alicloud-database-rds-custom

What This Skill Does

The alicloud-database-rds-custom skill is a powerful command-line integration designed for OpenClaw users to manage and monitor their Alibaba Cloud RDS Custom (RC) instances. By leveraging the official aliyun CLI, this skill enables seamless interaction with your cloud infrastructure, allowing you to fetch comprehensive metadata, performance metrics, and configuration details without manually navigating the Alibaba Cloud console. It provides a structured interface for querying instance lifecycles, viewing available disk and snapshot configurations, and retrieving essential connectivity data such as VNC URLs.

Installation

To begin using this skill, ensure you have the aliyun CLI installed and configured. Execute the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/chucklong/alicloud-database-rds-custom. After installation, perform the authentication step by running aliyun configure and providing your AccessKey ID, AccessKey Secret, and default region. Verify the installation by executing aliyun version to ensure compatibility with your environment.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for DevOps engineers and cloud administrators who manage high-performance database workloads. Use it to automate daily reporting on instance health, quickly audit disk and snapshot configurations during disaster recovery planning, or monitor real-time resource utilization like CPU and memory usage via the DescribeRCMetricList command. It is particularly effective for multi-region fleet management, allowing you to switch between regions seamlessly to perform batch updates or health checks.

Example Prompts

1. "查询北京地域下所有状态为运行中的 RDS 自定义实例，并列出它们的 CPU 和内存配置。"
2. "获取实例 rc-12345678 的详细属性，并告诉我它的私网 IP 和当前状态。"
3. "列出 cn-hangzhou 地域中可用的所有 RC 实例磁盘快照，方便我进行备份审计。"

Tips & Limitations

• Efficiency: Leverage jq for advanced data processing. The skill output is JSON-native, making it perfect for piping into filter tools to extract specific metrics.
• Limitations: Note that certain advanced monitoring features, such as DescribeRCCloudAssistantStatus, are currently unsupported via CLI and require manual console or SSH verification.
• Best Practices: Always specify a --region parameter to avoid cross-region API latency and ensure you are targeting the correct data center. Use the --output flag to minimize command output overhead by selecting only the columns relevant to your specific query task.