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Simple Application Server:StartTerminalSession

Last Updated:Aug 04, 2025

Starts a session to log on to a Simple Application Server instance.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that support authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

swas-open:StartTerminalSession

none

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

Yes

The region ID of the Simple Application Server instance. You can call the ListRegions operation to query the most recent list of Alibaba Cloud regions.

cn-hangzhou

InstanceId

string

Yes

The ID of the Simple Application Server instance.

ace0706b2ac4454d984295a94213****

CommandLine

string

No

The command to run after the session is started. The command can be up to 512 characters in length.

ssh root@192.168.0.***

Response parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

Example

object

Schema of Response

RequestId

string

The request ID.

20758A-585D-4A41-A9B2-28DA8F4F****

SessionId

string

The session ID.

ffb90b6e-b18a-4a33-88cf-86fb88****

SecurityToken

string

The security token that is included in the request header of the WebSocket request for authentication.

token-xxxaaz

WebSocketUrl

string

The URL of the WebSocket session that is used to remotely connect to the Simple Application Server instance. The URL contains the session ID (SessionId) and the security token (SecurityToken) that is used for authentication.

wss://xxxx

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "20758A-585D-4A41-A9B2-28DA8F4F****",
  "SessionId": "ffb90b6e-b18a-4a33-88cf-86fb88****",
  "SecurityToken": "token-xxxaaz",
  "WebSocketUrl": "wss://xxxx"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.