:DescribeRouterInterfaces",
                "vpc:DescribeRouterInterfaceAttribute",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancers",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancerListeners",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancerAttribute",
                "slb:DescribeVServerGroups",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstanceAttribute",
                "rds:RestartDBInstance",
                "actiontrail:LookupEvents"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Effect": "Allow"
        }
    ]
}

Available hosted O&M policies

Select one or more of the following policies when configuring your service. These are Resource Access Management (RAM) policies. For details on policy structure, see Policy elements.

PermissionPolicyWhat it covers
All PermissionsAliyunComputeNestPolicyForFullAccessFull access to the specified ECS instances or Alibaba Cloud resources in the specified service instances.
Read-only PermissionsAliyunComputeNestPolicyForReadOnlyRead-only access to the specified ECS instances or Alibaba Cloud resources in the specified service instances, including ActionTrail audit logs.
Terminal Logon PermissionsAliyunComputeNestPolicyForTerminalLoginRemote logon to the specified ECS instances or ECS instances in the specified service instances.
Operation Audit PermissionsAliyunComputeNestPolicyForTrailsAccess to ActionTrail audit logs for the specified ECS instances or Alibaba Cloud resources in the specified service instances.
Monitoring PermissionsAliyunComputeNestPolicyForAlarmManagement of threshold-triggered and event-triggered alert rules for the specified ECS instances or Alibaba Cloud resources in the specified service instances.
Upgrade PermissionsAliyunComputeNestPolicyForUpgradeUpgrade and rollback of applications and service configurations for the specified service instances.
O&M PermissionsAliyunComputeNestPolicyForOperationGeneral O&M operations on the specified service instances.

AliyunComputeNestPolicyForFullAccess

All Permissions

Policy content

{
  "Action": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow",
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ]
}

Actual effects

Because the wildcard "*" is intersected with AliyunComputeNestPolicyForSupplierRole, the effective permissions match the system policy exactly:

{
    "Version": "1",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Action": [
                "ecs:StartInstance",
                "ecs:DescribeInstances",
                "ecs:RebootInstance",
                "ecs:StopInstance",
                "ecs:RunCommand",
                "ecs:DescribeInvocations",
                "ecs:DescribeInvocationResults",
                "ecs:StartTerminalSession",
                "ecs:DescribeTerminalSessions",
                "ecs:CloseTerminalSession",
                "ecs:DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents",
                "ecs:DescribeDiagnosticReports",
                "ecs:CreateDiagnosticReport",
                "ecs:DescribeSecurityGroups",
                "ecs:DescribeDisks",
                "ecs:DescribeImages",
                "cms:DescribeMetricData",
                "cms:DescribeMetricList",
                "cms:QueryMetricList",
                "cms:DescribeMetricRuleList",
                "cms:DescribeAlertHistoryList",
                "cms:DescribeAlertLogList",
                "cms:DescribeLogHistogram",
                "cms:DescribeLogCount",
                "cms:DescribeDynamicTagRuleList",
                "cms:DescribeMonitorGroups",
                "tag:ListTagResources",
                "vpc:DescribeVpcs",
                "vpc:DescribeVSwitches",
                "vpc:DescribeVSwitchAttributes",
                "vpc:DescribeVpcAttribute",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteEntryList",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteTableList",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteTables",
                "vpc:DescribeRouterInterfaces",
                "vpc:DescribeRouterInterfaceAttribute",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancers",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancerListeners",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancerAttribute",
                "slb:DescribeVServerGroups",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstanceAttribute",
                "rds:RestartDBInstance",
                "actiontrail:LookupEvents"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Effect": "Allow"
        }
    ]
}

AliyunComputeNestPolicyForReadOnly

Read-only Permissions

Policy content

{
  "Action": [
    "*:Describe*",
    "*:List*",
    "*:Get*",
    "*:BatchGet*",
    "*:Query*",
    "*:BatchQuery*",
    "actiontrail:LookupEvents"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

