The invention discloses a cloud computing platform virtual machine editing management method, which modifies configuration of a virtual machine aiming at the existing virtual machine. The method comprises the steps of constructing and sending a virtual machine configuration editing request, wherein the virtual machine configuration editing request comprises the number of the virtual machine and the new configuration information template of the virtual machine; receiving the virtual machine configuration editing request and acquiring the number of the virtual machine and the new configuration information template of the virtual machine from the virtual machine configuration editing request; authorizing current configuration editing operation; and editing configuration of the virtual machine according to the number of the virtual machine and the new configuration information template of the virtual machine. Compared with the prior art, the method provided by the invention can modify the configuration of the existing virtual machine, thus being capable of editing and managing the virtual machine more flexibly, thereby further expanding the applicability of the cloud computing platform, and improving user experience.