Integrations

Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun)

Connect Castrel to Alibaba Cloud for logs, metrics, traces, alerts, resource inventory, and billing queries.

Overview

  • Connector name: aliyun
  • Supported API version: Alibaba Cloud OpenAPI (latest)
  • Official docs: Alibaba Cloud OpenAPI

Configuration

To use Alibaba Cloud tools, create a Connector with the following fields:

FieldRequiredDescription
access_key_idYesAlibaba Cloud AccessKey ID
access_key_secretYesAlibaba Cloud AccessKey Secret
regionNoResource region (default: cn-hangzhou)
security_tokenNoSTS temporary credential token (required when using STS)
base_urlNoAPI base URL (default: https://api.aliyun.com)
timeoutNoRequest timeout in seconds (default: 30)
verify_sslNoVerify SSL certificates (default: true)

Available Tools

This connector provides a comprehensive set of tools for Alibaba Cloud resource access and analysis.

  • Log queries: Search and analyze logs via SLS (Log Service)
  • Metrics monitoring: Retrieve metric time-series data and alert status from ARMS/CMS
  • Distributed tracing: Query ARMS Tracing request trace data
  • Resource management: List and query cloud resource inventories (ECS, RDS, OSS, etc.)
  • Billing analysis: Retrieve billing details and cost optimization recommendations