What Is FlexusL?

Overview

Flexus L Instance (FlexusL) is a next-generation lightweight cloud server designed for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and developers. FlexusL provides a range of images for you to choose from and is suitable for light-load scenarios such as website setup, development and testing environment, enterprise applications, website analysis, and audio and video scenarios. It is secure, cost-effective, and easy-to-use.

FlexusL is suitable for new users of cloud computing services, individual developers, and small and medium-sized enterprises that want to deploy simple applications on cloud servers.

Resources

FlexusL provides compute, network, storage, image installation, and backup capabilities.

Resource	Description
Cloud server	A cloud server packaged in a FlexusL instance uses the x86 architecture and the same underlying hardware resources as an ECS. It delivers the same compute performance as an ECS with the same vCPUs and memory.
Image	FlexusL provides OS images, application images, and private images for you to select.
Network	After a FlexusL instance is created, a fixed elastic IP address (EIP) is assigned and a fixed data package is provided by default.
Elastic Volume Service (EVS) disk	EVS provides storage space. Volume Backup Service (VBS) provides data backup and restoration.
Cloud server backup	You can back up all EVS disks (including system and data disks) and restore server data from backups.
Host Security Service (HSS)	With intrusion detection, vulnerability management, baseline inspection, and asset management functions, HSS makes it easier to control host security risks.

Billing

FlexusL only supports the yearly/monthly billing mode. Any traffic usage in excess of the package is billed by traffic. For details, see Billing.

A FlexusL instance is actually a package of resources. Resources in the package are unsubscribed or renewed together. After a FlexusL instance is created, the data disk, backup vault, and HSS included in the instance package cannot be unsubscribed separately.

Functions

FlexusL functions are listed as follows.

Function	Description	Reference
Cloud server management	After a FlexusL instance is created, you can manage the server in the FlexusL instance, including setting the login password and managing the domain name and security group.	Resetting the Password Reinstalling an OS Changing an OS Upgrading a FlexusL Instance Managing Domain Names Managing Security Groups
EVS disk management	After a FlexusL instance is created, you can view the details and monitoring metrics of the EVS disk attached to it.	Managing Disks
Cloud backup management	After a FlexusL instance is created, you can modify the applied backup policy and view the monitoring data.	Managing Backups
Host security management	HSS checks the security of FlexusL in real time and generates reports for you to handle risks (if any) in a timely manner.	Managing Server Security
Image management	FlexusL provides featured OS images, application images, and private images for you to select. OS images: only include the necessary OSs to launch servers. Application images: include applications or preset configurations. Private images: You can use a private image to quickly create FlexusL instances with the same configurations.	Logging In to the Image Application Dashboard Managing Private Images