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E-MapReduce:RAM authorization

Last Updated:Apr 01, 2026

Resource Access Management (RAM) is a service provided by Alibaba Cloud to manage user identities and resource access permissions. Using RAM helps you avoid sharing your Alibaba Cloud account keys with other users and allows you to grant users the least privilege access. RAM uses permission policies to define authorizations. This topic describes the general structure of a RAM policy, and the policy statement elements (Action, Resource, and Condition) defined by E-MapReduce for RAM permission policies. The RAM code (RamCode) for E-MapReduce is emr-serverless-spark , and the supported authorization granularity is OPERATION .

General structure of a policy

Permission policies support JSON format with the following general structure:

{
  "Version": "1",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "<Effect>",
      "Action": "<Action>",
      "Resource": "<Resource>",
      "Condition": {
        "<Condition_operator>": {
          "<Condition_key>": [
            "<Condition_value>"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}        

The following list describes the fields in the policy:

  • Version: Specifies the policy version number. It is fixed at 1.

  • Statement:

    • Effect: Specifies the authorization result. Valid values: Allow and Deny.

    • Action: Specifies one or more operations that are allowed or denied.

    • Resource: Specifies the specific objects affected by the operations. You can use Alibaba Cloud Resource Names (ARNs) to describe specific resources.

    • Condition: Specifies the conditions for the authorization to take effect. This field is optional.

      • Condition operator: Specifies the conditional operators. Different types of conditions support different conditional operators.

      • Condition_key: Specifies the condition keys.

      • Condition_value: Specifies the condition values.

Action

The following table lists the actions defined by E-MapReduce. 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 support 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 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 that are applicable across all RAM-integrated services. For more information, see Common condition keys.

  • 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

API

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

emr-serverless-spark:DeleteKyuubiToken DeleteKyuubiToken delete

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListLivyComputeSessions ListLivyComputeSessions list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:DeleteLivyComputeToken DeleteLivyComputeToken delete

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:EditWorkspaceQueue EditWorkspaceQueue create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:StartKyuubiService StartKyuubiService none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:StartSessionCluster StartSessionCluster

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetLivyComputeToken GetLivyComputeToken get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:StopLivyCompute StopLivyCompute none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetSqlStatement GetSqlStatement none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListRayCluster ListRayCluster none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListMembers ListMembers list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:AddMembers AddMembers

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:StartJobRun StartJobRun create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListLivyCompute ListLivyCompute list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:DeleteKyuubiService DeleteKyuubiService none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListJobExecutors ListJobExecutors list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListKyuubiToken ListKyuubiToken none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CancelJobRun CancelJobRun delete

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetJobRun GetJobRun get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CreateKyuubiService CreateKyuubiService create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CreateSessionCluster CreateSessionCluster create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:StartProcessInstance StartProcessInstance none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListLogContents ListLogContents none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListKyuubiSparkApplications ListKyuubiSparkApplications none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetKyuubiToken GetKyuubiToken get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:StartLivyCompute StartLivyCompute none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:StopKyuubiService StopKyuubiService none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListWorkspaces ListWorkspaces list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:DeleteLivyCompute DeleteLivyCompute delete

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetRayCluster GetRayCluster get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListTemplate ListTemplate get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CancelKyuubiSparkApplication CancelKyuubiSparkApplication delete

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:RefreshLivyComputeToken RefreshLivyComputeToken update

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:UpdateProcessDefinitionWithSchedule UpdateProcessDefinitionWithSchedule none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListKyuubiServices ListKyuubiServices none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetLivyCompute GetLivyCompute get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:UpdateKyuubiToken UpdateKyuubiToken update

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListCatalogs ListCatalogs list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetDoctorApplication GetDoctorApplication none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CreateLivyComputeToken CreateLivyComputeToken create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:UpdateKyuubiService UpdateKyuubiService none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CreateSqlStatement CreateSqlStatement create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListJobRuns ListJobRuns list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CreateKyuubiToken CreateKyuubiToken create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CreateLivyCompute CreateLivyCompute create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CreateWorkspace CreateWorkspace create

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetTemplate GetTemplate get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetKyuubiService GetKyuubiService none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListSqlStatementContents ListSqlStatementContents none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:UpdateLivyCompute UpdateLivyCompute update

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:CreateProcessDefinitionWithSchedule CreateProcessDefinitionWithSchedule none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListSessionClusters ListSessionClusters list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetCuHours GetCuHours get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GrantRoleToUsers GrantRoleToUsers update

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GenerateTaskCodes GenerateTaskCodes none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:TerminateSqlStatement TerminateSqlStatement delete

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:StopSessionCluster StopSessionCluster

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListWorkspaceQueues ListWorkspaceQueues none

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListLivyComputeToken ListLivyComputeToken list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:ListReleaseVersions ListReleaseVersions list

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetSessionCluster GetSessionCluster get

*All Resource

*

None None
emr-serverless-spark:GetRunConfiguration GetRunConfiguration

*All Resource

*

None None

Resource

The following table lists the resources defined by E-MapReduce. Specify them in the Resource element of RAM policy statements to grant permissions for specific operations. They are uniquely identified by ARNs. Format: acs:{#ramcode}:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:{#resourceType}:

  • acs: The initialism of Alibaba Cloud service, which indicates the public cloud of Alibaba Cloud.

  • {#ramcode}: The code used in RAM to indicate an Alibaba Cloud service.

  • {#regionId}: The region ID. If the resource covers all regions, set it to an asterisk (*).

  • {#accountId}: The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account. If the resource covers all Alibaba Cloud accounts, set it to an asterisk (*).

  • {#resourceType}: The service-defined resource identifier. It supports a hierarchical structure, which is similar to a file path. If the statement covers global resources, set it to an asterisk (*).

Resource type

ARN

Workspace
  • acs:emr:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:
  • acs:emr-serverless-spark:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:workspace/*

Condition

E-MapReduce does not define product-level condition keys. However, you can use Alibaba Cloud common condition keys for access control. For more information, see Common condition keys.

How to create custom RAM policies?

You can create custom policies and grant them to RAM users, RAM user groups, or RAM roles. For instructions, see: