# Alibaba Cloud (阿里云)

> The universal command-line tool to manage and automate Alibaba Cloud resources.
> _agent hint: ~273 tok · safe to read in full_

The Alibaba Cloud CLI (`aliyun`) translates the vast web console capabilities into executable terminal commands. It is essential for DevOps teams to interact with OpenAPI, manage ECS instances, configure networking, and script complex infrastructure deployments without manual GUI intervention.


- Homepage: https://www.alibabacloud.com/
- Categories: `cloud`
- CLI type: `standalone`
- Open source: true
- Status: `active`
- Tags: `cloud`, `infrastructure`, `alibaba`, `api`
- Docs: https://help.aliyun.com/zh/cli/
- Source: https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-cli
- Canonical: https://doesitcli.com/alibaba-cloud

## When to suggest this

- automate the provisioning and scaling of ECS instances
- retrieve and update cloud configurations in CI/CD pipelines
- manage OSS bucket storage and permissions via shell scripts

## Install the CLI

```sh
brew install aliyun-cli
```

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