Express Connect:Manage tags

Background

Add tags to an instance

1. Log on to the Express Connect Console.

2. In the top navigation bar, select the target region.

3. On the Physical Port page, follow these steps to add tags to an instance.

   • Add a tag to a single instance

     1. You can add a tag to a single instance by using one of the following methods.

        Tag status	Method 1	Method 2
        The target instance has no tags.	Find the target Express Connect circuit instance and move the pointer over the icon in the Tag column. Click Associate in the pop-up box.	Find the target Express Connect circuit instance and click its ID. On the instance details page, in the Basic Information section, click the icon to the right of Tags.
        The target instance already has tags.	Find the target Express Connect circuit instance and move the pointer over the icon in the Tag column. Click Edit in the pop-up box.

     2. In the Edit Tags dialog box, configure the tags, and then click OK.

        Parameter	Description
        Key	Select an existing tag key or enter a new one. A tag key can be up to 128 characters in length. It cannot start with aliyun or acs:, and cannot contain http:// or https://.
        Value	Select an existing tag value or enter a new one. A tag value can be up to 128 characters in length. It cannot contain http:// or https://.

   • Add tags to multiple instances

     1. Select the target instances. In the lower-left corner of the page, choose Set label > Batch add labels.

     2. In the Edit Tags dialog box, specify a Key and a Value, and then click OK.

Filter instances by tags

After you add tags, you can filter instances by tag.

1. Log on to the Express Connect Console.

2. In the top navigation bar, select the target region.

3. On the Physical Port page, click Label filtering.

4. In the Label filtering dialog box, select or enter a tag key and a tag value.

   You can select or enter a complete key-value pair, or you can select or enter only a tag key.

Remove tags from an instance

If a tag is shared across multiple instances, removing it from one instance does not affect the others.

1. Log on to the Express Connect Console.

2. In the top navigation bar, select the target region.

3. On the Physical Port page, follow these steps to remove tags from an instance.

   • Remove tags from a single instance

     1. Use one of the following methods to access the tag editing options.

        Method	Procedure
        Method 1	Find the target Express Connect circuit instance and move the pointer over the icon in the Tag column. Click Edit in the pop-up box.
        Method 2	Find the target Express Connect circuit instance and click its ID. On the instance details page, in the Basic Information section, click the icon to the right of Tag.

     2. In the Edit Tags dialog box, find the tag you want to delete, click the icon next to it, and then click OK.

   • Remove tags from multiple instances

     1. Select the target instances. In the lower-left corner of the page, choose Set label > Batch delete labels.

     2. In the Delete Tags for Multiple Resources dialog box, select the tags to delete, and then click Untag.

Related APIs

• TagResourcesForExpressConnect: Adds tags to specified Express Connect circuit instances.

• UntagResourcesForExpressConnect: Removes tags from specified Express Connect resources.

• ListTagResourcesForExpressConnect: Lists tags added to Express Connect resources.