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CloudOps Orchestration Service:ACS-ECS-ScheduleToRunCommand

Last Updated:Dec 23, 2025

Template name

ACS-ECS-ScheduleToRunCommand Schedules commands to run in batches on ECS instances

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Template description

This template schedules the batch execution of Cloud Assistant commands on multiple Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances. It is ideal for periodic tasks, such as system maintenance and task automation. The configuration requires the region ID (regionId), a cron expression (triggerCron), the target instances (targets), the command type (commandType), and the command content (commandContent). After the template runs, it returns a list of command outputs to verify the execution status.

Template type

Automated

Owner

Alibaba Cloud

Input parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Default value

Limit

triggerEndDate

The end time of the scheduled task.

String

Yes

targets

Target instance

Json

Yes

regionId

The region ID.

String

No

{{ ACS::RegionId }}

triggerCron

The CRON expression.

String

No

0 0 12 ? * *

timeZone

The time zone.

String

No

UTC

commandType

The type of the Cloud Assistant command.

String

No

RunShellScript

commandContent

The Cloud Assistant command.

String

No

echo hello

The command can be up to 16,384 bytes in length.

workingDir

The working directory of the command in the ECS instance.

String

No

""

timeout

The timeout period in seconds.

Number

No

600

rateControl

Task execution concurrency

Json

No

{'Mode': 'Concurrency', 'MaxErrors': 0, 'Concurrency': 10}

OOSAssumeRole

The Resource Access Management (RAM) role that is assumed by CloudOps Orchestration Service (OOS).

String

No

OOSServiceRole

Output parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

commandOutputs

List

Permission policy that is required to execute the template

{
    "Version": "1",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Action": [
                "ecs:DescribeInstances",
                "ecs:DescribeInvocationResults",
                "ecs:DescribeInvocations",
                "ecs:RunCommand"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Effect": "Allow"
        },
        {
            "Action": [
                "oos:GetApplicationGroup"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Effect": "Allow"
        }
    ]
}

Details

For more information, see ACS-ECS-ScheduleToRunCommand.yml at GitHub.

