You can call this operation to change the instance type and public bandwidth of a pay-as-you-go instance.

Description

For information about SDK for Python used to change resource configurations, see Query available resources for configuration changes.

When you call this operation, take note of the following items:

  • You must have no overdue payments in your account.
  • You can change the public bandwidth of an instance only when the instance is in the Running (Running) or Stopped (Stopped) state.
  • Before you change the instance type of a pay-as-you-go instance, you can call the DescribeResourcesModification operation to query the instance types to which you can change.
  • You can change the instance type of an instance only when the instance is in the Stopped (Stopped) state.
  • You can change only the instance type or the public bandwidth each time.
  • As of November 27, 2020, the maximum bandwidth available for you to create ECS instances or change the configurations of ECS instances is subject to the throttling policy in your account. To increase the maximum bandwidth, submit a ticket. The following throttling policies apply:
    • In a single region, the sum of actual peak bandwidths of all ECS instances that use the pay-by-traffic billing method for network usage cannot exceed 5 Gbit/s.
    • In a single region, the sum of actual peak bandwidths of all ECS instances that use the pay-by-bandwidth billing method for network usage cannot exceed 50 Gbit/s.

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 ModifyInstanceSpec

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ModifyInstanceSpec.
InstanceId String Yes i-bp67acfmxazb4p****

The ID of the instance.
InstanceType String No ecs.g6.large

The new instance type. For more information, see Instance families or call the DescribeInstanceTypes operation to query the most recent instance type list.

InternetMaxBandwidthOut Integer No 10

The maximum outbound public bandwidth. Unit: Mbit/s. Valid values: 0 to 100.

Note When the pay-by-traffic billing method for network usage is used, the maximum inbound and outbound bandwidths indicate the upper limits for bandwidths and are used only for reference. When resources are insufficient, these maximum bandwidths cannot be guaranteed. If you want guaranteed bandwidths for your instances, use the pay-by-bandwidth billing method for network usage.
InternetMaxBandwidthIn Integer No 10

The maximum inbound public bandwidth. Unit: Mbit/s. Valid values:

  • When the purchased outbound public bandwidth is less than or equal to 10 Mbit/s, the valid values of InternetMaxBandwidthIn are 1 to 10 and the default value is 10.
  • When the purchased outbound public bandwidth is greater than 10 Mbit/s, the valid values of InternetMaxBandwidthIn are 1 to the InternetMaxBandwidthOut value and the default value is the InternetMaxBandwidthOut value.
Note When the pay-by-traffic billing method for network usage is used, the peak inbound and outbound bandwidths indicate the upper limits for bandwidths and are used only for reference. When resources are insufficient, these maximum bandwidths cannot be guaranteed. If you want guaranteed bandwidths for your instances, use the pay-by-bandwidth billing method for network usage.
Async Boolean No false

Specifies whether to submit an asynchronous request.

Default value: false.
AllowMigrateAcrossZone Boolean No false

Specifies whether to allow cross-cluster instance type upgrades.

Default value: false.

When AllowMigrateAcrossZone is set to true and you upgrade the instance configurations based on the returned information, take note of the following items:

Instances in the classic network:

  • For retired instance types, when the configurations of a non-I/O optimized instance is upgraded to those of an I/O optimized instance, the private IP address, disk device names, and software license code of the instance are changed. For information about retired instance types, see Retired instance types. For Linux instances, basic disks (cloud) are identified as xvd*, such as xvda and xvdb. Ultra disks (cloud_efficiency) and standard SSDs (cloud_ssd) are identified as vd*, such as vda and vdb.
  • For instance families available for purchase, when the instance type of an instance is changed, the private IP address of the instance is also changed. For information about instance families available for purchase, see Instance families.

Instances in VPCs: For retired instance types, when the configurations of a non-I/O optimized instance is upgraded to those of an I/O optimized instance, the disk device names and software license code of the instance are changed. For information about retired instance types, see Retired instance types. For Linux instances, basic disks (cloud) are identified as xvd*, such as xvda and xvdb. Ultra disks (cloud_efficiency) and standard SSDs (cloud_ssd) are identified as vd*, such as vda and vdb.

SystemDisk.Category String No cloud_ssd

The category of the system disk. This parameter is valid only when you upgrade the configurations of an instance from a retired instance type to an available instance type or from a non-I/O optimized instance to an I/O optimized instance. For more information, see Retired instance types and Instance families. Valid values:

  • cloud_efficiency: ultra disk
  • cloud_ssd: standard SSD
ClientToken String No 0c593ea1-3bea-11e9-b96b-88e9fe637760

The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. You can use the client to generate the value, but you must make sure that it is unique among different requests. The ClientToken value must contain only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see How to ensure idempotence.

