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Updated on 2026-08-10 GMT+08:00

Key Operations Supported by CTS

Scenarios

Cloud Trace Service (CTS) records user operations performed on ECSs and related resources for further query, auditing, and backtracking.

Prerequisites

CTS has been enabled.

Key ECS Operations Recorded by CTS

Table 1 ECS operations recorded by CTS

Operation

Resource Type

Trace

Creating an ECS

ecs

createServer

createServerV2

createServerV21

Deleting an ECS

ecs

deleteServer

deleteServerV2

deleteServerV21

deleteVmByNative

Batch starting ECSs/Starting an ECS

ecs

startServer

Batch restarting ECSs/Restarting an ECS

ecs

rebootServer

Batch stopping ECSs/Stopping an ECS

ecs

stopServer

Adding a NIC to an ECS

ecs

addNic

Deleting a NIC from an ECS

ecs

deleteNic

delNic

Batch attaching shared disks/Attaching a disk

ecs

attachVolume

attachVolumeV2

Batch detaching shared disks/Detaching a disk

ecs

detachVolume

Reinstalling an OS

ecs

reinstallOs

reInitOs

Changing an OS

ecs

changeOs

reInitOs

Batch modifying ECS specifications/Modifying ECS specifications

ecs

resizeServer

Adding the automatic recovery tag for an ECS

ecs

addAutoRecovery

Deleting the automatic recovery tag from an ECS

ecs

deleteAutoRecovery

Updating metadata or setting metadata of a specified key (excluding the agency name)

ecs

updateMetadata

Updating metadata or setting metadata of a specified key (including the agency name)

ecs

updateMetadataAndServerAgency

Updating an agency

ecs

updateServerAgency

Logging in to an ECS using VNC

ecs

remoteConsole

Modifying ECS information

ecs

updateServer

Managing the ECS status (OpenStack Nova API)

server

operateServer

Adding, deleting, or editing tags

ecsTags

dealUnifiedTags

Batch adding or deleting tags

ecs

addOrDeleteServersTags

Updating disk details of an ECS

ecs

updateServerBlockDevice

Resetting the ECS password

ecs

resetServerPassword

Batch resetting the ECS passwords

ecs

batchResetServersPassword

Batch renaming ECSs

ecs

batchUpdateServersName

Updating NIC attachment details of an ECS

ecs

updateServerInterfaceAttached

Deleting specified ECS metadata

ecs

deleteMetadata

Updating the ECS automatic destruction time

ecs

taskServiceModifyTerminateTime

Updating the ECS metadata configuration

ecs

updateServerMetadataOptions

Resetting an ECS

ecs

osReset

Querying ECS details

ecs

showServer

Listing ECS details

ecs

listServersDetails

Querying tags of an ECS

ecs

showServerTags

Listing project tags

ecs

listServerTags

Listing disks attached to an ECS

ecs

listServerBlockDevices

Querying information about a disk attached to an ECS

ecs

showServerBlockDevice

Listing disks attached to an ECS

ecs

listServerVolumeAttachments

Listing flavor details and extended information

ecs

listFlavors

Listing supported flavor changes

ecs

listResizeFlavors

Querying whether one-click password reset is supported

ecs

showResetPasswordFlag

Querying the password of an ECS

ecs

showServerPassword

Querying tenant quotas

ecs

showServerLimits

Listing network interfaces of an ECS

ecs

listServerInterfaces

Listing ECS groups

ecs

listServerGroups

Querying ECS group details

ecs

showServerGroup

Querying whether automatic recovery is configured for an ECS

ecs

showServerAutoRecovery

Querying the ECS metadata configuration

ecs

showServerMetadataOptions

Listing AZs

ecs

listAvailabilityZones

Querying the ECS security group details

ecs

showSecurityGroup

Listing ECS security groups

ecs

listSecurityGroups

Querying job details

ecs

showJob

Changing an ECS network interface

ecs

changeVpc

Modifying the ECS recycle bin policy

ecs

updateRecycleBinPolicy

Modifying the ECS recycle bin setting

ecs

updateRecycleBin

Setting the serial port login for an ECS

ecs

serialConsoleOptions

Obtaining the serial port login address of an ECS

ecs

serialConsoleActions

Deleting the ECS password

ecs

deleteServerPassword

Creating an ECS group

ecs

createServerGroup

Deleting an ECS group

ecs

deleteServerGroup

Modifying network interface information of an ECS

ecs

changeNetworkInterface

Batch adding ECSs to an ECS group

ecs

batchAddServerGroupMembers

Batch deleting ECSs from an ECS group

ecs

batchDeleteServerGroupMembers

Changing the billing mode of an ECS from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly

ecs

changeServerChargeMode

Creating a reserved instance

ecs

createReservedInstance

Deleting an ECS from the recycle bin

ecs

deleteRecycleBinVm

Recovering an ECS from the recycle bin

ecs

revertRecycleBinVm