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Simple Application Server:CreateInstances

Last Updated:Oct 26, 2026

Creates one or more subscription Simple Application Server instances.

Operation description

  • Before you call this operation, understand the billing of Simple Application Server. For more information, see Billable items.

Note

If your Alibaba Cloud account has coupons, the coupons are used by default to pay for the Simple Application Server instances.

  • For each Alibaba Cloud account, the maximum number of Simple Application Server instances that you can purchase in a single region is 50.

  • When you call this operation to create instances, make sure that the default payment method of your account can cover the required fees. Otherwise, the creation fails.

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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

swas-open:CreateInstances

create

*Instance

acs:swas-open:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:instance/*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

Yes

The region ID. You can call the ListRegions operation to query available regions.

cn-hangzhou

ImageId

string

Yes

The image ID. You can call the ListImages operation to query available image IDs in a specified region.

e2c9c365024a44369c9b955a998a****

PlanId

string

Yes

The plan ID. You can call the ListPlans operation to query all plans in a specified region.

swas.s1.c1m1s40b3t05

Period

integer

Yes

The subscription period of the resource. Unit: months. Valid values: 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36.

1

AutoRenew

boolean

No

Specifies whether to enable auto-renewal upon expiration. Valid values:

  • true: Auto-renewal is enabled.

  • false: Auto-renewal is disabled.

Default value: false.

false

AutoRenewPeriod

integer

No

The auto-renewal period. This parameter is required only when AutoRenew is set to true. Unit: months. Valid values: 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36.

3

DataDiskSize

integer

No

The size of the data cloud disk to be mounted. Unit: GB. Valid values: 0 to 16380. The value must be a multiple of 20.

  • A value of 0 indicates that no data cloud disk is mounted.

  • If the selected plan uses a standard SSD, the minimum size of the data cloud disk is 20 GB.

Default value: 0.

20

Amount

integer

No

The number of Simple Application Server instances to create. Valid values: 1 to 20.

Default value: 1.

1

ChargeType

string

No

The billing method. Set the value to PrePaid. Currently, only the subscription billing method is supported.

Default value: PrePaid.

PrePaid

ClientToken

string

No

The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. You can use the client to generate the value, but you must make sure that the value is unique among different requests. The ClientToken parameter can contain only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see Ensure idempotence.

123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

30637AD6-D977-4833-A54C-CC89483E1FEE

InstanceIds

array

The instance IDs of the Simple Application Server instances.

string

The instance IDs of the Simple Application Server instances.

3a658ca270df4df39f22e289b338****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "30637AD6-D977-4833-A54C-CC89483E1FEE",
  "InstanceIds": [
    "3a658ca270df4df39f22e289b338****"
  ]
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 ExceedAccountQuota The accumulated instance amounts including this order have exceeded the quota of the account.
400 NotEnoughStock The stock is insufficient.
400 PlatformNotMatch The platform of specified ImageId and PlanId does not match.
400 InvalidPeriod.ValueNotSupported The specified parameter Period is invalid.
400 InvalidDataDiskSize.ValueNotSupported The specified parameter DataDiskSize is invalid.
400 InvalidAmount.ValueNotSupported The specified parameter Amount is invalid.
400 InvalidChargeType.ValueNotSupported The specified parameter ChargeType is invalid.
400 InvalidAutoRenewPeriod.ValueNotSupported The specified parameter AutoRenewPeriod is invalid.
400 InvalidPlanIdSize.ValueNotSupported The system disk size in the specified planId does not support the image.
400 InvalidPlanMemorySize.ValueNotSupported The memory size in the specified planId does not support the image.
400 CSS_SYSTEM_ERROR The sales system encountered an error. There was an error in the selling system.
400 SWAS_NOT_ENOUGH_ACTIVITY_STOCK The configuration you selected is sold out in the current region. Please try to select another configuration or region. The configuration you selected is sold out in the current region. Please try to select another configuration or region.
500 InternalError An error occurred while processing your request.
500 NotEnoughUpgradeStock The upgrade stock is insufficient.
403 PaymentFailed Payment failed. Please check your account balance.
403 InvalidInstance.UnPaidOrder The specified Instance has an unpaid order.
403 InvalidParam The specified parameter value is invalid.
404 InvalidImageId.NotFound The specified ImageId does not exist.
404 InvalidPlanId.NotFound The specified PlanId does not exist.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.