Quickly Purchasing and Logging In to a Desktop

Scenarios

Workspace is a desktop service based on cloud computing. Unlike conventional PCs and VDIs, Workspace enables enterprises to quickly build office environments without investing a large amount of money and spending days in deployment. After purchasing a desktop, you can operate it as easily as using a local PC. This section describes how to purchase a desktop on the management console. For more information, see section "Introducing Workspace Purchase Options" in the Workspace User Guide (Administrators).

This section uses the following configuration as an example to describe how to purchase and use a desktop:

• Quantity: 1
• Billing mode: pay-per-use
• 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: Purchase a Desktop

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

1. Log in to the Workspace console.
2. On the Dashboard page, click Purchase Desktop. The Purchase Desktop page is displayed.
3. Determine whether to interconnect with an enterprise Windows AD domain.
   

   After you purchase a desktop for the first time, the choice you make (whether to interconnect with a Windows AD domain or not) cannot be changed. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

   • If you select No Interconnection with AD, go to step 4.

     After subscribing to the service, you can use the account authentication system of Huawei to authenticate users and manage user accounts on the Workspace console.

   • If you select Interconnection with AD, configure a Windows AD domain. For details, see Configuring an AD Domain. After the configuration information is saved, the Workspace service will be deployed.

     After the service is subscribed, the existing unified AD of the enterprise is used to authenticate users and manage user accounts.

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
   AZ	After you select Random, the system will select a default AZ based on your Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Once a desktop is purchased, its AZ cannot be changed.	Random

5. Set desktop specifications.
   Figure 2 Desktop specifications
   

   Table 2 Desktop 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 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
   IP address allocation mode		Automatically-assigned IP

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

    Figure 5 Parameters for assigning desktops
    

11. Click Next: Confirm.
12. Select an enterprise project as needed.
13. Read and agree to the agreement, and click Buy Now.
14. After the desktop is provisioned, administrators can view it in the desktop list.
    Figure 6 Viewing desktops
    

Step 2: Log In to the Desktop

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 Connect to access the desktop.