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    Message Service:Activate MNS and authorize RAM users to access MNS

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    Message Service:Activate MNS and authorize RAM users to access MNS

    Last Updated:Nov 30, 2023

    Before you can use Message Service (MNS), you must activate the service on the product page of MNS. If your account is a RAM user, you must grant permissions to the RAM user before you can use the console or call API operations to manage MNS resources, and send or receive messages by using SDKs. This topic describes how to activate MNS and authorize RAM users to access MNS.

    Prerequisites

    An Alibaba Cloud account is created.

    Step 1: Activate MNS

    1. Go to the official website of Alibaba Cloud. In the top navigation bar, choose Products > > Middleware > > ApsaraMQ > > Message Service (MNS).

    2. On the product page, click Get it Free.

    3. Read MNS Terms of Service, select I have read and agree MNS Terms of Service, and then click activate Now.

      The following message appears on the page: Congratulations. The service is activated.

    Step 2: (Required for RAM users) Authorize RAM users to access MNS

    1. Log on to the RAM console by using an Alibaba Cloud account or a RAM user that has administrative rights.

    2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Identities > Users.

    3. On the Users page, find the required RAM user and click Add Permissions in the Actions column.

    4. In the Add Permissions panel, grant permissions to the RAM user.

      1. Select the authorization scope.

        • Alibaba Cloud Account: The authorization takes effect on the current Alibaba Cloud account.

        • Specific Resource Group: The authorization takes effect on a specific resource group.

          Note

          If you select Specific Resource Group for Authorized Scope, make sure that the required cloud service supports resource groups. For more information, see Services that work with Resource Group.

      2. Specify the principal.

        The principal is the RAM user to which you want to grant permissions.

      3. Select policies.

        RAM supports the following types of policies: system policies and custom policies. You can choose policies based on your business requirements.

        Note

        You can attach a maximum of five policies to a RAM user at a time. If you want to attach more than five policies to a RAM user, perform the operation multiple times.

    5. Click OK.

    6. Click Complete.

    MNS provides the following system policies. You can grant related permissions to the RAM user based on the permission scope.

    Policy

    Description

    AliyunMNSFullAccess

    The permissions to manage MNS, which are equivalent to the permissions that the Alibaba Cloud account has. A RAM user to which this policy is attached can send and subscribe to all messages and use all the features of the console.

    AliyunMNSReadOnlyAccess

    The read-only permissions on MNS. A RAM user to which this policy is attached can only read resource information in the console or by calling API operations.

    Note

    System policies cover a large permission scope. For example, after a RAM user is granted AliyunMNSFullAccess that represents full permissions, the RAM user can manage all MNS resources. To grant fine-grained permissions, MNS provides custom policies. For more information, see Permission policies and examples.

    What to do next

    You can click Console to create resources. For more information, see Quick start.