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=ModifyInstanceSpec
&InstanceId=i-bp67acfmxazb4p****
&InstanceType=ecs.g6.large
&InternetMaxBandwidthOut=10
&ClientToken=0c593ea1-3bea-11e9-b96b-88e9fe637760
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

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

JSON format 

{
   "RequestId": "04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 InvalidInternetChargeType.ValueNotSupported The specified InternetChargeType is not valid. The error message returned because the specified InternetChargeType parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidInstanceType.ValueUnauthorized The specified InstanceType does not exist or beyond the permitted range. The error message returned because the specified InstanceType parameter does not exist or because you are not authorized to manage instances of this instance type.
400 InvalidInstanceType.ValueUnauthorized The specified InstanceType is not authorized. The error message returned because you are not authorized to use the specified instance type.
404 InvalidInstanceId.NotFound The specified InstanceId does not exist. The error message returned because the specified InstanceId parameter does not exist. Check whether the instance ID is correct.
400 InvalidInstanceType.ValueNotSupported The specified InstanceType does not exist or beyond the permitted range. The error message returned because the specified InstanceType parameter does not exist or because you are not authorized to manage instances of this instance type.
400 InvalidParameter The specified parameter "InternetMaxBandwidthOut" is not valid. The error message returned because the specified InternetMaxBandwidthOut parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParameter.Mismatch Too many parameters in one request. The error message returned because the request contains invalid parameters.
403 CategoryViolation The specified instance does not support this operation because of its disk category. The error message returned because the configurations of instances that are attached with local disks cannot be changed.
403 InvalidStatus.ValueNotSupported The current status of the resource does not support this operation. The error message returned because this operation is not supported while the resource is in the current state.
403 InstanceLockedForSecurity The specified operation is denied as your instance is locked for security reasons. The error message returned because the operation is not supported while the instance is locked for security reasons.
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.
403 InvalidAccountStatus.NotEnoughBalance Your account does not have enough balance. The error message returned because your account balance is insufficient. Add funds to your account and try again.
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.
403 OperationDenied The specified instance is out of usage. The error message returned because the resource inventory of the specified instance type is insufficient.
400 BandwidthUpgradeDenied.EipBoundInstance The specified VPC instance has bound EIP, temporary bandwidth upgrade is denied. The error message returned because the instance is associated with an elastic IP address (EIP) and cannot have its bandwidth temporarily upgraded.
404 MissingTemporary.StartTime Temporary.StartTime is not specified. The error message returned because the Temporary.StartTime parameter is not specified.
404 MissingTemporary.EndTime Temporary.EndTime is not specified. The error message returned because the Temporary.EndTime parameter is not specified.
400 InvalidTemporary.StartTime The specifed Temporary.StartTime is not valid. The error message because the specified Temporary.StartTime parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidTemporary.EndTime The specifed Temporary.EndTime is not valid. The error message returned because the specified Temporary.EndTime parameter is invalid.
403 LastTokenProcessing The last token request is processing. The error message returned because the previous token request is being processed. Try again later.
400 Downgrade.NotSupported Downgrade operation is not supported. The error message returned because the downgrade operation is not supported.
403 InstanceSpecModification.NotEffective The specified instance has been reserved for making a spec modification and not taken effective in the current contract period. The error message returned because the instance is reserved due to instance type changes. Changes made to it cannot take effect during the current contract period.
400 DependencyViolation.InstanceType The current InstanceType cannot be changed to the specified InstanceType. The error message returned because the current instance type cannot be changed to the specified instance type.
403 InvalidInstanceType.ValueNotSupported The specified zone does not offer the specified instancetype. The error message returned because the specified instance type is unavailable in the specified region.
403 ImageNotSupportInstanceType The specified image do not support the InstanceType instance. The error message returned because the specified image does not support instances of the specified instance type.
400 Account.Arrearage Your account has an outstanding payment. The error message returned because you have overdue payments in your account.
400 InvalidParameter.Bandwidth The specified parameter Bandwidth is not valid. The error message returned because the specified bandwidth is invalid.
400 InvalidParameter.Conflict The specified image does not support the specified instance type. The error message returned because the specified image does not support the specified instance type.
