DDoS Security Product Inspection & Monitoring

This skill performs security inspection on DDoS security products under an Alibaba Cloud account, entirely through Aliyun CLI direct OpenAPI calls without any scripts or SDKs.

Architecture: antiddos-public (Basic Protection) + ddosbgp (Native Protection) + ddoscoo (Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium) -> CLI OpenAPI -> Inspection Report

Product & API Overview

[MUST] Strict product routing isolation: APIs of the three products MUST NEVER be mixed. NEVER substitute ddoscoo APIs for ddosbgp queries or vice versa. If mixing is detected, abort immediately.

[MUST] ddosbgp endpoint routing: ddosbgp describe-instance-list default endpoint does NOT support mainland China Regions. You MUST specify --endpoint ddosbgp.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com for ALL describe-instance-list calls.

[MUST] Easily confused API warning:

Scenario	Correct Command	Wrong Command (FORBIDDEN)
Native Protection attack events	ddosbgp describe-ddos-event (singular)	ddoscoo describe-ddos-events
Anti-DDoS Pro attack events	ddoscoo describe-ddos-events (plural)	ddosbgp describe-ddos-event

Pre-checks

Aliyun CLI >= 3.3.3 required — see CLI Installation Guide. Credentials required — see CLI Credential Setup. Run aliyun configure list to verify. RAM permissions — see RAM Permission Policies.

[MUST] Permission Failure Handling: On permission errors: 1) Read references/ram-policies.md 2) Use ram-permission-diagnose skill 3) Pause until user confirms permissions granted.

[MUST] AI-Mode lifecycle — Enable before any CLI invocation, disable at EVERY exit point:

aliyun configure ai-mode enable
aliyun configure ai-mode set-user-agent --user-agent "AlibabaCloud-Agent-Skills/alibabacloud-ddos-security-monitor"

Parameter Confirmation

IMPORTANT: ALL user-customizable parameters MUST be confirmed with the user before execution.

Region Strategy

[MUST] ddosbgp Region traversal (dynamic + hardcoded fallback):

• Hardcoded baseline (12 Regions, MUST NOT be reduced): cn-hangzhou cn-shanghai cn-beijing cn-shenzhen cn-hongkong ap-southeast-1 ap-southeast-2 ap-southeast-3 ap-southeast-5 ap-northeast-1 us-west-1 eu-central-1
• Dynamic expansion: Call aliyun ddosbgp describe-regions (NOT ECS), union with baseline (only add, never subtract). If dynamic fetch fails, use baseline directly.
• Count validation: Final list >= 12 Regions. ALL must be traversed, NEVER break due to empty/error.

antiddos-public: Query from cn-hangzhou only (centralized). ddoscoo: MUST query both cn-hangzhou + ap-southeast-1.

Core Inspection Workflow

Phase 1: Environment, Credential & Permission Pre-check

# 1.1 Check CLI version + enable AI-Mode
aliyun version
aliyun configure ai-mode enable
aliyun configure ai-mode set-user-agent --user-agent "AlibabaCloud-Agent-Skills/alibabacloud-ddos-security-monitor"

# 1.2 Set global timeout and enable auto plugin install
aliyun configure set --auto-plugin-install true --connect-timeout 10 --read-timeout 30
aliyun plugin update

# 1.3 Check credential configuration
aliyun configure list

# 1.4 Validate permissions (one call per product)
aliyun antiddos-public describe-instance-ip-address \
  --ddos-region-id cn-hangzhou --instance-type ecs --current-page 1 --page-size 1
aliyun ddosbgp describe-instance-list --page-no 1 --page-size 1 --region cn-hangzhou --endpoint ddosbgp.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
aliyun ddoscoo describe-instances --page-number 1 --page-size 1 --region cn-hangzhou
aliyun ddoscoo describe-instances --page-number 1 --page-size 1 --region ap-southeast-1

• Normal JSON -> permission OK | Forbidden.RAM / NoPermission -> see RAM Policies

[MUST] Abort rule: If any pre-check fails 3 consecutive times, run aliyun configure ai-mode disable, output error report, and terminate.

Phase 2: Product Inventory Check (Multi-Region Mandatory Traversal)

[MUST] Loop rules: ALL Regions must be queried. On ANY error (InvalidRegionId/Empty/Throttling), log and continue — break/exit is FORBIDDEN. After loop, verify EXECUTED >= 12 (ddosbgp) or = 2 (ddoscoo). Log results immediately after each call — relying on memory is FORBIDDEN.

Empty result handling: Total: 0 → log "no instances", continue | Error code → log error, continue | Normal → extract instance IDs. After traversal, compile Region -> Instance ID list mapping for Phase 4.

