Creates a Cloud Assistant command.

Description

  • You can create commands of the following types:
    • RunBatScript: batch commands. These commands are applicable to Windows instances.
    • RunPowerShellScript: PowerShell commands. These commands are applicable to Windows instances.
    • RunShellScript: shell commands. These commands are applicable to Linux instances.
  • You can specify the TimeOut parameter to set the wait time for a command to complete on Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances. When a command is still running after the wait time elapses, the Cloud Assistant client forcefully terminates the execution by canceling the process ID (PID). For more information, see Install the Cloud Assistant client.
    • One-time execution: When the execution times out, the state of the command (InvokeRecordStatus) becomes Failed.
    • Recurring execution:
      • The timeout period takes effect every time the command is run.
      • When the execution times out, the state of the command (InvokeRecordStatus) becomes Failed.
      • Executions that time out do not affect the subsequent recurring executions of the command.
  • You can retain up to 500 to 10,000 Cloud Assistant commands within each region.
  • You can use the WorkingDir parameter to specify the working directory of a Cloud Assistant command. For Linux instances, the default working directory of a command is the home directory of the root user, which is /root. For Windows instances, the default working directory of a command is the directory where the Cloud Assistant client process resides, such as C:\Windows\System32.
  • You can enable the custom parameter feature for a Cloud Assistant command by setting EnableParameter to true when you create the command. When you set the CommandContent parameter, you can define custom parameters in the {{parameter}} format. Then, when the InvokeCommand operation is called, the key-value pairs of custom parameters can be passed in. For example, if a command content is echo {{name}}, the Parameters parameter can be used to pass in the <name, Jack> key-value pair when the InvokeCommand operation is called. The name key of the custom parameter is automatically replaced by the paired Jack value to generate a new command. As a result, the echo Jack command is actually run.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates the sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes CreateCommand

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to CreateCommand.

RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The region ID of the command. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

Name String Yes testName

The name of the command. The name supports all character sets and can be up to 128 characters in length.

Description String No testDescription

The description of the command. The description supports all character sets and can be up to 512 characters in length.

Type String Yes RunShellScript

The command type. Valid values:

  • RunBatScript: batch command. These commands are applicable to Windows instances.
  • RunPowerShellScript: PowerShell commands. These commands are applicable to Windows instances.
  • RunShellScript: shell command. These commands are applicable to Linux instances.
CommandContent String Yes ZWNobyAxMjM=

The Base64-encoded content of the command.

  • The parameter value must be Base64-encoded and cannot exceed 18 KB in size.
  • The command content can be specified by using custom parameters. To enable the custom parameter feature, set EnableParameter to true.
    • Custom parameters are defined in the {{}} format. Within {{}}, the spaces and line feeds before and after the parameter names are ignored.
    • The number of custom parameters cannot exceed 20.
    • A custom parameter name can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name is case-insensitive.
    • Each custom parameter name cannot exceed 64 bytes in length.
  • You can specify built-in environment variables as custom parameters. Then, you no longer need to manually specify these parameters when you run commands. Cloud Assistant automatically replaces the values in the commands with the environment variables. You can specify the following built-in environment variables:
    • {{ACS::RegionId}}: the ID of the region.
    • {{ACS::AccountId}}: the UID of the Alibaba Cloud account.
    • {{ACS::InstanceId}}: the ID of the instance. When the command is run on multiple instances, if you want to specify {{ACS::InstanceId}} as a built-in environment variable, make sure that the Cloud Assistant client is not earlier than the following version:
      • Linux: 2.2.3.309
      • Windows: 2.1.3.309
    • {{ACS::InvokeId}}: the ID of the command execution. If you want to specify {{ACS::InvokeId}} as a built-in environment variable, make sure that the Cloud Assistant client is not earlier than the following version:
      • Linux: 2.2.3.309
      • Windows: 2.1.3.309
    • {{ACS::CommandId}}: the ID of the command. When you call the RunCommand operation, if you want to specify {{ACS::CommandId}} as a built-in environment variable, make sure that the version of the Cloud Assistant client is not earlier than the following ones:
      • Linux: 2.2.3.309
      • Windows: 2.1.3.309
WorkingDir String No /root/

The working directory of the command on the instance.

Default value:

  • Linux instance: the home directory of the root user, which is the /root directory.
  • Windows instance: the directory where the Cloud Assistant client process resides, such as C:\Windows\System32\.
Timeout Long No 60

The timeout period for the command execution on the instance. Unit: seconds. When a command cannot be run, the command execution times out. When the execution times out, the command process is forcefully terminated by canceling the PID of the command.

Default value: 60.

EnableParameter Boolean No false

Specifies whether to use custom parameters in the command.

Default value: false.

ContentEncoding String No PlainText

The encoding mode of command content (CommandContent). Valid values:

  • PlainText: The command content is not encoded.
  • Base64: The command content is Base64-encoded.

Default value: Base64.

Note If the specified value of this parameter is invalid, Base64 is used by default.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
CommandId String c-7d2a745b412b4601b2d47f6a768d****

The ID of the command.

RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=CreateCommand
&CommandContent=ZWNobyB7e25hbWV9fSA=
&Name=testName
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&Type=RunShellScript
&Description=testDescription
&WorkingDir=/root/
&Timeout=60
&EnableParameter=true
&ContentEncoding=Base64
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<CreateCommandResponse>
    <CommandId>c-7d2a745b412b4601b2d47f6a768d****</CommandId>
    <RequestId>473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****</RequestId>
</CreateCommandResponse>

JSON format 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "CommandId" : "c-7d2a745b412b4601b2d47f6a768d****",
  "RequestId" : "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 RegionId.ApiNotSupported The api is not supported in this region. The error message returned because the API operation cannot be called in the specified region. Check whether the RegionId parameter is valid.
403 InvalidCmdType.NotFound The specified command type does not exist. The error message returned because the specified Type parameter does not exist.
403 CmdContent.ExceedLimit The length of the command content exceeds the upper limit. The error message returned because the length of the command content exceeds the upper limit.
403 CmdName.ExceedLimit The length of the command name exceeds the upper limit. The error message returned because the command name exceeds 128 characters in length.
403 CmdDesc.ExceedLimit The length of the command description exceeds the upper limit. The error message returned because the command description exceeds 512 characters in length.
403 CmdCount.ExceedQuota The total number of commands in the current region exceeds the quota. The error message returned because the maximum number of Cloud Assistant commands in the current region has been reached.
403 CmdParam.EmptyKey You must specify the parameter names. The error message returned because some required parameters are not specified.
403 CmdParam.InvalidParamName Invalid parameter name. The name can contain only lowercase letters (a to z), uppercase letters (A to Z), numbers (0 to 9), hyphens (-), and underscores (_). The error message returned because the custom parameter name is invalid. A custom parameter name can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
403 CmdParamName.ExceedLimit The maximum length of a parameter name is exceeded. The error message returned because the length of the custom parameter name exceeds the upper limit.
403 Operation.Forbidden The operation is not permitted. The error message returned because the operation is not supported.
500 InternalError.Dispatch An error occurred when you dispatched the request. The error message returned because an error occurred while the request was being sent. Try again later.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.