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Server Load Balancer:AddServersToServerGroup

Last Updated:Oct 10, 2026

Adds backend servers to a load balancing server group.

Operation description

The AddServersToServerGroup operation is asynchronous. After you call this operation, the system returns a request ID, but the backend servers are not immediately added. The addition task is still running in the background.

  1. You can call ListServerGroups to query the status of the server group:

  • If the server group is in the Configuring state, the server group is being reconfigured.

  • If the server group is in the Available state, the server group is running.

  1. You can call ListServerGroupServers to query the status of the backend servers:

  • If a backend server is in the Adding state, the backend server is being added to the server group.

  • If a backend server is in the Available state, the backend server is running.

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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

gwlb:AddServersToServerGroup

create

*ServerGroup

acs:gwlb:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:servergroup/{#ServerGroupId}

Instance

acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:instance/{#InstanceId}

NetworkInterface

acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:eni/{#ServerId}

ContainerGroup

acs:eci:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:containergroup/{#ServerId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ServerGroupId

string

Yes

The ID of the server group.

sgp-atstuj3rtoptyui****

Servers

array<object>

Yes

The list of backend servers.

Note

You can specify up to 200 servers in a single call.

object

No

The backend server.

Port

integer

No

The port used by the backend server. Valid values:

  • 6081.

6081

ServerId

string

Yes

The ID of the backend server.

  • If the server group is of the Instance type, this parameter specifies the resource ID of an Ecs, Eni, or Eci instance.

  • If the server group is of the Ip type, this parameter specifies an IP address.

i-bp67acfmxazb4p****

ServerIp

string

No

The IP address of the backend server.

192.168.XX.XX

ServerType

string

Yes

The backend server type. Valid values:

  • Ecs: an ECS instance.

  • Eni: an elastic network interfaces (ENIs) instance (network interface controller (NIC)).

  • Eci: an elastic container instance (ECI).

  • Ip: an IP address.

Valid values:

  • Eni :

    ENI elastic network interfaces (ENIs) instance (network interface controller (NIC))

  • Ecs :

    ECS instance.

  • Ip :

    IP address.

  • Eci :

    Elastic container instance (ECI)

Ecs

DryRun

boolean

No

Specifies whether to only precheck this request. Valid values:

  • true: sends a precheck request without adding the backend servers to the server group. The system checks whether the required parameters are specified, the request format is valid, and the service limits are met. If the request fails the precheck, the system returns an error. If the request passes the precheck, the system returns the DryRunOperation error code.

  • false (default): sends a regular request. If the request passes the precheck, the system returns an HTTP 2xx status code and performs the operation.

false

ClientToken

string

No

The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request.

You can generate a parameter value on your client to ensure that the parameter value is unique across different requests. The ClientToken parameter supports only ASCII characters.

Note

If you do not specify this parameter, the system automatically uses the RequestId of the API request as the ClientToken. The RequestId of each API request is different.

123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-42665544****

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response struct.

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

54B48E3D-DF70-471B-AA93-08E683A1B45

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "54B48E3D-DF70-471B-AA93-08E683A1B45"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 Conflict.Server The %s [%s] is conflict. There is already %s having the same configuration with %s.
400 Mismatch.ServerType The %s is mismatched for %s and %s. ServerType mismatch.
400 ResourceInUse.IP The specified resource of %s is in use. The specified resource of IP is in use.
400 IllegalParam.ServerIp The param of %s is illegal. The parameter ServerIp is invalid. Please check the input parameters.
400 IllegalParam.EcsNetworkType The param of %s is illegal.
400 DuplicatedParam.Server The param of %s is duplicated. Duplicate server in parameter.
400 ResourceInUse.Eni The specified resource of %s is in use. The passed-in eni cannot be the eni used by the gateway loadbalancer instance. Please check the parameters.
400 IncorrectStatus.Eni The status of %s [%s] is incorrect. Resource %s current state %s does not support operation
400 IllegalParam.IP The param of %s is illegal. The parameter IP is invalid. Please check the input value of the parameter IP.
400 Mismatch.IP The %s is mismatched for %s and %s. The entered IP type server ID and IP do not match.
400 Mismatch.VpcId The %s is mismatched for %s and %s. The VPC IDs of the two resources do not match.
400 QuotaExceeded.ServerGroupServersNum The quota of %s is exceeded for resource %s, usage %s/%s. The quota gwlb_quota_servergroup_servers_num has exceeded the quota limit.
400 QuotaExceeded.ServerGroupAzServersNum The quota of %s is exceeded for resource %s, usage %s/%s. The quota gwlb_quota_servergroup_az_servers_num has exceeded the quota limit.
400 IncorrectStatus.ServerGroup The status of %s [%s] is incorrect. The status of %s [%s] is incorrect.
404 ResourceNotFound.Eni The specified resource of %s is not found. The specified elastic network interfaces resource does not exist.
404 ResourceNotFound.Eci The specified resource of %s is not found. The specified elastic container instance resource does not exist.
404 ResourceNotFound.ServerGroup The specified resource of %s is not found. The specified server group resource does not exist.
404 ResourceNotFound.Ecs The specified resource of %s is not found. The specified ECS resource does not exist.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.