You can call this operation to set or cancel the auto-release time for a pay-as-you-go instance. Exercise caution when you set the auto-release time because the instance will be automatically released upon expiration.

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 ModifyInstanceAutoReleaseTime

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ModifyInstanceAutoReleaseTime.
InstanceId String Yes i-bp1env7nl3mijm2t****

The ID of the ECS instance to be automatically released.
RegionId String No cn-hangzhou

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

AutoReleaseTime String No 2018-01-01T01:02:03Z

The time scheduled for the instance to be automatically released. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. The time must be in UTC.

  • If the value of the field ss is not 00, the field is automatically set to the start time of the current minute (mm).
  • The release time must be at least 30 minutes later than the current time.
  • The release time must be at most three years from the current time.

If AutoReleaseTime is not specified, the automatic release feature is disabled and the ECS instance will not be automatically released.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=ModifyInstanceAutoReleaseTime
&InstanceId=i-bp1env7nl3mijm2t****
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<ModifyInstanceAutoReleaseTimeResponse>
      <RequestId>04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368</RequestId>
</ModifyInstanceAutoReleaseTimeResponse>

JSON format 

{ 
    "RequestId": "C0003E8B-B930-4F59-ADC0-0E209A9012A8"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 MissingParameter InstanceId should not be null. The error message returned because the InstanceId parameter is not specified.
400 InvalidAutoReleaseTime.Malformed The specified paramter autoReleaseTime is not valid. The error message returned because the specified AutoReleaseTime parameter is invalid. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. The time must be in UTC.
500 InternalError The request processing has failed due to some unknown error, exception or failure. The error message returned because an internal error has occurred. Try again later. If the problem persists, submit a ticket.
400 UnsupportedParameter The parameters is unsupported. The error message returned because a specified parameter is invalid.
403 ChargeTypeViolation The operation is not permitted due to charge type of the instance. The error message returned because the billing method of the instance does not support this operation.
404 NoSuchResource The specified resource is not found. The error message returned because the specified resource does not exist.

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