Actual effects

{
    "Version": "1",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Action": [
                "ecs:DescribeInstances",
                "ecs:DescribeInvocations",
                "ecs:DescribeInvocationResults",
                "ecs:DescribeTerminalSessions",
                "ecs:DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents",
                "ecs:DescribeDiagnosticReports",
                "ecs:DescribeSecurityGroups",
                "ecs:DescribeDisks",
                "ecs:DescribeImages",
                "cms:DescribeMetricData",
                "cms:DescribeMetricList",
                "cms:QueryMetricList",
                "cms:DescribeMetricRuleList",
                "cms:DescribeAlertHistoryList",
                "cms:DescribeAlertLogList",
                "cms:DescribeLogHistogram",
                "cms:DescribeLogCount",
                "cms:DescribeDynamicTagRuleList",
                "cms:DescribeMonitorGroups",
                "tag:ListTagResources",
                "vpc:DescribeVpcs",
                "vpc:DescribeVSwitches",
                "vpc:DescribeVSwitchAttributes",
                "vpc:DescribeVpcAttribute",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteEntryList",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteTableList",
                "vpc:DescribeRouteTables",
                "vpc:DescribeRouterInterfaces",
                "vpc:DescribeRouterInterfaceAttribute",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancers",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancerListeners",
                "slb:DescribeLoadBalancerAttribute",
                "slb:DescribeVServerGroups",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstanceAttribute",
                "actiontrail:LookupEvents"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Effect": "Allow"
        }
    ]
}

AliyunComputeNestPolicyForTerminalLogin

Terminal Logon Permissions

Policy content

{
  "Action": [
    "ecs:*TerminalSession*",
    "tag:List*",
    "tag:DescribeRegions",
    "ecs:Describe*Instance*",
    "cs:Describe*Cluster*",
    "cs:GetClusters",
    "eci:DescribeContainerGroups",
    "eci:ExecContainerCommand"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

Actual effects

{
  "Action": [
    "ecs:StartTerminalSession",
    "ecs:DescribeTerminalSessions",
    "ecs:CloseTerminalSession",
    "tag:ListSupportResourceTypes",
    "tag:ListTagResources",
    "tag:DescribeRegions",
    "ecs:DescribeInstances",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceTypes",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceVncUrl",
    "cs:DescribeClusterUserKubeconfig",
    "cs:DescribeClusterDetail",
    "cs:GetClusters",
    "cs:DescribeClusterEndpoints",
    "cs:DescribeEdasClusterToken",
    "eci:DescribeContainerGroups",
    "eci:ExecContainerCommand"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

AliyunComputeNestPolicyForTrails

Operation Audit Permissions

Policy content

{
  "Action": [
    "actiontrail:LookupEvents",
    "tag:ListTagResources",
    "tag:ListSupportResourceTypes",
    "tag:DescribeRegions"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

Actual effects

{
  "Action": [
    "actiontrail:LookupEvents",
    "tag:ListTagResources",
    "tag:ListSupportResourceTypes",
    "tag:DescribeRegions"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

AliyunComputeNestPolicyForAlarm

Monitoring Permissions

Policy content

{
  "Action": [
    "cms:Describe*",
    "cms:CheckRamRoleForCloudMonitor",
    "cms:QueryMetricList",
    "cms:*MetricRule*",
    "cms:*EventRule*",
    "cms:*HostAvailability",
    "tag:List*",
    "tag:DescribeRegions"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

