When you apply for an Internet content provider (ICP) filing for a website or an application, you must report the information about the instance that you use to host your website or application to the authority. The authority verifies your access information such as the IP address. This topic describes how to check the instance for ICP filing before you apply for an ICP filing.
Background information
China has issued the following regulations on Internet information services:
Alibaba Cloud can provide you with ICP filing services as a service provider only if your Internet information services, such as websites and applications, use Alibaba Cloud resources in the Chinese mainland.
If you deploy or host your Internet information services, such as websites and applications, on cloud services that are not provided by Alibaba Cloud or in data centers, you must contact your service provider to apply for an ICP filing.
Article 8 of Administrative Measures for Putting on Record Non-profit Internet Information Services states the following content: With respect to those non-profit Internet information services to be provided through access to for-profit Internet services, the procedures for filing, modifying, and nullifying a filing can be commissioned and handled by Internet access service operators, Internet data center operators, and telecommunications operators providing these websites with access service through other means.
Notice of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the Record-filing of Mobile Internet Apps states the following content: An APP sponsor shall go through the record-filing formalities with the provincial communications administration at the place where it is domiciled through its network access service provider and the APP distribution platform by means of online submission for application and inspection and review via the "national management system for basic internet resources".
Check the instance for ICP filing
Make sure that the instance that you purchased meets the following requirements before you apply for an ICP filing.
Core check item | Description |
Instance region | The instance is deployed in an Alibaba Cloud region in the Chinese mainland. |
Instance service type | The instance is of the specified service type and meets the requirement of the subscription duration. For more information, see Table 1 of this topic. |
Number of service identification numbers available for Internet information services | The number of service identification numbers that can be applied for each instance varies based on its service type. For more information, see Table 1 of this topic. When you apply for an ICP filing for an Internet information service on an instance, the instance automatically generates a service identification number in the Filing state, which is used to associate the instance with the ICP filing information. The instance generates service identification numbers until the maximum number of service identification numbers available for the instance is reached. If an ICP filing application fails, the associated service identification number is automatically deleted and does not occupy the number of service identification numbers that the instance can generate. If an ICP filing application is successful, the state of the associated service identification number changes to Used. In this case, even if you remove Alibaba Cloud as a service provider from your ICP filing information or cancel the ICP filing, the available number of service identification numbers for the instance remains unchanged. Note
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Table 1. Supported instance service types and maximum numbers of service identification numbers allowed
Instance service type | Requirement for purchases | URL for purchases | Maximum number of service identification numbers allowed |
Elastic Compute Service (ECS) |
| Up to five for each instance | |
Cloud Web Hosting |
| Up to five for each instance | |
Simple Application Server |
| Up to five for each instance | |
Edge Node Service (ENS) |
| Up to five for each instance | |
LinkedMall |
| Up to two for each mall | |
IoT Studio |
| One for each instance |
Check other Alibaba Cloud services
If your domain name uses Alibaba Cloud services such as Object Storage Service (OSS), Alibaba Cloud CDN, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Anti-DDoS Pro, you must determine whether to add Alibaba Cloud as a service provider to the ICP filing information based on your business scenario.
Service | Scenario | Requirement |
OSS | To associate a custom domain name with an OSS endpoint, you must apply for an ICP filing for this domain name. For more information, see Map a custom domain name to the default domain name of a bucket. | You must obtain an ICP number for the domain name from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China. You are not required to add Alibaba Cloud as a service provider to the ICP filing information. |
CDN | You must apply for an ICP filing for a domain name that points to an instance deployed in the Chinese mainland and uses Alibaba Cloud CDN for content delivery. | You may use Alibaba Cloud CDN for content delivery acceleration in the Chinese mainland or all over the world. You must obtain an ICP number for the domain name from the MIIT of China. You are not required to add Alibaba Cloud as a service provider to the ICP filing information. Warning If your origin server is deployed on Alibaba Cloud but you do not add Alibaba Cloud as a service provider to the ICP filing information of the domain name used for back-to-origin routing, the domain name cannot be accessed. |
WAF | You must apply for an ICP filing for a domain name that points to an instance deployed in the Chinese mainland and uses WAF for security protection. | You must obtain an ICP number for the domain name from the MIIT of China. You are not required to add Alibaba Cloud as a service provider to the ICP filing information. Warning If your origin server is deployed on Alibaba Cloud but you do not add Alibaba Cloud as a service provider to the ICP filing information of the domain name used for back-to-origin routing, the domain name cannot be accessed. |
Anti-DDoS Pro | You must apply for an ICP filing for a domain name that points to an instance deployed in the Chinese mainland and uses Anti-DDoS Pro for security protection. |