alibabacloud-ecs20140526
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (20140526) SDK Library for Python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are building on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure. The SDK is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, supports modern Python versions, and carries a permissive Apache 2.0 license. Install friction is low and the package is well-positioned in the ecosystem. Not relevant if you do not use Alibaba Cloud.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python >= 3.7; Alibaba Cloud credentials and configuration must be set up separately to authenticate API calls.
- Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution.
- Actively maintained with a release 7 days old and recent commits.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache License 2.0 (permissive) — Licensed under Apache License 2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for most production and proprietary projects.
last release 2026-08-07 (7 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 138 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 163,559 downloads/mo, #10,569 on PyPI
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pip install alibabacloud_ecs20140526
from alibabacloud_ecs20140526 import client
# Instantiate and call ECS operations via the client- Whether the SDK covers the full ECS API surface or a specific subset of operations.
- How authentication credentials are configured and whether environment variables, config files, or code-based setup is required.
- Whether there are rate limits or quotas imposed by Alibaba Cloud on API calls made through this SDK.
What it is and what it does
This is the official Alibaba Cloud SDK for Python that wraps the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) API, allowing developers to programmatically manage cloud compute instances, storage, networking, and related resources on Alibaba Cloud. It is built on top of alibabacloud-tea-openapi and darabonba-core, which handle the underlying HTTP transport and request serialization.
The SDK is actively maintained, supports Python 3.7 through 3.12, and is distributed as a pure wheel with low installation friction. It is intended for developers building applications that need to provision, configure, or monitor ECS resources on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure.
Use it for
- Automate provisioning and teardown of ECS instances as part of infrastructure-as-code workflows.
- Build management dashboards or monitoring tools that query ECS instance status and metrics.
- Integrate Alibaba Cloud compute resources into multi-cloud deployment pipelines.
- Programmatically configure networking, storage, and security groups for ECS instances.
- Develop cost-optimization scripts that scale instances based on demand.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are building on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure.
The SDK is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, supports modern Python versions, and carries a permissive Apache 2.0 license. Install friction is low and the package is well-positioned in the ecosystem. Not relevant if you do not use Alibaba Cloud.
Install
alibabacloud-ecs20140526 on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Actively maintained with a release 7 days old and recent commits. Depends on two runtime packages (alibabacloud-tea-openapi and darabonba-core) that handle the underlying API transport.
Requires Python >= 3.7; Alibaba Cloud credentials and configuration must be set up separately to authenticate API calls.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache License 2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for most production and proprietary projects.
Quickstart
pip install alibabacloud_ecs20140526
from alibabacloud_ecs20140526 import client
# Instantiate and call ECS operations via the clientVerify before relying
- Whether the SDK covers the full ECS API surface or a specific subset of operations.
- How authentication credentials are configured and whether environment variables, config files, or code-based setup is required.
- Whether there are rate limits or quotas imposed by Alibaba Cloud on API calls made through this SDK.
Package facts
| License | Apache License 2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.7 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesalibabacloud-tea-openapidarabonba-core |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 7 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 163,559 / month, #10,569 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Software Development |
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