Aliyun SWAS

Configure Aliyun Simple Web Application Server (SWAS).

Apply for AccessKey

1. Visit Aliyun RAM AccessKey Management.
2. Click Create AccessKey.
3. Record the generated AccessKey ID and AccessKey Secret.

AccessKey

Obtain Instance ID and Region ID

1. Go to SWAS Management Console.
2. Click the target server card title to access details page.
3. Find Instance ID in the Basic Information section.

Instance ID

4. At the same time, check the browser address bar URL to obtain Region ID (e.g. cn-hongkong).

For example, for the following URL, the Region ID is cn-hongkong:

https://swasnext.console.aliyun.com/servers/cn-hongkong/314548fe211%20f4293aafc10c34e140026/dashboard

Configure Firewall Rules

1. In server details page, select Firewall from the menu.
2. Set dedicated remark names for port rules that need to be automatically managed by Solo (for rule identification).
3. Record all remark names for rules to be managed.

For example, to protect ports 22 (SSH) and 3306 (MySQL), configure ssh and mysql:

Firewall Rules

Duplicate Remarks Allowed

Multiple rules can share the same remark. Solo will modify all matching rules.

Edit Configuration File

Add this configuration to Solo's TOML file:

[[servers]]
name = "Server Name"
machine_type = "aliyunswas"
machine_id = "Instance ID"
region = "Region ID"
secret_id = "AccessKey ID"
secret_key = "AccessKey Secret"
protocol = "v4"
rules = [
    "rule_remark1", # e.g. ssh
    "rule_remark2", # e.g. mysql
]

Parameter Reference

• name: Custom server identifier
• machine_type: Must be aliyunswas
• machine_id: Server Instance ID
• region: Server Region ID
• secret_id: Your AccessKey ID
• secret_key: Your AccessKey Secret
• protocol: Firewall protocol version, fixed as v4 (SWAS firewall only supports IPv4)
• rules: List of firewall remark names

Configuration Example

Based on previous examples:

[[servers]]
name = "Aliyun SWAS"
machine_type = "aliyunswas"
machine_id = "314548fe211f4293aafc10C34e140026"
region = "cn-hongkong"
secret_id = "LTA15t9Bk3XGIWVYbDzKumin"
secret_key = "bOjlt4RbICjsdNp90s)(IOxjl)(Cqnnz"
protocol = "v4"
rules = [
    "ssh",
    "mysql",
]