Tag - Amazon X-Ray
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Tag

A map that contains tag keys and tag values to attach to an Amazon X-Ray group or sampling rule. For more information about ways to use tags, see Tagging Amazon resources in the Amazon General Reference.

The following restrictions apply to tags:

  • Maximum number of user-applied tags per resource: 50

  • Tag keys and values are case sensitive.

  • Don't use aws: as a prefix for keys; it's reserved for Amazon use. You cannot edit or delete system tags.

Contents

Key

A tag key, such as Stage or Name. A tag key cannot be empty. The key can be a maximum of 128 characters, and can contain only Unicode letters, numbers, or separators, or the following special characters: + - = . _ : /

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Required: Yes

Value

An optional tag value, such as Production or test-only. The value can be a maximum of 255 characters, and contain only Unicode letters, numbers, or separators, or the following special characters: + - = . _ : /

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Required: Yes

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: