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ENS:CreateApplication

Last Updated:Mar 27, 2026

Creates an edge application that allows you to manage Edge Node Service (ENS) nodes in containers, bare metal instances, and virtual machines.

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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

ens:CreateApplication

create

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Template

string

Yes

The edge application template. The value must be a JSON string that contains the following information:

  • Basic information such as the name of the application

  • Information such as resource specifications and network security configurations

  • Service specifications

  • Required resources

{\"appMetaData\":{ \"appName\":\"nginx\", \"clusterName\":\"poc\", \"appType\":\"Common\", \"description\":\"Test service\" }, \"resourceAttribute\":{ \"resourceType\":\"\", \"instanceSpec\":\"ens.sn1.tiny\", \"systemDiskSize\":20, \"dataDiskSize\":0, \"bandwithOut\":10, \"areaLevel\":\"National\", \"netSecurityStrategy\":null, \"initConfig\":null }, \"resourceSelector\":[ { \"count\":1 } ], \"workload\":[ { \"podCount\":1, \"serviceConfig\":null, \"name\":\"nginx\", \"podSpec\":{ \"containers\":[ { \"name\":\"android\", \"image\":\"edge-registry.alicdn.com/test/nginx\" } ] }, \"count\":1 } ]}

Timeout

integer

No

The timeout period for asynchronous processing. Unit: seconds. Default value: 1800.

1800

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

AppId

string

The ID of the application. This is the unique identifier of the edge application.

d0639abf-789a-4527-b420-031d2cd9ad9b

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "AppId": "d0639abf-789a-4527-b420-031d2cd9ad9b",
  "RequestId": "CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 MissingParameter The input parameter that is mandatory for processing this request is not supplied.
400 NoPermission Permission denied.
400 InvalidParameter.%s The specified field %s invalid. Please check it again.
400 InvalidParameter The errorMessage is %s. Please check it again.
400 ens.interface.error An error occurred while calling the API.
400 CallInterface Call Interface Happen Error. An error occurred when you call the operation.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.