Alibaba Cloud Data Source
This data source establishes a connection to Alibaba Cloud for extracting data.
Connection configuration
For the connection it is necessary to provide the following credentials:
- Access Key ID - Your Alibaba Cloud access key ID
- Secret Key - Your Alibaba Cloud secret key
- Region - The region of your Alibaba Cloud infrastructure
If your cloud infrastructure is distributed across several regions, an Alibaba Cloud Data Source must be added for each region.
Importable types
The Alibaba Cloud importer uses a fixed schema with the following asset types and link types:
Asset types
| Asset Type | Description |
|---|---|
| INSTANCE | Instances: virtual machines which have been created in the given region. In addition it is possible to choose "only running", if you do, only the virtual machines which are actually running at the given moment will be imported. |
| IMAGE | Images in the given region. |
| DISK | Disks providing storage in the given region. |
| SECURITY_GROUP | Security groups for e.g. grouping virtual machines. |
| LOADBALANCER | Loadbalancer in the given region. |
Link types
| Link Type | Description |
|---|---|
| DISK_TO_INSTANCE | Associations between virtual machines and disks will be established: which disk is connected to which virtual machine? |
| DISK_TO_IMAGE | Associations between images and disks will be established: which disk is connected to which image? |
| INSTANCE_TO_IMAGE | Associations between virtual machines and images will be established: which virtual machine is connected to which image? |
| INSTANCE_TO_SECURITY_GROUP | Associations between virtual machines and security groups will be established: which security groups are assigned to the virtual machine? |
Creating importers
After configuring the data source, you can create auto-configured importers to bring data from Alibaba Cloud into Txture.