Alibaba Cloud Linux 4 Agentic Edition (ANOLISA) is an agent-first operating system built on Alibaba Cloud Linux. Create an ECS instance and start using natural language to manage your OS in minutes.
Step 1: Create an ECS instance
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Go to the instance creation page, or go to the image selection page to create an instance.
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Select an instance type. For architecture, choose X86 computing, then select a matching type. For a good experience, we recommend more than 4 GiB of memory.
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For the image, select Alibaba Cloud Linux, then choose Alibaba Cloud Linux 4 LTS 64-bit Agentic Edition from the drop-down menu.
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Select Assign Public IP (either an EIP or public bandwidth). Configure the remaining settings as prompted. For more information, see Create a custom instance.
Step 2: Complete the initial setup
After you log in, Copilot Shell (cosh) starts automatically. On first use, you must configure model authorization. Use Aliyun Authentication for quick, zero-configuration setup. For the differences between authorization methods, see Manage Configurations.
Get started
Use Copilot Shell
● Aliyun Authentication
Free with limited quota
Custom Provider
Paid · Use your own API key · Cost depends on provider
Continue without Copilot Shell
Continue to Bash
Open an interactive Bash shell without configuring AI authentication
(↑↓ Select · Tab Switch Section · Enter Continue)Step 3: Start interacting
After setup, you can use natural language to interact with the system in cosh.
ANOLISA includes system-level Skills for operations, security hardening, and troubleshooting. With built-in security safeguards, use natural language in cosh to perform tasks like kernel upgrades, vulnerability patching, and performance tuning—no complex commands required.
Example 1: View distribution and hardware details
Input: Check the system's distribution information and summarize the hardware details.
> Check the system's distro information and tell me the hardware details.
+ The user wants to know the system's distribution information and hardware details. I'll run several commands to gather this information in parallel.
✓ Shell cat /etc/os-release (Check Linux distribution info)
NAME="Alibaba Cloud Linux"
VERSION="4"
ID="alinux"
ID_LIKE="anolis"
VERSION_ID="4"
VARIANT="Agentic OS Edition"
VARIANT_ID="openanolis"
ALINUX_MINOR_ID="0"
ALINUX_UPDATE_ID="2"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:alnx4"
PRETTY_NAME="Alibaba Cloud Linux 4.0.2 (Agentic OS Edition)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
HOME_URL="https://www.aliyun.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://www.aliyun.com/"
✓ Shell uname -a (Get kernel and system info)
tmpfs 3.1G 8.6M 3.1G 1% /run
/dev/xxx 200M 6.3M 194M 4% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1.6G 4.0K 1.6G 1% /run/user/0
+ I've gathered all the system information. Let me summarize the key hardware details for the user.
+ System Information
Distribution: Alibaba Cloud Linux 4.0.2 (Agentic OS Edition)
- Kernel: 6.6.102-5.2.alnx4.x86_64
- Architecture: x86_64
Hardware Details
| Component | Details |
| CPU | Intel Xeon Platinum 8475B |
| Cores/Threads | 2 cores, 4 threads (2 threads per core) |
| CPU Speed | 800 MHz - 3800 MHz |
| Cache | L1: 160KB, L2: 4MB, L3: 97.5MB |
| Virtualization | KVM (Alibaba Cloud) |
| RAM | 16 GB (15 GiB usable) |
| Storage | 40 GB NVMe SSD (/dev/xxx) |
| Swap | None configured |
The system is running on Alibaba Cloud ECS with a virtualized Intel Xeon processor.Example 2: Install OpenClaw with one sentence
Input: Help me install OpenClaw and configure DingTalk.
Tips: Enter / to open the command palette. Press Tab to autocomplete slash commands and saved prompts.
> Help me install OpenClaw, API-Key: xxx DingTalk appKey: xxx , appSecret: xxx
+ The user wants to install OpenClaw and configure the API key and DingTalk credentials. I'll use the install-openclaw skill to complete this task and configure the sensitive information securely.
+ I'll help you install OpenClaw and configure DingTalk and Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.
✓ Skill Use skill: "install-openclaw"
Installs and configures OpenClaw on Alibaba Cloud Linux 4 (Alinux 4) servers, integrating with DingTalk and Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen). Use this skill when you need to deploy
OpenClaw, configure a DingTalk bot, integrate with DashScope/Qwen models, troubleshoot an OpenClaw
gateway that fails to start, or resolve plug-in loading issues. Includes complete troubleshooting notes and the correct configuration structure.
+ The skill documentation is loaded. I'll start the installation flow by checking for and installing the git dependency.
+ I'll start installing OpenClaw now. Based on the information you provided:
- DashScope API Key: xxx
- DingTalk AppKey: xxx
- DingTalk AppSecret: xxx✦ The port is listening as expected. Now I need to run a health check to verify the service status.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ✓ Shell openclaw gateway health (Check Gateway health) │
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│ Gateway Health │
│ OK (0ms) │
│ DingTalk: configured │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
✦ All installation and configuration steps are complete and the service health check passed. Now I'll summarize the installation results and provide the follow-up DingTalk-side configuration steps.
✦ OpenClaw installation and configuration complete.
Installation status
| Item | Status |
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| OpenClaw version | 2026.3.13 |
| DingTalk plug-in | Installed (v3.3.0) |
| Gateway service | Running (pid xxx) |
| Port listening | xxx |Before you begin, create an internal enterprise application in the DingTalk Developer Console to get the AppKey and AppSecret, and obtain an API Key from the Model Studio console. For details, see Deploy Openclaw/Claude Code in one sentence.
Switch back to Bash
To switch from cosh to Bash, run:
/bashIn Bash, run exit or press Ctrl+D to return to cosh. Your session history is automatically restored.
Quick command reference
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Command |
Description |
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!command |
Runs a shell command. |
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@filepath |
References a file as context. |
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/stats |
Views token consumption. |
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/approval-mode yolo |
Enables fully automatic mode (no confirmation required). |
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/skills |
Views loaded skills. |
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/help |
Displays help. |
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/quit |
Exits cosh. |
Technical support
Join DingTalk group 90400034325 for technical support.
To avoid unnecessary charges, release the ECS instance when no longer needed. In the ECS console, go to Instance Details → Release Settings and click Release Now.