Deploy a SpringAI Chatbot in Minutes with Alibaba Cloud AppStack

Unlike traditional CI/CD pipelines, this hands‑on experiment lets you experience Alibaba Cloud's AppStack platform from an application perspective by quickly delivering an AI chat application.

Prerequisites

Obtain a free ECS instance from the Alibaba Cloud experiment portal (e.g., https://developer.aliyun.com/adc/scenario/exp/83c02382001a457eae5667cff9477f1e). If you are not an ECS user, select the public 5‑hour resource option.

Generate a DashScope API‑KEY at https://dashscope.console.aliyun.com/apiKey and copy it for later use.

Step 1 – Access AppStack

Open the AppStack console at https://devops.aliyun.com/appstack?channel=yy_yc_202306 and click New Application . Provide an application name and select the SpringAI Application Experience Template , then click Preview .

The preview shows the automatically generated resources, including:

Linked code repository

Orchestration deployment configuration

R&D workflow covering test, pre‑release, and production stages

Application environments

Variable groups for each environment

Step 2 – Create and Deploy

Close the preview and click Create and Deploy Application . The pipeline starts automatically (approximately 2 minutes). Only the test stage pipeline is pre‑configured; additional stages can be added manually.

When prompted, create a deployment ticket and associate the previously obtained ECS host (or free public host) and the DashScope API‑KEY.

After confirming the host and API‑KEY, the deployment proceeds. You can monitor the environment via the Go to Environment link.

Step 3 – Verify the Chatbot

When the pipeline finishes (1‑2 minutes), open a browser and navigate to the public IP of the ECS instance with port 8080. The SpringAI chatbot UI appears.

Enter a query such as “What is Cloud Eff?” and the AI responds correctly, confirming a successful deployment.

Optional Advanced Step – Batch Upgrade via Template

If you have many applications, modify the shared template in AppStack and use the Sync function to propagate configuration changes or pipeline authorizations across all instances, dramatically reducing manual effort.

For detailed instructions, refer to the second part of the official documentation at https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/2697184.html.