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- Querying AS Policies Bound to a Scaling Resource (V2)
- Querying AS Policies (V2)
- Querying an AS Policy
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General
- What Are Restrictions on Using AS?
- Must I Use AS Together With ELB and Cloud Eye?
- Is AS Billed?
- Will an Abrupt Change in Monitoring Metric Values Trigger an Unnecessary Scaling Action?
- How Many AS Policies and AS Configurations Can I Create and Use?
- Can AS Automatically Scale Up or Down vCPUs, Memory, and Bandwidth of ECSs?
- What Is an AS Quota?
- How Do I Fix the Error "The key pair does not exist" When I Connect to an Instance?
- What Types of EIP and Shared Bandwidths Can Be Adjusted by AS?
- What Types of ECS and HECS Instances Can Be Scaled by AS?
- If the OS of an ECS Instance in an AS Group Is Upgraded, Can AS Automatically Add Instances with the Newest OS During the Next Scale-out Action?
- Can AS Add Yearly/Monthly ECS Instances When It Scales Out an AS Group?
- Can AS Increase Bandwidths as Required?
- AS Group
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AS Policy
- How Many AS Policies Can I Enable?
- What Are the Conditions to Trigger an Alarm-based AS Policy?
- What Is a Cooldown Period and Why Is It Required?
- Can AS Scale Capacity Based on Custom Monitoring by Cloud Eye?
- What Monitoring Metrics for an AS Group Will Be Affected If VM Tools Are Not Installed on the Instances in the Group?
- What Can I Do If an AS Policy Fails to Be Enabled?
- How Do I Install the Agent on Instances in an AS Group to Use Agent Monitoring Metrics?
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Instance
- How Do I Prevent Instances Manually Added to an AS Group from Being Automatically Removed?
- When There Are Multiple Flavors Included in the AS Configuration of an AS Group, What Order Are the Flavors Selected in During Scale-out Events?
- When an Instance Is Removed from an AS Group and Deleted, Is the Application Data Saved?
- Can I Add Yearly/Monthly ECS Instances to an AS Group?
- Can the System Automatically Delete the Instances Added Based on an AS Policy When They Are Not Required?
- What Is the Expected Number of Instances?
- How Do I Delete an ECS Instance Created in a Scaling Action?
- Will a Yearly/Monthly ECS Instance Be Deleted If It Becomes Unhealthy?
- How Do I Handle Unhealthy Instances in an AS Group?
- Why Instances in an AS Group Keep Failing Health Checks and Getting Deleted and Recreated?
- How Do I Prevent Instances from Being Automatically Removed from an AS Group?
- Why Is an Instance that Was Removed from an AS Group and Deleted Still Displayed in the ECS List?
- Do I Need to Bind an EIP to an Instance Before I Manually Add the Instance to an AS Group?
- Can I Apply the Configurations of an Existing Instance in an AS Group to Instances to Be Added in the Future?
- Will the System Bind a New EIP or an Existing One a Newly Added ECS Instance?
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Others
- How Can I Automatically Deploy My Application on an Instance?
- How Does Cloud-Init Affect the AS Service?
- Why Can't I Use a Key File to Log In to an ECS?
- Do I Need to Configure an EIP in an AS Configuration When a Load Balancer Has Been Enabled for an AS Group?
- How Do I Enable Automatic Initialization of EVS Disks on Instances that Have Been Added to an AS Group During Scaling Actions?
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General
- What Are Restrictions on Using AS?
- Are ELB and Cloud Eye Mandatory for AS?
- Is AS Billed?
- Does an Abrupt Change on Monitoring Indicator Values Cause an Incorrect Scaling Action?
- How Many AS Policies and AS Configurations Can I Create and Use?
- Can AS Automatically Scale Up or Down vCPUs, Memory, and Bandwidth of ECSs?
- What Is the AS Quota?
- Why is a message displayed indicating that the key pair does not exist and the operation is discontinued when several users under the same account operate AS resources?
- AS Group
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AS Policy
- How Many AS Policies Can Be Enabled?
- What Are the Conditions to Trigger an Alarm in the AS Policy?
- What Is a Cooldown Period? Why Is It Required?
- Can AS Scale Capacity Based on Custom Monitoring of Cloud Eye?