Template content

FormatVersion: OOS-2019-06-01
Description:
  en: 'Schedule to run command on ECS instances, applicable to scenarios that require periodically running commands on multiple ECS instances, such as system maintenance and task automation. During configuration, users need to provide the following required parameter information: Region ID (regionId), which specifies the region of the ECS instances where the commands will be run, Cron Expression (triggerCron), which defines the schedule for the task, Target Instances (targets), which defines the specific ECS instances to be operated on, and Command Type (commandType) and Command Content (commandContent). Upon execution, the template will return a list of the output results of the run command, enabling users to verify the status of the command executions.'
  zh-cn: 'Schedules the batch execution of Cloud Assistant commands on multiple ECS instances. It is ideal for periodic tasks, such as system maintenance and task automation. The configuration requires the region ID (regionId), a cron expression (triggerCron), the target instances (targets), the command type (commandType), and the command content (commandContent). After the template runs, it returns a list of the command outputs to verify the execution status.'
  name-en: ACS-ECS-ScheduleToRunCommand
  name-zh-cn: Schedules batch execution of commands on ECS instances
  categories:
    - time_trigger
Parameters:
  regionId:
    Type: String
    Label:
      en: RegionId
      zh-cn: Region ID
    AssociationProperty: RegionId
    Default: '{{ ACS::RegionId }}'
  triggerCron:
    Description:
      en: 'refer them here: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/document_detail/169784.html'
      zh-cn: 'For more information, see https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/document_detail/169784.html'
    Label:
      en: Cronexpression
      zh-cn: cron expression
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: Cron
    Default: 0 0 12 ? * *
  triggerEndDate:
    Description:
      en: 'Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ.'
      zh-cn: 'Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ'
    Label:
      en: triggerEndDate
      zh-cn: End time of the time trigger
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: DateTime
    AssociationPropertyMetadata:
      Format: 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ'
  timeZone:
    Label:
      en: timeZone
      zh-cn: Time zone
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: TimeZone
    Default: UTC
  targets:
    Type: Json
    Label:
      en: TargetInstance
      zh-cn: Target instances
    AssociationProperty: Targets
    AssociationPropertyMetadata:
      ResourceType: 'ALIYUN::ECS::Instance'
      RegionId: regionId
      Status: Running
  commandType:
    Label:
      en: CommandType
      zh-cn: Cloud Assistant command type
    Type: String
    AllowedValues:
      - RunBatScript
      - RunPowerShellScript
      - RunShellScript
    Default: RunShellScript
  commandContent:
    Label:
      en: CommandContent
      zh-cn: Cloud Assistant command content
    Type: String
    MaxLength: 16384
    AssociationProperty: Code
    Default: echo hello
  workingDir:
    Description:
      en: '<td class="entry colsep-1 rowsep-1">
            <p class="p">Default value: </p>
            <ul class="ul">
            <li class="li"> Linux instances: the home directory of the administrator (the root user), which is<code class="ph codeph">/root</code>.</li>
            <li class="li"> Windows instances: the directory where the Cloud Assistant client process resides,such as <code class="ph codeph">C:\Windows\System32</code>.</li>
            </ul>
          </td>'
      zh-cn: '<td class="entry colsep-1 rowsep-1">
              <p class="p">Default value:</p>
              <ul class="ul">
                <li class="li">For Linux instances, the default directory is the home directory of the administrator (root user), which is <code class="ph codeph">/root</code>.</li>
                <li class="li">For Windows instances, the default directory is where the Cloud Assistant client process is located, such as <code class="ph codeph">C:\Windows\System32</code>.</li>
              </ul>
            </td>'
    Label:
      en: WorkingDir
      zh-cn: Directory to run the command on the ECS instance
    Type: String
    Default: ''
  timeout:
    Label:
      en: Timeout (s)
      zh-cn: Timeout (s)
    Type: Number
    Default: 600
  rateControl:
    Label:
      en: RateControl
      zh-cn: Concurrency rate for task execution
    Type: Json
    AssociationProperty: RateControl
    Default:
      Mode: Concurrency
      MaxErrors: 0
      Concurrency: 10
  OOSAssumeRole:
    Label:
      en: OOSAssumeRole
      zh-cn: The RAM role assumed by OOS
    Type: String
    Default: OOSServiceRole
RamRole: '{{ OOSAssumeRole }}'
Tasks:
  - Name: timerTrigger
    Action: ACS::TimerTrigger
    Description:
      en: Triggers a task as scheduled by specifying type and expression
      zh-cn: Triggers a task as scheduled by specifying the trigger type and expression
    Properties:
      Type: cron
      Expression: '{{ triggerCron }}'
      EndDate: '{{ triggerEndDate }}'
      TimeZone: '{{ timeZone }}'
  - Name: getInstance
    Description:
      en: Views the ECS instances
      zh-cn: Obtains ECS instances
    Action: 'ACS::SelectTargets'
    Properties:
      ResourceType: 'ALIYUN::ECS::Instance'
      RegionId: '{{ regionId }}'
      Filters:
        - '{{ targets }}'
    Outputs:
      instanceIds:
        Type: List
        ValueSelector: 'Instances.Instance[].InstanceId'
  - Name: runCommand
    Action: 'ACS::ECS::RunCommand'
    Description:
      en: Execute cloud assistant command
      zh-cn: Executes a Cloud Assistant command
    Properties:
      regionId: '{{ regionId }}'
      commandContent: '{{ commandContent }}'
      instanceId: '{{ ACS::TaskLoopItem }}'
      commandType: '{{ commandType }}'
      workingDir: '{{ workingDir }}'
      timeout: '{{ timeout }}'
    Loop:
      RateControl: '{{ rateControl }}'
      Items: '{{ getInstance.instanceIds }}'
      Outputs:
        commandOutputs:
          AggregateType: 'Fn::ListJoin'
          AggregateField: commandOutput
    Outputs:
      commandOutput:
        Type: String
        ValueSelector: invocationOutput
Outputs:
  commandOutputs:
    Type: List
    Value: '{{ runCommand.commandOutputs }}'
Metadata:
  ALIYUN::OOS::Interface:
    ParameterGroups:
      - Parameters:
          - timeZone
          - triggerCron
          - triggerEndDate
        Label:
          default:
            zh-cn: Schedule Settings
            en: Timer Trigger Configure
      - Parameters:
          - commandType
          - commandContent
          - workingDir
          - timeout
        Label:
          default:
            zh-cn: Command Execution Options
            en: run command options
      - Parameters:
          - regionId
          - targets
        Label:
          default:
            zh-cn: Select Instances
            en: Select Ecs Instances
      - Parameters:
          - rateControl
          - OOSAssumeRole
        Label:
          default:
            zh-cn: Advanced Options
            en: Control Options