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Elastic Container Instance:ExecContainerCommand

Last Updated:Oct 17, 2025

Executes a command in a container.

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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

eci:ExecContainerCommand

update

*containergroup

acs:eci:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:containergroup/{#containergroupId}

  • eci:tag
None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

Yes

The region ID of the instance.

cn-hangzhou

RegionId

string

Yes

The region ID of the instance.

cn-hangzhou

ContainerGroupId

string

Yes

The instance ID, which is the container group ID.

eci-2zebxkiifulhl****

ContainerName

string

Yes

The name of the container.

nginx

Command

string

Yes

The commands to execute in the container. You can specify up to 20 commands. Each command can be up to 256 characters long.
To execute multiple commands, pass the string in JSON format. For example, ["/bin/sh", "-c", "ls -a"].

["/bin/sh", "-c", "ls -a"]

TTY

boolean

No

Specifies whether to enable interaction. The default value is false.
If you set Command to /bin/bash, set this parameter to true.

false

Stdin

boolean

No

Specifies whether to enable standard input. The default value is true.

true

Sync

boolean

No

Specifies whether to execute the command immediately and return the result synchronously. The default value is false.
If you set this parameter to true, you must set TTY to false. This means Command cannot be /bin/bash.

false

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The unique ID of the request.

28B583A8-313D-4383-7817-B5A9F7E0****

WebSocketUri

string

The WebSocket URL. Use this URL to connect to the container.

wss://eci-cn-shanghai.aliyun.com/exec/?s=ktHPx****

HttpUrl

string

The HTTP URL. Access this URL within 30 seconds to enter the container. For more information, see Use and integrate ECI Terminal.

https://eci.console.alibabacloud.com/terminal?param=X32a****

SyncResponse

string

The result returned for the command. This parameter is returned when Sync is set to true.

Hello

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "28B583A8-313D-4383-7817-B5A9F7E0****",
  "WebSocketUri": "wss://eci-cn-shanghai.aliyun.com/exec/?s=ktHPx****",
  "HttpUrl": "https://eci.console.alibabacloud.com/terminal?param=X32a****",
  "SyncResponse": "Hello"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidParameter.ValueExceeded %s
400 IncorrectStatus %s

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.