- What Will Monitoring Metrics for an AS Group Be Affected If VM Tools Are Not Installed on ECSs?
- What Can I Do If an AS Policy Fails to Be Enabled?
- How Can I Install the Agent Plug-in on the Instances in an AS Group to Use Agent Monitoring Metrics?
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Instance
- How Do I Prevent Instances Manually Added to an AS Group from Being Removed Automatically?
- What Are the Sequence of Selecting Flavors in Multi-Flavor AS Configuration?
- Will the Application Data on an Instance Be Retained After the Instance Is Removed from an AS Group and Deleted?
- Can I Add ECSs Charged in Yearly/Monthly Mode?
- Can Instances That Have Been Added Based on an AS Policy Be Automatically Deleted When They Are Not Required?
- What Is the Expected Number of Instances?
- How Do I Delete an ECS Created in a Scaling Action?
- Will a Yearly/Monthly ECS Be Deleted When the ECS Becomes Faulty?
- How Should I Handle Abnormal Instances in an AS Group?
- What Can I Do If Instances in an AS Group Frequently Fail in Health Checks and Are Deleted and Then Created Repeatedly?
- How Do I Prevent ECSs from Being Removed from an AS Group Automatically?
- Why Is an Instance Removed and Deleted from an AS Group Still Displayed in the ECS List?
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Others
- What Can I Do to Enable My Application to Be Automatically Deployed on an Instance?
- How Does Cloud-Init Affect the AS Service?
- How Can I Run Existing Services on an Instance Newly Added to an AS Group?
- Why Cannot I Use a Key File to Log In to an ECS?
- Do I Need to Configure an EIP in an AS Configuration When A Load Balancer Has Been Enabled in an AS Group?
- How Can I Enable Automatic Initialization of EVS Disks of Instances That Have Been Added in a Scaling Action to an AS Group?
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General
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API Reference (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
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API
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AS Policies
- Creating an AS Policy
- Creating an AS Policy (V2)
- Modifying an AS Policy
- Modifying an AS Policy (V2)
- Querying AS Policies
- Querying AS Policies (V2)
- Querying All AS Policies (V2)
- Querying AS Policy Details
- Querying Details of an AS Policy (V2)
- Executing, Enabling, or Disabling an AS Policy
- Deleting an AS Policy
- Performing Operations on AS Policies in Batches
- AS Policy Execution Logs
- Scaling Action Logs
- Quotas
- Notifications
- Lifecycle Hook
- Tag Management
- API Management
- Permissions Policies and Supported Actions
- Appendix
- Change History
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User Guide (Paris Regions)
- Service Overview
- Best Practices
- Quick Start
- AS Management
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FAQs
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General
- What Are Restrictions on Using AS?
- Must I Use AS Together With ELB and Cloud Eye?
- Will an Abrupt Change in Monitoring Metric Values Trigger an Unnecessary Scaling Action?
- How Many AS Policies and AS Configurations Can I Create and Use?
- How Do I Fix the Error "The key pair does not exist" When I Connect to an Instance?
- AS Group
-
AS Policy
- How Many AS Policies Can I Enable?
- What Are the Conditions to Trigger an Alarm-based AS Policy?
- What Is a Cooldown Period and Why Is It Required?
- What Monitoring Metrics for an AS Group Will Be Affected If VM Tools Are Not Installed on the Instances in the Group?
- What Can I Do If an AS Policy Fails to Be Enabled?
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Instance
- How Do I Prevent Instances Manually Added to an AS Group from Being Automatically Removed?
- When an Instance Is Removed from an AS Group and Deleted, Is the Application Data Saved?
- Can AS Automatically Delete Instances Added Based on an AS Policy When They Are Not Required?
- What Is the Expected Number of Instances?
- How Do I Delete an ECS Instance Created in a Scaling Action?
- How Do I Handle Unhealthy Instances in an AS Group?
- Why Instances in an AS Group Keep Failing Health Checks and Getting Deleted and Recreated?
- How Do I Prevent Instances from Being Automatically Removed from an AS Group?
- Why Is an Instance that Was Removed from an AS Group and Deleted Still Displayed in the ECS List?
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Others
- How Can I Automatically Deploy My Application on an Instance?
- Why Can't I Use a Key File to Log In to an ECS?
