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]

2. 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)