Managing Tags

Tags facilitate DCS instance identification and management.

You can add tags to an instance when creating it or add, modify, or delete tags on the details page of a created instance. Each instance can have a maximum of 10 tags.

A tag consists of a tag key and a tag value. Table 1 lists the tag key and value requirements.

**Table 1** Tag key and value requirements
Parameter	Requirement
Tag key	Cannot be left blank. Must be unique for the same instance. Can contain a maximum of 36 characters. Cannot contain the following characters: =*<>\,\|/ Cannot start or end with a space.
Tag value	Can contain a maximum of 43 characters. Cannot contain the following characters: =*<>\,\|/ Cannot start or end with a space.

Procedure

Log in to the DCS console.
Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
In the navigation pane, choose Cache Manager.

Click the name of an instance.
Click the Tags tab.
View the tags of the instance.
Perform the following operations as required:
- Add a tag
  1. Click Add Tag.
    If you have created predefined tags, select a predefined pair of tag key and value. To view predefined tags or create tags, click View predefined tags. You will be directed to the TMS console.
    
    You can also create new tags by entering Tag key and Tag value.
  2. Click OK.
- Modify a tag
  In the row containing the tag to be modified, click Edit in the Operation column. Enter the new tag value and click OK.
- Delete a tag
  In the row containing the tag to be deleted, click Delete in the Operation column. Then click Yes.