edge-cloud-provider-manager: Introduction and release notes-Container Service for Kubernetes(ACK)-阿里云帮助中心

edge-cloud-provider-manager is the cloud resource controller in an ACK Edge cluster. This topic provides an overview and release notes for edge-cloud-provider-manager.

Introduction

edge-cloud-provider-manager (ECPM) is a managed component installed by default in an ACK Edge cluster. It integrates with Alibaba Cloud products, such as Edge Load Balancer (ELB), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Elastic IP Address (EIP), and Classic Load Balancer (CLB). ECPM provides the following capabilities:

Manages resources required by the Raven component, such as CLB, EIP, and access control lists (ACLs).
Manages ELB instances: When a Service's spec.type is set to LoadBalancer and its spec.loadBalancerClass is set to alibabacloud.com/elb, ECPM manages the load balancer, its backend servers, listeners, and related resources in the node pool that the Service selects.

Release notes

April 2026

Version

Image address

Release date

Description

Impact

v1.1.3

registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/edge-cloud-provider-manager:v1.1.3

April 15, 2026

Optimized the ELB controller.

This update has no impact on existing services.

July 2024

Version	Image address	Release date	Description	Impact
v1.0.1	registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/edge-cloud-provider-manager:v1.0.1	July 15, 2024	Introduces dynamic management of cloud resources required by the Raven component, such as CLB, EIP, and ACLs. Introduces support for multi-region ELB instances. For more information, see Use ELB instances to expose Services in multiple regions.	This update has no impact on existing services.