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Elastic Compute Service:DescribeDiagnosticMetrics

Last Updated:Sep 28, 2026

Calls DescribeDiagnosticMetrics to query the list of diagnostic metrics.

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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

ecs:DescribeDiagnosticMetrics

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

Yes

The region ID. You can call DescribeRegions to query the most recent list of Alibaba Cloud regions.

cn-hangzhou

MetricIds

array

No

The list of diagnostic metrics.

string

No

The list of diagnostic metrics.

Instance.DiskLoadFailure

ResourceType

string

No

The supported resource type.

Valid values:

  • instance :

    Instance.

instance

NextToken

string

No

The pagination token. Set this parameter to the value of NextToken returned in the previous call. Leave this parameter empty for the first call.

caeba0bbb2be03f84eb48b699f0a4883

MaxResults

integer

No

The number of entries per page for a paged query. Maximum value: 100.

Default value:

  • If this parameter is not set, the default value is 10.

  • If the value set is greater than 100, the default value is 100.

10

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Schema of Response

RequestId

string

The request ID.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE*****

NextToken

string

The pagination token returned in this call.

caeba0bbb2be03f84eb48b699f0a4883

Metrics

array<object>

The diagnostic metrics.

object

The diagnostic metrics.

MetricId

string

The ID of the diagnostic metric.

GuestOS.WinFirewall

MetricName

string

The name of the diagnostic metric.

CPU diagnostics

MetricCategory

string

The category of the diagnostic metric.

CPU

Description

string

The description of the diagnostic metric.

CPU diagnostics

ResourceType

string

The resource supported by the diagnostic metric.

instance

GuestMetric

boolean

Specifies whether a script needs to be executed in the guest OS.

true

SupportedOperatingSystem

string

The supported operating systems. Valid values:

  • Windows: Windows operating systems are supported.

  • Linux: Linux operating systems are supported.

  • All: Both Windows and Linux operating systems are supported.

ALL

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE*****",
  "NextToken": "caeba0bbb2be03f84eb48b699f0a4883",
  "Metrics": [
    {
      "MetricId": "GuestOS.WinFirewall",
      "MetricName": "CPU diagnostics",
      "MetricCategory": "CPU",
      "Description": "CPU diagnostics",
      "ResourceType": "instance",
      "GuestMetric": true,
      "SupportedOperatingSystem": "ALL"
    }
  ]
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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