Transfer devices-阿里云帮助中心

You can transfer specific devices to another Alibaba Cloud account. This topic describes how to transfer a device out of your account and how to accept a transferred device.

Prerequisites

The product to which the device belongs is published.
If the product is not published, publish it first. On the Product Details page, click Publish in the upper-right corner. Check that the product is ready to be published, and then click Publish.
Your Alibaba Cloud account is added to the whitelist.
Important
You can no longer add accounts to the whitelist.

Limitations

You can transfer devices only on public instances in the China (Shanghai) region.
You cannot cancel a device transfer after it is complete.
After the transfer, you lose all permissions to view and manage the device.
The product is not transferred with the device. However, the destination account receives read-only permission for the product. This permission cannot be revoked. The owner of the destination account can view the product's basic information, except for the product key. They can also view and use the Thing Specification Language model, data parsing scripts, tags, and topics.
Warning
Ensure that no sensitive information is leaked through the product.
For a single device, you can use the transfer feature together with the authorization feature, but not with the distribution feature.

Step 1: Transfer out a device

The transferor transfers out the device.

Log on to the IoT Platform console.
On the Overview page, find the instance that you want to manage and click the instance ID or instance name.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose Device Assignment > Device Transfer.
On the Device Transfer page, click Transfer Device.

Select the devices to transfer, enter the Alibaba Cloud account ID of the destination account, select whether to transfer device tags, and then click OK.

Parameter	Description
Product	Select the product to which the devices to be transferred belong.
Device Selection Method	Select Manual Selection or File Upload.
Device	If you set Device Selection Method to Manual Selection, select the devices to transfer. You can transfer up to 100 devices at a time.
Device Transfer List	If you set Device Selection Method to File Upload, download the `.csv` template. Fill in the device list and upload the file.
Transfer Method	Select whether to transfer by account name or account ID. Then, enter the name or ID of the destination Alibaba Cloud account. To find the account ID, the owner of the destination Alibaba Cloud account can log on to the Alibaba Cloud website. In the upper-right corner, click the profile picture to open the Basic Information page and view the account ID.
Transfer device tags	Select whether to transfer device tags. If you select Transfer device tags, the destination account can use your existing tags to manage the devices after the transfer.

Read the on-screen instructions and click OK to transfer the device.

After you complete these steps, the device is ready to be transferred. The owner of the destination account must accept the transfer to complete the process.

Step 2: Accept a device

The device transfer is complete only after the owner of the destination account accepts the device.

Log on to the IoT Platform console with the destination Alibaba Cloud account.
On the Overview page, find the instance that you want to manage and click the instance ID or instance name.
On the Products page, select Authorized Products > Pending Transfers.
Click Agree for the transfer record.
In the dialog box, click OK.
After you confirm the transfer, the record is removed from the Pending Transfers list. The device now appears in your device list.
On the Devices page, the Device List shows the transferred device.
On the Products page, under Authorized Products, you can view product information and set up a server-side subscription to receive messages from the transferred device.