400 InvalidParameter.AllowMigrateAcrossZone The specified parameter CanMigrateAcrossZone is not valid. The error message returned because the specified AllowMigrateAcrossZone parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.SystemDiskCategory The specified param SystemDisk.Category is not valid. The error message returned because the specified SystemDisk.Category parameter is invalid.
400 Throttling Request was denied due to request throttling, please try again after 5 minutes. The error message returned because your current request is denied due to throttling. Try again 5 minutes later.
400 InvalidInstanceStatus.NotStopped The specified Instance status is not stopped. The error message returned because the specified instance is not in the Stopped state.
403 InstanceType.Offline The specified InstanceType has been offline The error message returned because the specified instance type is retired. Select another instance type and try again.
400 InvalidAction Specified action is not valid. The error message returned because this operation is invalid.
400 IdempotenceParamNotMatch There is a idempotence signature mismatch between this and last request. The error message returned because this request and the previous request contain the same client token but different parameters.
400 InvalidClientToken.ValueNotSupported The ClientToken provided is invalid. The error message returned because the specified ClientToken parameter is invalid.
400 Price.PricePlanResultNotFound The internetMaxBandwidthIn or internetMaxBandwidthOut provided is invalid. The error message returned because specified InternetMaxBandwidthIn or InternetMaxBandwidthOut parameter is invalid.
403 InvalidParameter.NotMatch %s The error message returned because a specified parameter is invalid. Check whether the parameters conflict.
403 InvalidInstance.EipNotSupport The specified instance with eip is not supported, please unassociate eip first. The error message returned because the operation is not supported while an EIP is associated with this instance. Disassociate the EIP first.
400 InvalidAction.NotSupport The ecs on dedicatedHost not support modify instanceType. The error message returned because you cannot change the instance types of instances hosted on dedicated hosts.
400 InvalidMarketImageStatus.NotSupported The status of specified market image does not support this operation. The error message returned because the operation is not supported while the specified Alibaba Cloud Marketplace image is in the current state.
403 OperationDenied.NoStock The resource is out of usage. The error message returned because the instance is not in the Running state. Start the instance or check whether the operation is valid.
500 InternalError The request processing has failed due to some unknown error. The error message returned because an internal error has occurred. Try again later. If the problem persists, submit a ticket.
403 OperationDenied %s The error message returned because the operation is denied.
403 InvalidOperation.Ipv4CountExceeded %s The error message returned because the maximum number of IPv4 addresses has been reached.
403 InvalidOperation.Ipv6CountExceeded %s The error message returned because the maximum number of IPv6 addresses has been reached.
403 InvalidOperation.Ipv6NotSupport %s The error message returned because IPv6 does not support this operation.
403 InvalidOperation.InstanceWithEipNotSupport The special instance with eip not support operate, please unassociate eip first. The error message returned because the operation is not supported while an EIP is associated with this instance. Disassociate the EIP address first.
403 SecurityRisk.3DVerification We have detected a security risk with your default credit or debit card. Please proceed with verification via the link in your email. The error message returned because your default credit card or debit card is exposed to security risks. Click the URL in the email for verification.
404 InvalidInstanceChargeType.NotFound The InstanceChargeType does not exist in our records The error message returned because the specified InstanceChargeType parameter does not exist.
403 QuotaExceed.ElasticQuota No additional quota is available for the specified ECS instance type. The error message returned because the maximum number of instances of the specified instance type in the current region has been reached. Try another region or instance type, or reduce the purchase quantity. You can also go to the ECS console or Quota Center to request a quota increase.
403 QuotaExceed.ElasticQuota The number of the specified ECS instances has exceeded the quota of the specified instance type. The error message returned because the maximum number of instances of the specified instance type in the current region has been reached. Try another region or instance type, or reduce the purchase quantity. You can also go to the ECS console or Quota Center to request a quota increase.
403 QuotaExceed.ElasticQuota The number of vCPUs assigned to the ECS instances has exceeded the quota in the zone. The error message returned because the maximum number of vCPUs for all instance types has been reached. You can go to the ECS console or Quota Center to request a quota increase.
403 QuotaExceed.ElasticQuota The number of the specified ECS instances has exceeded the quota of the specified instance type, or the number of vCPUs assigned to the ECS instances has exceeded the quota in the zone. The error message returned because the maximum number of instances of the specified instance type that can be created in the current region has been reached, or because the maximum number of vCPUs for all instance types has been reached. You can go to the ECS console or Quota Center to request a quota increase.
400 InvalidOperation.VpcHasEnabledAdvancedNetworkFeature The specified vpc has enabled advanced network feature. The error message returned because the specified VPC has advanced features enabled. You cannot create instances that are of low specifications in the VPC.

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