- Do I Need to Configure an EIP in an AS Configuration When a Load Balancer Has Been Enabled for an AS Group?
- How Do I Enable Automatic Initialization of EVS Disks on Instances that Have Been Added to an AS Group During Scaling Actions?
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General
- Change History
- API Reference (Paris Regions)
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User Guide (Kuala Lumpur Region)
- Service Overview
- Best Practices
- Quick Start
- AS Management
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FAQs
-
General
- What Are Restrictions on Using AS?
- Must I Use AS Together With ELB and Cloud Eye?
- Is AS Billed?
- Will an Abrupt Change in Monitoring Metric Values Trigger an Unnecessary Scaling Action?
- How Many AS Policies and AS Configurations Can I Create and Use?
- Can AS Automatically Scale Up or Down vCPUs, Memory, and Bandwidth of ECSs?
- What Is an AS Quota?
- How Do I Fix the Error "The key pair does not exist" When I Connect to an Instance?
- AS Group
-
AS Policy
- How Many AS Policies Can I Enable?
- What Are the Conditions to Trigger an Alarm-based AS Policy?
- What Is a Cooldown Period and Why Is It Required?
- Can AS Scale Capacity Based on Custom Monitoring by Cloud Eye?
- What Monitoring Metrics for an AS Group Will Be Affected If VM Tools Are Not Installed on the Instances in the Group?
- What Can I Do If an AS Policy Fails to Be Enabled?
- How Do I Install the Agent on Instances in an AS Group to Use Agent Monitoring Metrics?
-
Instance
- How Do I Prevent Instances Manually Added to an AS Group from Being Automatically Removed?
- When There Are Multiple Flavors Included in the AS Configuration of an AS Group, What Order Are the Flavors Selected in During Scale-out Events?
- When an Instance Is Removed from an AS Group and Deleted, Is the Application Data Saved?
- Can I Add Yearly/Monthly ECS Instances to an AS Group?
- Can the System Automatically Delete the Instances Added Based on an AS Policy When They Are Not Required?
- What Is the Expected Number of Instances?
- How Do I Delete an ECS Instance Created in a Scaling Action?
- Will a Yearly/Monthly ECS Instance Be Deleted If It Becomes Unhealthy?
- How Do I Handle Unhealthy Instances in an AS Group?
- Why Instances in an AS Group Keep Failing Health Checks and Getting Deleted and Recreated?
- How Do I Prevent Instances from Being Automatically Removed from an AS Group?
- Why Is an Instance that Was Removed from an AS Group and Deleted Still Displayed in the ECS List?
-
Others
- How Can I Automatically Deploy My Application on an Instance?
- How Does Cloud-Init Affect the AS Service?
- Why Can't I Use a Key File to Log In to an ECS?
- Do I Need to Configure an EIP in an AS Configuration When a Load Balancer Has Been Enabled for an AS Group?
- How Do I Enable Automatic Initialization of EVS Disks on Instances that Have Been Added to an AS Group During Scaling Actions?
-
General
- Change History
-
API Reference (Kuala Lumpur Region)
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- Getting Started
-
APIs
- AS Groups
- AS Configurations
- Instances in an AS Group
-
AS Policies
- Creating an AS Policy
- Creating an AS Policy (V2)
- Modifying an AS Policy
- Modifying an AS Policy (V2)
- Querying AS Policies
- Querying AS Policies (V2)
- Querying All AS Policies (V2)
- Querying AS Policy Details
- Executing, Enabling, or Disabling an AS Policy
- Deleting an AS Policy
- Performing Operations on AS Policies in Batches
- AS Policy Execution Logs
- Scaling Action Logs
- Quotas
- Notifications
- Lifecycle Hook
- Tag Management
- API Management
- Permissions Policies and Supported Actions
- Appendix
- Change History
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User Guide (Ankara Region)
- Service Overview
- Best Practices
- Quick Start
- AS Management
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FAQs
-
General
- What Are Restrictions on Using AS?
- Must I Use AS Together With ELB and Cloud Eye?
- Will an Abrupt Change in Monitoring Metric Values Trigger an Unnecessary Scaling Action?
- How Many AS Policies and AS Configurations Can I Create and Use?
- How Do I Fix the Error "The key pair does not exist" When I Connect to an Instance?
- AS Group
-
AS Policy
- How Many AS Policies Can I Enable?