Actual effects

{
  "Action": [
    "cms:DescribeMetricData",
    "cms:DescribeMetricList",
    "cms:QueryMetricList",
    "cms:DescribeMetricRuleList",
    "cms:DescribeAlertHistoryList",
    "cms:DescribeAlertLogList",
    "cms:DescribeLogHistogram",
    "cms:DescribeLogCount",
    "cms:DescribeDynamicTagRuleList",
    "cms:DescribeMonitorGroups",
    "cms:DescribeMonitorGroupInstances",
    "cms:DescribeMonitorGroupCategories",
    "cms:DescribeMonitorGroupDynamicRules",
    "cms:DescribeMetricRuleTemplateList",
    "cms:DescribeAlertingMetricRuleResources",
    "cms:DescribeContactGroupList",
    "cms:DescribeMonitorGroupInstanceAttribute",
    "cms:DescribeMetricListFromProxy",
    "cms:DescribeMetricLastFromProxy",
    "cms:DescribeMonitoringAgentHosts",
    "cms:DescribeMetricTopFromProxy",
    "cms:DescribeRegions",
    "cms:DescribeDashboardGroupList",
    "cms:DescribeHostAvailabilityList",
    "cms:DescribeUnhealthyHostAvailability",
    "cms:DescribeGroupMonitoringAgentProcess",
    "cms:DescribeSystemEventMetaList",
    "cms:CheckRamRoleForCloudMonitor",
    "cms:DescribeSystemEventHistogram",
    "cms:DescribeSystemEventAttribute",
    "cms:DescribeEventRuleList",
    "cms:DescribeEventRuleTargetList",
    "cms:DescribeCustomEventAttribute",
    "cms:DescribeCustomEventHistogram",
    "cms:DescribeContactListByContactGroup",
    "cms:DescribeAlertLogList",
    "cms:DescribeCustomMetricList",
    "cms:DescribeAlertLogCount",
    "cms:DescribeMetricMetaList",
    "cms:DescribeConsoleViews",
    "cms:DescribeProjectMeta",
    "cms:DescribeAlertLogHistogram",
    "cms:CreateHostAvailability",
    "cms:ModifyHostAvailability",
    "tag:DescribeRegions",
    "tag:ListSupportResourceTypes",
    "tag:ListTagResources"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

AliyunComputeNestPolicyForUpgrade

Upgrade Permissions

Policy content

{
  "Effect": "Allow",
  "Action": [
    "ros:*Stack",
    "ros:ListStack*",
    "tag:List*Resource*",
    "tag:DescribeRegions",
    "vpc:Describe*",
    "slb:Describe*",
    "slb:ListTagResources",
    "slb:*AccessControlListEntry",
    "slb:ModifyLoadBalancer*",
    "ecs:*Instance*",
    "ecs:Describe*",
    "ecs:RunCommand",
    "ecs:*SecurityGroup*",
    "ecs:*Disk*",
    "ess:ListTagResources",
    "ess:DescribeScaling*",
    "ess:*ScalingRule",
    "ess:*Instances",
    "cs:GetUserPermissions",
    "cs:Describe*Cluster*",
    "cs:GetClusters",
    "cs:CreateEdasClusterRole*"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ]
}

