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Step 2: Quickly Purchase an ECS

This section describes how to quickly purchase an ECS on the Quick Config page.

For instructions about how to purchase an ECS on the Custom Config page, see Purchasing and Logging In to a Windows ECS.

Notes

Certain parameters on the Quick Config page are automatically configured by the system to speed up configuration. For details about default system settings, see the following table.

Table 1 Default configurations on the Quick Config page

Parameter

Configuration

ECS Type

The system provisions general computing S6 series ECSs by default. For more details about S6 series, click here.

NOTE:

In certain AZs, S3 series ECSs are used by default.

Billing Mode

Only Yearly/Monthly is supported.

AZ

Randomly allocated and cannot be changed.

VPC

Default VPC is used.

Security Group

Allocated by default. For details, see Default Security Groups and Security Group Rules.

EIP

Auto assign is selected by default.

Disk

Only a system disk is allocated.

ECS Name

System-defined name in the format of ecs-Image name-Created at, which is editable after the ECS is created.

Password

After the ECS is created, use the password reset function available on the management console to reset the password.

Prerequisites

The ECSs purchased on the Quick Config page are all billed in yearly/monthly payments. Before purchasing such an ECS, make sure that you have registered on HUAWEI CLOUD and your credit balance is sufficient. For details, see Registering on the HUAWEI CLOUD Management Console.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  3. Under Computing, click Elastic Cloud Server.
  4. Click Buy ECS.

    On the displayed page, click Quick Config. The new edition of the page for purchasing ECSs has been published. Click Go to New Edition in the upper right corner of the page to switch to the new edition. The operations described in this section are performed on the page of the new edition.

    Figure 1 Quick Config
  5. Click Quick Config.
  6. Select a region.

    ECSs in different regions cannot communicate with each other over an intranet. For low network latency and quick resource access, select the nearest region.

    The AZ is randomly allocated and cannot be changed.

  7. Select a configuration.

    For details, see Step 1: Select a Configuration.

    Click Default Configurations in the upper right corner of the page to view default configurations.

  8. Select an image.

    A public image is used by default.

  9. Set EIP.

    An EIP is a static public IP address bound to an ECS in a routing network. Using the EIP, the ECS provides services externally.

    Auto assign is selected by default. In such a case, the system automatically assigns an EIP for your ECS. The EIP provides a dedicated bandwidth that is configurable.

  10. Select an enterprise project.

    This parameter is provided for enterprise users.

    An enterprise project is a cloud resource management mode, in which cloud resources and members are centrally managed by project. The default project is default.

    Select an enterprise project from the drop-down list. For more information about enterprise project, see Enterprise Management User Guide.

  11. Set the service duration of the ECS.

    The service duration of a yearly/monthly ECS ranges from one month to three years.

  12. Configure the number of ECSs to be purchased.
    • Quantity: sets the number of ECSs to be purchased.
    • ECS Price: shows the ECS configuration fee.

      For details, click Pricing details.

  13. Agree to the service agreement, click Next, and complete the payment as prompted.

    To learn more about the price, click Pricing details.