Cloud services that support tags

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Lists the cloud services, resource types, and capabilities that support tags.

View supported resources in the console

  1. Log on to the Tag Console.

  2. On the Tag page, click Resource Types Supported by Tag.

  3. Review the supported resource types and their capability items.

    On the Resource Types Supported by Tag page, search for a resource type. The table lists the capability items each resource type supports, including Tag Console, Cloud Resource Console, tag-based authorization, cloud resource query APIs, tag APIs, and tag-based cost allocation.

    Each capability item is defined in Capability items for tags.

Query supported resources by API

Call the ListSupportResourceTypes operation to retrieve supported resource types and capability items. Capability items for tags describes each item.

Tag capability items

Capability item

Capability item code

Description

Tag Console

TAG_CONSOLE_SUPPORT

Whether you can manage tags for this resource type in the Tag Console.

Cloud Resource Console

CLOUD_RESOURCE_CONSOLE_SUPPORT

Whether you can manage tags for the resource type in its cloud service console.

tag-based authorization

TAG_RAM_SUPPORT

Whether you can use tags to authorize access to resources of this type.

Examples:

Cloud resource query API

CLOUD_RESOURCE_API_SUPPORT

Whether you can filter resources by tag when calling the cloud service query APIs.

For example, you can call the ECS DescribeInstances operation to filter instances by their tags.

Tag API

TAG_API_SUPPORT

Whether the resource type supports the following tag API operations:

Tag API operations:

tag-based cost allocation

TAG_BILL_SUPPORT

Whether costs for this resource type can be allocated based on tags.

Use tags for cost allocation.

Tag-based cost allocation for createdby tags

CREATED_BY_TAG_BILL_SUPPORT

Whether costs for this resource type can be allocated based on the createdby tag.

Overview of createdby tags.

Createdby tag support in Cloud Resource Console

CREATED_BY_TAG_CONSOLE_SUPPORT

Whether the createdby tag is visible for this resource type in the Cloud Resource Console.

Pre-event detection for tag policy

TAG_POLICY_PREVENTATIVE_CHECK_SUPPORT

Whether a tag policy can prevent non-compliant resources of this type from being created or tagged.

If a tag does not comply with the tag policy, the tag or resource creation operation fails. Use a tag policy for automatic tag detection.

Remediation for tag policy

TAG_POLICY_CHECK_REMEDIATION_SUPPORT

Whether a tag policy can automatically fix non-compliant tags on resources of this type.

Non-compliant tags are automatically remediated to match the tag policy.

Tag inheritance from resource group

TAG_POLICY_RG_TAG_INHERIT_SUPPORT

Whether resources of this type can automatically inherit tags from their resource group, as enforced by a tag policy.

When enabled, resources of this type inherit specified tags from their parent resource group. Use a tag policy to implement automatic tag inheritance based on a resource group.