- What Are the Conditions to Trigger an Alarm-based AS Policy?
- What Is a Cooldown Period and Why Is It Required?
- What Monitoring Metrics for an AS Group Will Be Affected If VM Tools Are Not Installed on the Instances in the Group?
- What Can I Do If an AS Policy Fails to Be Enabled?
-
Instance
- How Do I Prevent Instances Manually Added to an AS Group from Being Automatically Removed?
- When an Instance Is Removed from an AS Group and Deleted, Is the Application Data Saved?
- Can AS Automatically Delete Instances Added Based on an AS Policy When They Are Not Required?
- What Is the Expected Number of Instances?
- How Do I Delete an ECS Instance Created in a Scaling Action?
- How Do I Handle Unhealthy Instances in an AS Group?
- Why Instances in an AS Group Keep Failing Health Checks and Getting Deleted and Recreated?
- How Do I Prevent Instances from Being Automatically Removed from an AS Group?
- Why Is an Instance that Was Removed from an AS Group and Deleted Still Displayed in the ECS List?
-
Others
- How Can I Automatically Deploy My Application on an Instance?
- How Does Cloud-Init Affect the AS Service?
- Why Can't I Use a Key File to Log In to an ECS?
- Do I Need to Configure an EIP in an AS Configuration When a Load Balancer Has Been Enabled for an AS Group?
- How Do I Enable Automatic Initialization of EVS Disks on Instances that Have Been Added to an AS Group During Scaling Actions?
-
General
- Change History
-
API Reference (Ankara Region)
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- Getting Started
-
APIs
- AS Groups
- AS Configurations
- Instances
-
AS Policies
- Creating an AS Policy
- Creating an AS Policy (V2)
- Modifying an AS Policy
- Modifying an AS Policy (V2)
- Querying AS Policies Bound to an AS Group
- Querying AS Policies Bound to a Scaling Resource (V2)
- Querying AS Policies (V2)
- Querying an AS Policy
- Querying an AS Policy (V2)
- Executing, Enabling, or Disabling an AS Policy
- Deleting an AS Policy
- Batch Managing AS Policies
- AS Policy Execution Logs
- Scaling Action Logs
- Quotas
- Notifications
- Lifecycle Hooks
- API Version Query
- Permissions and Supported Actions
- Appendix
- Change History
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User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
- General Reference
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Creating an AS Configuration from a New Specifications Template
Scenarios
If you have special requirements on the ECS instances for resource expansion, use a new specifications template to create the AS configuration. In such a case, ECS instances that have the specifications specified in the template will be added to the AS group in scaling actions.
Procedure
- Log in to the management console.
- Under Compute, click Auto Scaling. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Instance Scaling.
- Click Create AS Configuration.
- Set the parameters for the AS configuration. Table 1 lists the AS configuration parameters.
Table 1 AS configuration parameters Parameter
Description
Example Value
Region
A region is where an AS configuration resides.
N/A
Name
Specifies the name of the AS configuration to be created.
N/A
Configuration Template
Select Create new template.
If this option is selected, configure parameters, such as the vCPUs, memory, image, disk, and ECS type, to create a new AS configuration.
Create new template
CPU Architecture
Both x86 and Kunpeng CPU architectures are available:
- x86: The x86-based CPU architecture uses Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC).
- Kunpeng: The Kunpeng-based CPU architecture uses Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC).
NOTE:
This parameter is displayed only when both x86-based and Kunpeng-based ECSs are available in the current region.
x86
Specifications
The public cloud provides various ECS types for different application scenarios.
For more information, see Elastic Cloud Server User Guide.
Configure the ECS specifications, including vCPUs, memory, image type, and disk, according to the ECS type.
Memory-optimized ECS
Image
- Public image
A public image is a standard, widely used image. It contains an OS and preinstalled public applications and is available to all users. You can configure the applications or software in the public image as needed.
- Private image
A private image is an image available only to the user who created it. It contains an OS, preinstalled public applications, and the user's private applications. Using a private image to create ECSs frees you from configuring multiple ECSs repeatedly.
- Shared image
A shared image is a private image shared by another public cloud user.
Public image
Disk
Includes system and data disks.- System Disk
Common I/O: uses Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) drives to store data.
High I/O: uses serial attached SCSI (SAS) drives to store data.