Actual effects

{
  "Action": [
    "ros:UpdateStack",
    "ros:GetStack",
    "ros:ListStackEvents",
    "ros:ListStackResources",
    "tag:DescribeRegions",
    "tag:ListSupportResourceTypes",
    "tag:ListTagResources",
    "vpc:DescribeVpcs",
    "vpc:DescribeVSwitches",
    "vpc:DescribeVSwitchAttributes",
    "vpc:DescribeVpcAttribute",
    "vpc:DescribeRouteEntryList",
    "vpc:DescribeRouteTableList",
    "vpc:DescribeRouteTables",
    "vpc:DescribeRouterInterfaces",
    "vpc:DescribeRouterInterfaceAttribute",
    "vpc:DescribeEipAddresses",
    "slb:DescribeLoadBalancers",
    "slb:DescribeLoadBalancerListeners",
    "slb:DescribeLoadBalancerAttribute",
    "slb:DescribeVServerGroups",
    "slb:ListTagResources",
    "slb:DescribeAccessControlLists",
    "slb:DescribeAccessControlListAttribute",
    "slb:AddAccessControlListEntry",
    "slb:RemoveAccessControlListEntry",
    "slb:ModifyLoadBalancerInternetSpec",
    "slb:ModifyLoadBalancerInstanceSpec",
    "ecs:ModifyInstanceAttribute",
    "ecs:ReplaceSystemDisk",
    "ecs:RunInstances",
    "ecs:ModifySecurityGroupAttribute",
    "ecs:StartInstance",
    "ecs:DescribeInstances",
    "ecs:RebootInstance",
    "ecs:StopInstance",
    "ecs:ModifyInstanceSpec",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceTypes",
    "ecs:ModifyPrepayInstanceSpec",
    "ecs:ModifyInstanceNetworkSpec",
    "ecs:RunCommand",
    "ecs:DescribeInvocations",
    "ecs:DescribeInvocationResults",
    "ecs:StartTerminalSession",
    "ecs:DescribeTerminalSessions",
    "ecs:CloseTerminalSession",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents",
    "ecs:DescribeDiagnosticReports",
    "ecs:CreateDiagnosticReport",
    "ecs:DescribeSecurityGroups",
    "ecs:DescribeSecurityGroupAttribute",
    "ecs:AuthorizeSecurityGroup",
    "ecs:RevokeSecurityGroup",
    "ecs:DescribeDisks",
    "ecs:ResizeDisk",
    "ecs:ModifyDiskSpec",
    "ecs:DescribeImages",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceVncUrl",
    "ecs:DescribeManagedInstances",
    "ecs:CreateSnapshot",
    "ecs:CreateAutoSnapshotPolicy",
    "ecs:ApplyAutoSnapshotPolicy",
    "ecs:StopInstances",
    "ecs:ResetDisk",
    "ecs:DescribeSnapshots",
    "ess:ListTagResources",
    "ess:DescribeScalingGroups",
    "ess:CreateScalingRule",
    "ess:DeleteScalingRule",
    "ess:DescribeScalingActivityDetail",
    "ess:DescribeScalingActivities",
    "ess:ExecuteScalingRule",
    "ess:RemoveInstances",
    "ess:DetachInstances",
    "cs:DescribeClusterUserKubeconfig",
    "cs:DescribeClusterDetail",
    "cs:GetClusters",
    "cs:DescribeClusterEndpoints",
    "cs:DescribeEdasClusterToken",
    "cs:GetUserPermissions",
    "cs:CreateEdasClusterRole",
    "cs:CreateEdasClusterRoleBinding"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

AliyunComputeNestPolicyForOperation

O&M Permissions

Policy content

{
  "Action": [
    "ros:*Stack",
    "ros:ListStack*",
    "cs:Get*",
    "cs:Describe*Cluster*",
    "oos:StartExecution",
    "oos:ListExecutions",
    "ecs:*Instance*"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}

Actual effects

{
  "Action": [
    "ros:UpdateStack",
    "ros:GetStack",
    "ros:ListStackEvents",
    "ros:ListStackResources",
    "cs:GetClusters",
    "cs:GetUserPermissions",
    "cs:DescribeClusterUserKubeconfig",
    "cs:DescribeClusterDetail",
    "cs:DescribeClusterEndpoints",
    "cs:DescribeEdasClusterToken",
    "oos:StartExecution",
    "oos:ListExecutions",
    "ecs:StartInstance",
    "ecs:DescribeInstances",
    "ecs:RebootInstance",
    "ecs:StopInstance",
    "ecs:ModifyInstanceSpec",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceTypes",
    "ecs:ModifyPrepayInstanceSpec",
    "ecs:ModifyInstanceNetworkSpec",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents",
    "ecs:DescribeInstanceVncUrl",
    "ecs:DescribeManagedInstances",
    "ecs:StopInstances"
  ],
  "Resource": [
    "*"
  ],
  "Effect": "Allow"
}