Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun)

Purpose

Design, deploy, and manage Alibaba Cloud infrastructure using Terraform/Alibaba Cloud CLI with security, cost optimization, and operational excellence.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "Alibaba Cloud", "Aliyun", "ECS", "ACK", "OSS", "SLB", "RDS", "ApsaraDB", "Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes", "Container Service", "VPC", "RAM", "terraform alicloud", "aliyun cli".

Input Context

Before activating, verify:

• Region and zone preference (Alibaba Cloud has 30+ regions; China regions require ICP license).
• Service type needed: compute (ECS/ECI), container (ACK/ASK), serverless (FC/SAE).
• Authentication method (RAM user key, STS token, RAM role).
• Compliance requirements (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, MLPS in China).
• Network topology (VPC with NAT gateway vs Internet gateway, VPN/CEN for hybrid).