General Purpose SSD: uses solid state disk (SSD) drives to store data.
Extreme SSD: uses enhanced solid state disk (ESSD) drives to store data.
Ultra-high I/O: uses solid state disk (SSD) drives to store data.
If a full-ECS image is used, the system disk is restored using the disk backup. On the console, you can only change the volume type and size. In addition, the volume cannot be smaller than the disk backup.
NOTE:
Different ECS flavors support different disk types. The supported disk types will be displayed on the management console.
- Data Disk
You can create multiple data disks for an ECS instance. In addition, you can specify a data disk image for exporting data.
If the image you selected is a full-ECS image, you can change the volume type and size and encryption attributes of the data disk restored using the disk backup. Ensure that the disk is at least as big as the disk backup. The encryption attributes can only be modified if the disk backup is in the same region as the disk.
Common I/O for System Disk
Security Group
Controls ECS access within or between security groups by defining access rules. ECSs added to a security group are protected by the access rules you define.
N/A
EIP
An EIP is a static public IP address bound to an ECS in a VPC. Using the EIP, the ECS provides services externally.
The following options are provided:
- Do not use: An ECS without an EIP cannot access the Internet. However, it can still be used as a service ECS or deployed in a cluster on a private network.
- Automatically assign: An EIP with a dedicated bandwidth is automatically assigned to each ECS. You can set the bandwidth size. If you select Automatically assign, you need to specify EIP Type, Billed By, and Bandwidth.
NOTE:
If you select Automatically assign, you need to specify EIP Type, Billed By, and Bandwidth.
Automatically assign
Bandwidth
Specifies the bandwidth size in Mbit/s.
NOTE:
- This parameter is available only when EIP is set to Automatically assign.
- If you select Dedicated, you can select Bandwidth or Traffic for Billed By.
- The shared bandwidth can be billed only by bandwidth. You can select a shared bandwidth to which the EIP is to be added.
100
Login Mode
An ECS can be authorized using a key pair or a password.- Key pair
Keys are used for authenticating the users who attempt to log in to ECS instances. If you select this mode, create or import a key pair on the Key Pair page.
NOTE:
If you use an existing key, make sure that you have saved the key file locally.
- Password
The initial password of user root (for Linux) or user Administrator (for Windows) is used for authentication. You can log in to an ECS instance using a username and password combination.
Admin@123
Advanced Settings
This parameter allows you to configure ECS Group, and User Data.
You can select Do not configure or Configure now.
N/A
User Data
Enables an ECS to automatically inject user data when the ECS starts for the first time. This configuration is optional. After this function is enabled, the ECS automatically injects user data during its first startup.
For details, see Elastic Cloud Server User Guide.
The following methods are available:
- As text: allows you to enter the user data in the text box below.
- As file: allows you to inject script files or other files when you create an ECS.
NOTE:
- For Linux, if you use password authentication, this function is not supported.
- If the selected image does not support user data injection, this function is not supported.
N/A
ECS Group
An ECS group allows you to create ECSs on different hosts to improve service reliability.
N/A
- Click Create Now. The system displays a message indicating that the AS configuration is successfully created.
- If you want to use the newly created AS configuration, add it to the AS group. For details, see Creating an AS Group or Changing the AS Configuration for an AS Group.
Notes on Multiple Flavors in an AS Configuration
AS configuration supports multiple flavors to minimize the probability of capacity expansion failures due to insufficient or unavailable flavors and ensure that capacity expansion succeeds during peak hours.
A maximum of 10 flavors can be selected for an AS configuration.
Applicable Scenario
- No special requirement for the instance flavors created in the AS group
- Requiring higher success ratio and low latency of creating instances in an AS group
- Requiring instances with high specifications
- Services that are stateless and can be horizontally scaled
The AS group sorts multiple flavors in either of the following ways:
- Sequenced: During AS group expansion, flavors are used based on the sequence they are selected. When the first flavor is insufficient or the instance fails to be created due to other reasons, the system attempts to create an instance of the second flavor, and so on.
- Cost-centered: During AS group expansion, the flavor with the minimum cost comes first. When creating an instance in an AS group, the system selects the flavor with the minimum cost. If the instance cannot be created, the system selects one with the minimum cost from the remained flavors, and so on.
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