--- layout: "docs" page_title: "Alicloud OSS - Storage Backends - Configuration" sidebar_title: "AliCloud OSS" sidebar_current: "docs-configuration-storage-alicloudoss" description: |- The Alicloud OSS storage backend is used to persist Vault's data in an Alicloud OSS bucket. --- # Alicloud OSS Storage Backend The Alicloud OSS storage backend is used to persist Vault's data in an [Alicloud OSS][alicloudoss] bucket. - **No High Availability** – the Alicloud OSS storage backend does not support high availability. - **Community Supported** – the Alicloud OSS storage backend is supported by the community. While it has undergone review by HashiCorp employees, they may not be as knowledgeable about the technology. If you encounter problems with them, you may be referred to the original author. ```hcl storage "alicloudoss" { access_key = "abcd1234" secret_key = "defg5678" endpoint = "oss-us-west-1.aliyuncs.com" bucket = "my-bucket" } ``` ## `alicloudoss` Parameters - `bucket` `(string: )` – Specifies the name of the OSS bucket. This can also be provided via the environment variable `ALICLOUD_OSS_BUCKET`. - `endpoint` `(string: "")` – Specifies the OSS endpoint. This can also be provided via the environment variable `ALICLOUD_OSS_ENDPOINT`. The following settings are used for authenticating to Alicloud. - `access_key` – Specifies the Alicloud access key. This can also be provided via the environment variable `ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY`. - `secret_key` – Specifies the Alicloud secret key. This can also be provided via the environment variable `ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY`. - `max_parallel` `(string: "128")` – Specifies the maximum number of concurrent requests to Alicloud OSS. ## `alicloudoss` Examples ### Default Example This example shows using Alicloud OSS as a storage backend. ```hcl storage "alicloudoss" { access_key = "abcd1234" secret_key = "defg5678" endpoint = "oss-us-west-1.aliyuncs.com" bucket = "my-bucket" } ``` [alicloudoss]: https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/oss