Before using Machine Translation, you must prepare an Alibaba Cloud account. This topic describes how to create an Alibaba Cloud account and complete other related preparations.
Prepare an Alibaba Cloud account
Step 1: Register an Alibaba Cloud account
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Go to the Alibaba Cloud official website.
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In the upper-right corner of the Alibaba Cloud website, click Sign Up Now.
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On the Register Account page, follow the on-screen instructions to complete registration. The Alibaba Cloud account you create serves as the resource consumption account recognized by Alibaba Cloud systems and holds full permissions for that account.
To protect your account and password, do not share them with others and update your password regularly.
Step 2: Complete identity verification for your Alibaba Cloud account
To ensure smooth operations later, complete identity verification. You must verify your identity before purchasing or using Alibaba Cloud products.
Go to the Account Management page and follow the instructions to complete identity verification.
Prepare a RAM user
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A Resource Access Management (RAM) user belongs to an Alibaba Cloud account. It does not own resources and has no independent billing mechanism.
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Costs incurred by a RAM user’s operations across Alibaba Cloud services are billed to the Alibaba Cloud account that owns the RAM user.
Step 1: Create a RAM user
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Log on to the Resource Access Management (RAM) console using your Alibaba Cloud account.
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In the navigation pane on the left, choose Identities > Users.
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On the Users page, click Create User.
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In the User Account Information section of the Create User page, enter a Logon Name and a Display Name.
Click Add User to create multiple RAM users at once.
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In the Access Mode section, select an access method.
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Console Access: Set a console logon password, password reset policy, and multi-factor authentication policy.
If you set a custom logon password, it must meet password complexity requirements. For details about setting password complexity rules, see Set RAM user password strength.
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OpenAPI Call Access: Automatically generates an AccessKey pair for the RAM user, enabling access to Alibaba Cloud through APIs or other developer tools. Note To enhance security, assign only one access method per RAM user. This prevents former organization members from continuing to access Alibaba Cloud resources using AccessKeys after leaving.
Non-developers typically do not need OpenAPI Call Access.
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Click OK.
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In the Security Authentication dialog box, follow the instructions to complete verification.
Step 2: Grant permissions to the RAM user
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In the navigation pane on the left, choose Identities > Users.
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On the Users page, find the target RAM user and click Add Permissions in the Actions column.
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In the Add Permissions panel, grant permissions to the RAM user.
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For Authorization Scope, select Entire Cloud Account.
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Enter the principal. The principal is the RAM user to whom you want to grant permissions. The system auto-fills the current RAM user, but you can also add other RAM users.
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Select an access policy.
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Select System Policy and type mt in the search box below. The system automatically matches Machine Translation–related system policies.
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In the policy list, click the AliyunMTFullAccess policy to add it to the Selected list on the right.
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The following table lists Machine Translation–related system policies for reference:
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Policy Name |
Description |
Details |
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AliyunMTFullAccess |
Grants full management permissions for Machine Translation (alimt) |
Allows full access to and operation of all Machine Translation API operations and the console. |
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AliyunMTReadOnlyAccess |
Grants read-only access to Machine Translation (alimt) |
Allows read-only access to all Machine Translation API operations and the console. |
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Click OK.
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Click Done.
What to do next
After preparing your Alibaba Cloud account, activate Machine Translation. For details, see Activate the service.