# 2.1 Basic Protection assets
aliyun antiddos-public describe-instance-ip-address \
  --ddos-region-id cn-hangzhou --instance-type ecs --current-page 1 --page-size 50

# 2.2 Native Protection - [MUST execute full loop in single bash]
BASELINE="cn-hangzhou cn-shanghai cn-beijing cn-shenzhen cn-hongkong ap-southeast-1 ap-southeast-2 ap-southeast-3 ap-southeast-5 ap-northeast-1 us-west-1 eu-central-1"
DYNAMIC=$(aliyun ddosbgp describe-regions 2>/dev/null | grep -o '"RegionId":"[^"]*"' | cut -d'"' -f4 | tr '\n' ' ')
if [ -n "$DYNAMIC" ]; then
  ALL_REGIONS=$(echo "$BASELINE $DYNAMIC" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ')
else
  ALL_REGIONS="$BASELINE"
fi
EXECUTED=0
for region in $ALL_REGIONS; do
  # [MANDATORY] NEVER break/return/exit - on ANY error, MUST continue
  echo "=== ddosbgp query $region ==="
  # [CRITICAL] Must specify --endpoint for mainland China Regions
  RESULT=$(aliyun ddosbgp describe-instance-list --page-no 1 --page-size 50 --region $region --endpoint ddosbgp.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com 2>&1)
  echo "$RESULT"
  if echo "$RESULT" | grep -q "InvalidRegionId\|ErrorCode"; then
    echo "[WARN] $region returned error, logged and continuing"
  fi
  EXECUTED=$((EXECUTED+1))
  continue
done
echo "=== Regions executed: $EXECUTED ==="

# 2.3 Native Protection associated IPs (per discovered instance, uses --biz-region-id)
aliyun ddosbgp describe-pack-ip-list \
  --instance-id <instance-id> --page-no 1 --page-size 50 --biz-region-id <region-id>

# 2.4 Anti-DDoS Pro instances [MUST query both Regions]
aliyun ddoscoo describe-instances --page-number 1 --page-size 50 --region cn-hangzhou
aliyun ddoscoo describe-instances --page-number 1 --page-size 50 --region ap-southeast-1

# 2.5 Anti-DDoS Pro associated domains (per discovered instance)
aliyun ddoscoo describe-domains --instance-ids <instance-id> --region <region-id>

[MUST] End validation: 1) Region count: ddosbgp >= 12, ddoscoo = 2 2) Product isolation: no mixed API prefixes 3) Instance deduplication: Global instances (CoverageType=4) appear in every Region — deduplicate by InstanceId

Phase 3: Confirm Comparison Period

Ask user for comparison period, parse into second-precision Unix timestamps. [MUST] Use bash date command — manual calculation FORBIDDEN:

BASE_END=$(date +%s)
BASE_START=$((BASE_END - 86400))
COMPARE_END=$((BASE_START))
COMPARE_START=$((COMPARE_END - 86400))
# Week-over-week: offset 604800s | Hour-over-hour: offset 3600s
echo "Base: $BASE_START ~ $BASE_END | Compare: $COMPARE_START ~ $COMPARE_END"

Phase 4: Execute Inspection & Generate Report

[MUST] Sequential Execution Guard: Execute API chains strictly in order for EACH instance. Do NOT stop at "planning" — every API MUST have an actual aliyun command executed with visible output. After each sub-step (4.1/4.2/4.3), print echo "[Step 4.X Complete]". Proceeding to 4.4/4.5 without all calls completed is FORBIDDEN.

[MUST] Route by inventory: No instances in ALL Regions → execute probe calls (--instance-id dummy) on cn-hangzhou to preserve trace, report "not provisioned". Some Regions have instances → inspect those, skip empty Regions. NEVER substitute product APIs.

4.1 Basic Protection Inspection

# Has assets: real ID | No assets: probe call
aliyun antiddos-public describe-ddos-event-list \
  --ddos-region-id <region-id> --instance-type <type> --instance-id <id> \
  --current-page 1 --page-size 50
# Probe: --instance-id dummy --ddos-region-id cn-hangzhou --instance-type ecs

[MANDATORY CHECKPOINT 4.1] Confirm describe-ddos-event-list returned JSON or explicit error. If not executed, retry now. Do NOT proceed to 4.2 until confirmed.

4.2 Native Protection Inspection (ddosbgp APIs ONLY)

[MUST] ddosbgp APIs only. Attack events: describe-ddos-event (singular). L4 traffic: describe-traffic (MUST call). Region params: describe-ddos-event/describe-pack-ip-list use --biz-region-id; describe-traffic uses --region. Has instances → all 3 APIs per instance | ALL empty → 3 probe calls on cn-hangzhou (all required)

aliyun ddosbgp describe-ddos-event \
  --instance-id <id> --start-time <ts> --end-time <ts> \
  --page-no 1 --page-size 50 --biz-region-id <region-id>
aliyun ddosbgp describe-pack-ip-list \
  --instance-id <id> --page-no 1 --page-size 50 --biz-region-id <region-id>
aliyun ddosbgp describe-traffic \
  --instance-id <id> --start-time <ts> --end-time <ts> --region <region-id>
# Probe: --instance-id dummy, --biz-region-id cn-hangzhou (describe-traffic: --region cn-hangzhou)

[MANDATORY CHECKPOINT 4.2] You MUST now verify all 3 ddosbgp APIs were actually executed by checking terminal output. If describe-ddos-event OR describe-pack-ip-list OR describe-traffic has zero terminal output, STOP and execute the missing call(s) NOW. Two consecutive failures to complete all 3 → output error log and terminate. Do NOT proceed to 4.3 until all 3 confirmed.

