Aliyun Object Storage Service#

Lithops with Aliyun Object Storage Service as storage backend.

Configuration#

  1. Install Alibaba Cloud backend dependencies:

$ python3 -m pip install lithops[aliyun]
  1. Navigate to the Cloud Console and create a new AccessKey (If you don’t have one)

Configuration#

  1. Navigate to your storage account and create a new bucket (e.g. lithops-data). Remember to update the corresponding Lithops config field with this bucket name.

  2. Edit your lithops config and add the following keys:

  lithops:
    storage: aliyun_oss

  aliyun:
    access_key_id: <ACCESS_KEY_ID>
    access_key_secret: <ACCESS_KEY_SECRET>

  aliyun_oss:
    storage_bucket: <BUCKET_NAME>
    public_endpoint: <PUBLIC_ENDPOINT>
    internal_endpoint: <INTRANET_ENDPOINT>

Summary of configuration keys for Aliyun#

Group

Key

Default

Mandatory

Additional info

aliyun

access_key_id

yes

Access Key Id

aliyun

access_key_secret

yes

Access Key Secret

Summary of configuration keys for Aliyun Object Storage Service:#

Group

Key

Default

Mandatory

Additional info

aliyun_oss

storage_bucket

yes

The name of a bucket that exists in you account. This will be used by Lithops for intermediate data.

aliyun_oss

public_endpoint

yes

public endpoint (URL) to the service. OSS and FC endpoints are different

aliyun_oss

internal_endpoint

yes

internal endpoint (URL) to the service. Provides cost-free inbound and outbound traffic among services from the same intranet (region)