Express Connect:Manage tags

Tag overview

Add tags

1. Log on to the Express Connect Console.

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

3. On the Physical Connection page, perform the following operations to add tags to Express Connect circuits:

   • Add tags to an instance

     1. You can add tags to an instance by using one of the following methods.

        Tag	Method 1	Method 2
        No tag added to the instance	Find the Express Connect circuit that you want to manage and move the pointer over the icon in the Tags column. Click Add in the pop-up box.	Find the Express Connect circuit that you want to manage and click the ID of the circuit. In the Basic Information section of the instance details page, click the icon on the right side of Tags.
        Tags added to the instance	Find the Express Connect circuit that you want to manage and move the pointer over the icon in the Tags column. Click Edit in the pop-up box.

     2. In the Configure Tags dialog box, specify the key and value then click OK.

        Parameter	Description
        Tag Key	You can select or enter a tag key. The tag key must be 1 to 64 characters in length, and cannot start with aliyun or acs:. It cannot contain http:// or https://.
        Tag Value	You can select or enter a tag value. The tag value can be 1 to 128 characters in length, but cannot start with aliyun or acs:. It cannot contain http:// or https://.

   • Add tags to multiple instances

     1. Select the instances to which you want to add tags and choose Set label > Batch add labels in the lower-left corner.

     2. In the Configure Tags dialog box, specify Tag Key and Tag Value, and click OK.

Filter instances by tags

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

1. Log on to the Express Connect Console.

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

3. On the Physical Connection page, click Filter by Tag.

4. In the Filter by Tag dialog box, select or enter a tag key and a tag value.

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

Remove tags from instances

If a tag is added to multiple instances and then removed from one instance, the tag still remains on the other instances.

1. Log on to the Express Connect Console.

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

3. On the Physical Connection page, perform the following operations to remove tags from Express Connect circuits:

   • Remove tags from an instance

     1. You can find the tags that you want to remove by using one of the following methods.

        Method	Procedure
        Method 1:	Find the Express Connect circuit that you want to manage and move the pointer over the icon in the Tags column. Click Edit in the pop-up box.
        Method 2:	Find the Express Connect circuit that you want to manage and click the ID of the circuit. In the Basic Information section of the instance details page, click the icon on the right side of Tags.

     2. In the Configure Tags dialog box, find the key-value pairs that you want to remove, click on the right side, and then click OK.

   • Remove tags from multiple instances

     1. Select the Express Connect circuits from which you want to remove tags and choose Set label > Batch delete labels in the lower-left corner.

     2. In the Delete Tags for Multiple Resources dialog box, find the key-value pairs that you want to remove, click the icon on the right side of the key-value pairs, and then click OK.

References

• TagResourcesForExpressConnect: creates tags and adds them to one or more specified Express Connect circuits.

• UntagResourcesForExpressConnect: removes tags from one or more specified Express Connect circuits.

• ListTagResourcesForExpressConnect: queries tags that are added to an Express Connect circuit.