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Alibaba Cloud Credentials

Alibaba Cloud credentials are required for operations that inspect or manage cloud resources.

Supported environment variables:

VariableDescription
ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_IDAccessKey ID
ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRETAccessKey Secret
ALIBABA_CLOUD_SECURITY_TOKENSTS token; switches the credential mode to STS when set
ALIBABA_CLOUD_REGION_IDDefault region

Use test or temporary credentials when experimenting. Do not paste production secrets into shell history, screenshots, logs, or issue reports.