Table: alicloud_ecs_region - Query Alicloud Elastic Compute Service Regions using SQL

Alicloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) is a high-performance, stable, reliable, and scalable IaaS-level service provided by Alibaba Cloud. ECS eliminates the need to invest in IT hardware up front and allows you to quickly scale computing resources on demand, making ECS more convenient and efficient than physical servers. ECS provides a variety of instance types that suit different business needs and help boost business growth.

Table Usage Guide

The alicloud_ecs_region table provides insights into the regions available within Alibaba Cloud's Elastic Compute Service (ECS). As a system administrator or DevOps engineer, you can explore region-specific details through this table, including region ID, local name, and status. Utilize it to uncover information about regions, such as those that are active, to better manage resource allocation and understand geographical distribution of your ECS instances.

Examples

Basic info

Discover the segments that are active within different regional endpoints of the Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service. This can help in assessing the performance and availability of various regions for better resource management.

select
  region,
  local_name,
  region_endpoint,
  status
from
  alicloud_ecs_region;

select
  region,
  local_name,
  region_endpoint,
  status
from
  alicloud_ecs_region;

Get details for a specific region

Explore which regions are active by checking their status, specifically focusing on the 'us-east-1' region. This provides insights into the operational status and local name of the region, which can be useful for managing resources and planning deployments.

select
  region,
  local_name,
  region_endpoint,
  status
from
  alicloud_ecs_region
where
  region = 'us-east-1';

select
  region,
  local_name,
  region_endpoint,
  status
from
  alicloud_ecs_region
where
  region = 'us-east-1';

Schema for alicloud_ecs_region

Name	Type	Operators	Description
_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form.
account_id	text	=, !=, ~~, ~~, !~~, !~~	The Alicloud Account ID in which the resource is located.
akas	jsonb		Array of globally unique identifier strings (also known as) for the resource.
local_name	text		The local name of the region.
region	text		The Alicloud region in which the resource is located.
region_endpoint	text		The endpoint of the region.
sp_connection_name	text	=, !=, ~~, ~~, !~~, !~~	Steampipe connection name.
sp_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form.
status	text		Indicates whether the cluster is sold out.
title	text		Title of the resource.

Export

This table is available as a standalone Exporter CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- alicloud

You can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:

steampipe_export_alicloud --config '<your_config>' alicloud_ecs_region