Restrictions on Using CBH

Network Access Restrictions

• Cross-region resource management is not supported.

  A CBH instance and resources (such as ECSs and cloud databases) managed in the mapped CBH system must be in the same region.

  Although some services such as Cloud Connect (CC) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) can be used to establish VPCs in different regions, using CBH to manage resources across regions is still not recommended because the cross-region network is less stable.

• Cross-VPC resource management is not supported.

  A CBH instance and resources (such as ECSs and cloud databases) managed in the mapped CBH system must be in the same VPC so that the CBH system can communicate the managed resources directly.

  If they are in different VPCs, use a VPC peering connection to connect two VPCs.

• Communication between the CBH instance security group and managed resource security group must be allowed.

  The managed resources must be accessible through the security group to which the CBH instance belongs, and the security group to which the resources belong must allow access from the private IP address of the CBH instance.

  If a CBH instance and its managed resources belong to different security groups, no communication between them is established by default. To establish a connection, add an inbound rule to the CBH instance security group.

  The default ports of the security group are ports 443 and 2222, which can be accessed through the web browser and SSH client by default. To use other access methods, manually add the destination port.

• A CBH system can be logged in only through IP address and port number.

Supported Resources

You can use CBH to manage servers you purchased on other clouds and on-premises servers as long as they can communicate with CBH through protocols supported by CBH and these servers.

• Supported host types

  CBH allows you to manage Linux or Windows hosts with the SSH, RDP, VNC, Telnet, FTP, SFTP, SCP, or Rlogin protocol configured.

• Supported database types
  • Relational Database Service (RDS) DB instances
  • Databases on Elastic Cloud Servers (ECSs)
• Supported database versions

  Table 1 Supported database versions

  Database Engine	Engine Version
  MySQL	MySQL 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, and 8.0
  Microsoft SQL Server	2017
  Oracle	Oracle 10g, 11g, and 12c
  DB2	DB2 Express-C
  PostgreSQL	Not supported

• Supported application server types and versions
  Only applications on Windows servers and Linux servers can be managed. Table 2 lists the supported operating system versions.

  Table 2 Supported application server types and versions

  OS Type	Version
  Windows	Windows Server 2008 R2 or later
  Linux	CentOS7.9

  

  Currently, application O&M is available only on the x86 CBH instances.

Supported Third-Party Clients

To perform secure O&M management through CBH, use a third-party client to log in to the CBH system.

Other Constraints

• The maximum number of resources that can be managed by CBH cannot exceed the number of assets allowed by the instance edition.
• The maximum number of resources that can be concurrently logged in to through CBH cannot exceed the number of concurrent requests allowed by the CBH instance edition.

The number of assets refers to the number of resources running on a cloud host managed by CBH. One cloud host may have multiple resources, including protocols and applications running on it.

The number of concurrent requests indicates the number of connections established between a managed hosts and the CBH system over all protocols at the same time.

For more details, see Basic Concepts.