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Creating a Resource Group (Recommended)

Function

This API is used to create a resource group.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/resource-groups

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Tenant ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Tenant token.

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

group_name

Yes

String

Resource group name. The value can contain up to 128 characters, including letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

Regex Pattern: ^([\u4E00-\u9FFF]|[a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_|-)+$

enterprise_project_id

No

String

ID of the enterprise project that a resource group belongs to.

Regex Pattern: ^((([a-z]|[0-9]){8}-([a-z]|[0-9]){4}-([a-z]|[0-9]){4}-([a-z]|[0-9]){4}-([a-z]|[0-9]){12})|0)$

type

No

String

Method for adding resources to a resource group. The value can only be EPS (synchronizing resources from enterprise projects), TAG (dynamic tag matching), or NAME (instance name). If this parameter is not specified, resources are manually added.

Regex Pattern: ^(EPS|TAG|Manual|COMB|NAME)$

tags

No

Array of ResourceGroupTagRelation objects

Associated tag during dynamic tag matching. This parameter is mandatory when type is set to TAG.

association_ep_ids

No

Array of strings

ID of the enterprise project from which resources in the resource group come. This parameter is mandatory when type is set to EPS.

providers

No

String

Cloud service name in the dcs,ecs format. For details about supported cloud services (providers), see section "Supported Services and Resource Types" in Config API Reference.

enterprise_project_id_and_tags

No

Array of EnterpriseProjectIdAndTags objects

Parameter for matching resources by enterprise project or tag.

resources

No

Array of Resource objects

Resource details when resources are manually added.

product_resources

No

Array of ProductResource objects

Resource details when the resource level is cloud product and resources are manually added.

instances

No

Array of Instance objects

Parameter transferred for matching resources by instance name.

product_names

No

String

Name of a cloud product when the resource level is cloud product. Generally, the value format is Service namespace,First-level dimension of the service, for example, SYS.ECS,instance_id. Multiple cloud products are separated by semicolons (;), for example, SERVICE.BMS,instance_id;SYS.ECS,instance_id.

resource_level

No

String

Resource level, which indicates the resource scope. If you select Cloud product for Resource Level, resources from the selected cloud product and its dimensions will be added to the resource group. If you select Specific dimension for Resource Level, only resources from the specific sub-dimension will be added.

product: cloud product

dimension: sub-dimension

Enumeration values:

  • product

  • dimension

comb_relation

No

CombRelation object

Matching resources by multiple criteria.

Table 4 ResourceGroupTagRelation

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key

Yes

String

TMS tag key specifications.

operator

No

String

Tag operator, which indicates the relationship between the tag key and value.

include: indicates include.

prefix: indicates the prefix.

suffix: indicates the suffix.

notInclude: indicates not included.

equal: indicates equal.

If operator is equal and value is an empty string, all tag values of the key are matched.

all: indicates all.

Enumeration values:

  • include

  • prefix

  • suffix

  • notInclude

  • equal

  • all

value

No

String

TMS tag value specifications.

Table 5 EnterpriseProjectIdAndTags

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Enterprise Project ID.

Regex Pattern: ^([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_|-)+$

tag

No

ResourceGroupTagRelation object

Tag matching rule.

Table 6 Resource

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

namespace

Yes

String

Namespace of a service. For details about the namespace of each service, see Namespace.

dimensions

Yes

Array of ResourceDimension objects

Resource dimension information.

Table 7 ResourceDimension

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Dimension of a resource. For example, the dimension of an ECS can be instance_id. A maximum of four dimensions are supported. For the metric dimension of each resource, see Service metric dimension.

Regex Pattern: ^([a-z]|[A-Z]){1}([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_|-){1,32}$

value

Yes

String

Value of a resource dimension. It is the instance ID, for example, 4270ff17-aba3-4138-89fa-820594c39755.

Regex Pattern: ^((([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]){1}([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_|-|\.)*)|\*){1,256}$

Table 8 ProductResource

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

product_name

Yes

String

Cloud product that the resource belongs to. Generally, the value format is Service namespace,First-level dimension name of the service, for example, SYS.ECS,instance_id.

namespace

Yes

String

Namespace of a service. For details about the namespace of each service, see Namespace.

Regex Pattern: ^([a-z]|[A-Z]){1}([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_)*\.([a-z]|[A-Z]){1}([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_)*$

product_instances

Yes

Array of ProductInstance objects

Product instance details.

Table 9 ProductInstance

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

first_dimension_name

Yes

String

First-level dimension of the resource. For example, the dimension of an ECS is instance_id.

Regex Pattern: ^([a-z]|[A-Z]){1}([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_|-){1,32}$

first_dimension_value

Yes

String

First-level dimension value of the resource, which is the resource ID, for example, 4270ff17-aba3-4138-89fa-820594c39755.

Regex Pattern: ^((([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]){1}([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_|-|\.)*)|\*){1,256}$

resource_name

Yes

String

Resource name.

Table 10 Instance

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

product_name

Yes

String

Cloud product name.

logical_operator

Yes

String

Logical operator.

ALL: All conditions are matched.

ANY: Any condition is matched.

Enumeration values:

  • ALL

  • ANY

instance_names

Yes

Array of ResourceName objects

Parameter array for matching resources by resource name.

Table 11 ResourceName

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

resource_name

No

String

Resource name condition value.

operator

Yes

String

Instance operator, which indicates the operation relationship between the actual resource name and the resource name condition value.

include: indicates include.

prefix: indicates the prefix.

suffix: indicates the suffix.

notInclude: indicates not included.

equal: indicates equal.

all: indicates all.

Enumeration values:

  • include

  • prefix

  • suffix

  • notInclude

  • equal

  • all

resource_name_is_ignore_case

No

Boolean

The resource name is case-insensitive.

Table 12 CombRelation

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

logical_operator

Yes

String

Logical operator.

ALL: All conditions are matched.

ANY: Any condition is matched.

Enumeration values:

  • ALL

  • ANY

conditions

Yes

Array of Condition objects

Combined matching conditions for resource groups.

Table 13 Condition

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Enterprise Project ID.

Regex Pattern: ^((([a-z]|[0-9]){8}-([a-z]|[0-9]){4}-([a-z]|[0-9]){4}-([a-z]|[0-9]){4}-([a-z]|[0-9]){12})|0)$

instance_name

No

ResourceName object

Resource name.

tag

No

ResourceGroupTagRelation object

Tag matching rule.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 14 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

group_id

String

Resource group ID, which starts with rg and is followed by 22 characters, including letters and digits.

Status code: 400

Table 15 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Status codes customized by each cloud service when a request error occurs.

error_msg

String

Request error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

Status code: 401

Table 16 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Status codes customized by each cloud service when a request error occurs.

error_msg

String

Request error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

Status code: 403

Table 17 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Status codes customized by each cloud service when a request error occurs.

error_msg

String

Request error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

Status code: 500

Table 18 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Status codes customized by each cloud service when a request error occurs.

error_msg

String

Request error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

Example Requests

Creating a resource group whose group _name is rg_test and type is TAG.

{
  "group_name" : "rg_test",
  "enterprise_project_id" : "0",
  "type" : "TAG",
  "tags" : [ {
    "key" : "key1",
    "value" : "value1"
  } ],
  "association_ep_ids" : [ "d61d4705-5658-42f5-8e0c-70eb34d17b02" ]
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Created

{
  "group_id" : "rg0123456789xxx"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Created

400

Parameter verification failed.

401

Not authenticated.

403

Authentication failed.

500

Internal system error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.