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DNS Forwarders Deploy Virtual Appliances Deploy VAs in Alibaba Cloud Prerequisites

Last updated: Aug 07, 2025

Prerequisites

  • Full Admin user role. For more information, see Manage Accounts.
  • For information about the network requirements for deploying VAs, see Prerequisites for Virtual Appliances.
  • An Alibaba account. Create your account at https://www.alibaba.com/.
  • A qemu-utils package installed, such as Homebrew, to run the qemu-img and tar commands.
  • Only VAs running version 3.6.1 or above can be deployed in Alibaba.
  • An SSH client (for example, PuTTY on Windows or Terminal on Macintosh) to access the VA console.