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Updated on 2022-02-22 GMT+08:00

What Is the Difference Between Adding a Tag and Creating a Key?

When you add a tag, if you set only the tag key, the value of the tag is empty value by default. After you click OK, a specific tag will be bound to the cloud resource. You can add tags in batches.

Creating a key adds a key list to the resource tag list. By default, the status of every Value in the key list is Not Tagged, so no specific tags are bound to any cloud resources. You can add specific values to the list to generate new tags and bind them to cloud resources.

For example, for a VPC, the key is set to Owner and the value is not set. Create a tag whose key is Usage. This tag is displayed in the resource list.

The VPC has been associated with a tag, in which Key is Owner and Value is empty value by default. The tag whose key is Usage is not associated with the VPC. To make the tag key take effect, set the tag Value.

Figure 1 Example