4.3 Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium Inspection (ddoscoo APIs ONLY)

[MUST] ddoscoo APIs only. Has instances → all APIs per instance | Both Regions empty → probe calls on cn-hangzhou

aliyun ddoscoo describe-ddos-events \
  --instance-ids <id> --start-time <ts> --end-time <ts> \
  --page-number 1 --page-size 50 --region <region-id>
aliyun ddoscoo describe-domain-qps-list \
  --start-time <ts> --end-time <ts> --interval 300 --region <region-id>
aliyun ddoscoo describe-port-flow-list \
  --instance-ids <id> --start-time <ts> --end-time <ts> \
  --interval 300 --region <region-id>
aliyun ddoscoo describe-domain-status-code-list \
  --start-time <ts> --end-time <ts> --interval 300 \
  --query-type gf --region <region-id>
aliyun ddoscoo describe-domain-status-code-list \
  --start-time <ts> --end-time <ts> --interval 300 \
  --query-type upstrem --region <region-id>
# Probe: --instance-ids dummy, --region cn-hangzhou (same 5 APIs)

[MANDATORY CHECKPOINT 4.3] Verify all 5 ddoscoo APIs have terminal output. Any missing → execute now. Do NOT proceed to 4.4.

4.4 Period-over-Period Analysis

Change rate = (Base - Compare) / Compare × 100%. Thresholds: ±30%~±100% → Attention | >±100% → Anomaly | Blackhole/scrubbing present → Anomaly.

4.5 Report Output

Mandatory: Follow Report Template, no sections omitted. Group assets by Region.

[MUST] Data consistency validation:

1. Aggregation: Summary numbers must exactly match detail list counts
2. Deduplication: Same instance/IP across Regions → deduplicate before counting
3. Empty value annotation (hard rule): Empty array [] → write 0 (API returned empty) or Query failed (ErrorCode: XXX). FORBIDDEN: vague phrases like "no anomaly found", "appears to be a false alarm". Key metrics with empty data MUST include [DATA MISSING] tag at section start
4. Cross-validation: Summary totals = sum of Region details
5. Call record verification: Claimed API calls and conclusions must match actual execution. Fabrication FORBIDDEN
6. Raw Data Binding: Copy-paste exact values from terminal output into report. FORBIDDEN: inferring from memory, writing "no domains" if API returned domains. Use grep/jq to verify before finalizing

[MUST] Pre-computation verification (hard blocker): [STRICT MODE] Directly writing echo "<number>" with pre-filled values is FORBIDDEN and counts as fabrication. You MUST use grep/jq/wc to parse actual terminal output or saved log. The verification script must contain pipe commands that extract real data, NOT hardcoded echo statements.

# [STRICT] Count API calls from terminal history - must use grep, not hardcoded echo
echo "=== Call statistics ==="
# Example: grep -c "aliyun antiddos-public" /path/to/terminal.log  (adapt to your log method)
echo "antiddos-public: $(grep -c 'antiddos-public' <<< "$TERMINAL_LOG")"
echo "ddosbgp: $(grep -c 'aliyun ddosbgp' <<< "$TERMINAL_LOG")"
echo "ddoscoo: $(grep -c 'aliyun ddoscoo' <<< "$TERMINAL_LOG")"
# [STRICT] Count assets from API responses - must use jq/grep, not hardcoded
echo "=== Asset statistics (from API JSON responses) ==="
# Parse actual JSON outputs, e.g.: jq '.InstanceList | length', jq '.DomainList | length'

Output must contain pipe commands (grep, jq, wc -l). Pure echo "number" without pipes = fabrication = abort. Mismatch with report draft → abort, re-traverse log, re-run. Report MUST quote the verification output snippet.

Cleanup

[MUST] Mandatory exit safeguard: Regardless of exit reason (success, failure, cancellation, timeout), the final step MUST unconditionally execute AI-Mode disable + verification. Highest priority, cannot be overridden.

aliyun configure ai-mode disable
# Verify: try status command, if unsupported fall back to configure list
VERIFY=$(aliyun configure ai-mode status 2>&1)
if echo "$VERIFY" | grep -q "not a valid\|unknown\|error"; then
  # Fallback: check via configure list output
  aliyun configure list | grep -i "ai-mode\|agent"
fi
# If still uncertain, run disable again to be safe
aliyun configure ai-mode disable

[MUST] Only write "AI-Mode confirmed disabled" if verification succeeded. If both status and configure list fail to confirm, write "AI-Mode disable executed but verification inconclusive (CLI compatibility issue)" — do NOT claim confirmed.

References