Quickly Purchasing a Desktop Pool and Logging In to a Desktop Within It

Scenarios

A desktop pool is a collection of image desktops with same specifications. It provides administrators with unified management and O&M capabilities for a group of desktops within a project. Administrators can create and manage desktop pools. Desktops within a pool support batch configuration, rapid scaling, and unified policy management. They are suitable for secure office, teaching and training, and mobile office scenarios. Desktop pools also provide a flexible deployment model and keep all data securely in the cloud.

• Quantity: 1
• Billing mode: Pay-per-use
• Pool type: Dynamic pool
• Specifications: 4 vCPUs | 8 GB
• OS: Windows

Process

Preparations

1. Sign up for a HUAWEI ID and complete real-name authentication.

   Before purchasing a desktop, sign up for a HUAWEI ID, enable Huawei Cloud services, and complete real-name authentication.

   If you have already enabled Huawei Cloud services and completed real-name authentication, skip this step.

2. Top up your account.

   Ensure that your account has sufficient balance. For details, see Topping Up an Account.

3. Plan networking resources, such as VPCs and subnets.

   When you are purchasing a desktop, the system creates a default VPC and subnet.

   If you do not want to use the default VPC and subnet, you can create a VPC and subnet in the desired region in advance. For more information, see VPC Network Planning Suggestions.

4. Create a security group and add rules to it.

   When you are purchasing a desktop, the system creates a default security group. For details about default security groups, see Default Security Groups and Rules.

   If the default security group and rules cannot meet your service requirements, you can modify the rules. For details, see Configuring Security Group Rules.

Step 1: Buy a Desktop Pool

The following is an example for your reference only. For more details, see section "Purchasing a Desktop or Desktop Pool" in the Workspace User Guide (Administrators).

1. Log in to the Workspace console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Desktops > Desktop Pools. The Desktop Pools page is displayed.
3. Click Purchase Desktop Pool. The Purchase Desktop Pool page is displayed.

4. Configure basic settings.
   Figure 1 Basic settings
   

   Table 1 Basic settings

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Billing Mode	Desktops will be billed based on the usage duration. You can provision or delete resources at any time. For more information, see Billing Overview.	Pay-per-use
   Region	For low network latency and fast resource access, select the region nearest to your target users. Once a desktop is purchased, its region cannot be changed. Exercise caution when selecting a region. For more information, see Regions and AZs.	CN South-Guangzhou
   Project	A project corresponds to a region. Projects group and isolate compute, storage, and networking resources across physical regions. Users can be granted permissions in a default project to access all resources in the region associated with the project. For more refined access control, create subprojects under a project and purchase resources in the subprojects. Users can then be assigned permissions to access only specific resources in the subprojects.	cn-north-1
   Pool Name	User-defined desktop pool name. The value contains 1 to 15 characters. Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens (-) are allowed.	DesktopPools
   AZ	After you select Random, the system will select a default AZ based on your Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Once a desktop pool is purchased, its AZ cannot be changed.	Random

5. Set desktop pool specifications.
   Figure 2 Desktop pool specifications
   

   Table 2 Desktop pool specifications

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Ultimate Desktop	Select appropriate specifications based on service requirements.	4vCPUs | 8GB

6. Select an image.

   

7. Configure one system disk and one or more data disks.
   Figure 3 Disk settings
   

   Table 3 System disk and data disk parameters

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Disk Type	A system disk will be automatically created and initialized upon desktop pool purchase. It stores the OS of a desktop.	General Purpose SSD Disk
   System Disk (GiB)		80
   Data Disk (GiB)		10

8. Click Next: Advanced Settings.
9. Set the desktop network.
   

   For details about how to create a VPC, see Creating a VPC with a Subnet.

   Figure 4 Network
   

   Table 4 Network parameters

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   VPC	Use the default VPC and subnet. For more information, see VPC Network Planning Suggestions.	vpc-default
   Subnet		subnet-default

10. Configure a scaling policy and the binding retention duration upon disconnection for the desktop pool.
    Figure 5 Scaling Policy
    

    Table 5 Desktop pool scaling policy

    Parameter	Description	Example Value
    Minimum Desktops	Minimum number of desktops reserved in a desktop pool. If the total number of desktops exceeds this value and idle desktops outnumber reserved idle desktops, the excess idle desktops will be automatically deleted. If the total number of desktops falls below this value, desktops will be automatically created to reach this value.	1
    Reserved Idle Desktops	To improve user access efficiency, some idle desktops (those not assigned to users) can be reserved in a desktop pool. If the number of idle desktops in the current desktop pool does not reach the maximum number of auto-created desktops, desktops will be automatically created to reach the value of reserved idle desktops.	1
    Maximum Auto-Created Desktops	Set this limit to prevent excessive, unnecessary costs from continuous auto-creation in a desktop pool.	1
    Idle Desktop Retention Duration	Excess idle desktops (not assigned to users) in a desktop pool can be retained for a configured duration before being automatically deleted. Excess idle desktops: This value represents the difference between total idle desktops and reserved idle desktops, when total desktops in a desktop pool outnumber minimum desktops.	0
    Binding Retention Duration upon Disconnection	After a client user disconnects from a desktop, the desktop can be retained for a period of time. After the retention period expires, the desktop is automatically unbound from the user and reset.	10

11. Click Next: Assign Desktop.
    Click Select User. On the Select User page, select the desired users and click OK.

    Figure 6 Parameters for assigning desktops
    

12. Click Next: Confirm.
13. Select an enterprise project as needed.
14. Read and agree to the agreement, and click Buy Now.
15. After the desktops are provisioned, administrators can view them in the desktop list.
    Figure 7 Viewing desktop pools
    

Step 2: Log In to a Desktop Within the Desktop Pool

This step applies only to the login to a desktop through an SC. For more login methods, see Logging In to a Desktop.

• The login details for the newly created desktop will be emailed to the end user. The end user can activate the account, download the client, and configure the desktop as instructed.
• You can log in from a Windows 10 PC or a Mac running macOS 10.14 through 15.2.
• When security software displays a dialog box, allow the installation to continue.

1. In the notification email, click the download link to go to the client download page, obtain the client installation package, and double-click it to run the installation program.

   

2. Double-click the Huawei Cloud Workspace client.

   

3. On the Huawei Cloud Workspace page, click Add Server.

   

4. On the server setting page, enter the server address and enterprise ID obtained from the email mentioned in step 1 and click Confirm.

   

5. Read and agree to the agreement, and click Connect to the server.

   

6. Enter the username and password, and click Log In.

   

7. Read and agree to the agreement. The desktop list is displayed. Click Assign to assign the desktop.

   

8. Click Connect to access the desktop in the desktop pool.