Searching for a FlexusL Instance

Scenario

After purchasing a FlexusL instance, you can use the search function on the management console to search for FlexusL instances quickly. You can directly enter an instance name without selecting a property in the search box and the system automatically matches the property type for search. Alternatively, you can manually select properties and enter or select property values for search.

Properties and Values

You can search for instances using any of the following properties: instance name, instance ID, EIP, server ID, and creation time. The value of a property is the property value.

Figure 1 Property and value

Table 1 describes each property.

Table 1 Property description

Property	Description
Instance name	Name of a FlexusL instance.
Instance ID	ID of a FlexusL instance.
EIP	Public IP address of a FlexusL instance.
Server ID	ID of the cloud server in a FlexusL instance. Figure 2 shows the instance ID and cloud server ID on the FlexusL console. Figure 2 Instance ID and cloud server ID
Creation time	Time when a FlexusL instance was created.

Constraints

• Only the instance name property supports fuzzy search, which means you can enter a part of a property value. Other properties (instance ID, EIP, server ID, and creation time) only support exact search, which means you must enter a complete property value.
• You cannot search for multiple instance names at the same time.

Procedure

In the search box, you can directly enter an instance name without selecting a property and the system automatically matches the instance name. For example, if you enter aa in the search box, the system will search for FlexusL instances whose names contain aa.

Only the instance name property supports direct search in the search box. You do not need to select a property only when you search by instance name.

You can also manually select one or more properties and enter or select property values.

• Example 1: Searching by a single property with a single value
  1. In the search box, select a property and select or enter a property value.

     For example, select the EIP property and enter 1.1.1.1 to search for the FlexusL instance whose EIP is 1.1.1.1.

  2. Press Enter to search.

     

• Example 2: Searching by a single property with multiple values

  You can select the same property for multiple times and enter or select property values. Alternatively, you can select a property, enter multiple property values and separate them with commas (,). Multiple property values of a single property are in OR relationship.

  1. Select a property from the search box, enter multiple property values, and separate them with commas (,).

     For example, select the EIP property and enter 1.1.1.1,1.1.1.2 to search for the FlexusL instances whose EIP is 1.1.1.1 or 1.1.1.2.

     

  2. Press Enter to search.

     You can find that the search results are the same as those searched by selecting one property and multiple property values.

     

• Example 3: Searching by multiple properties with multiple values

  You can search by multiple properties and the properties are in AND relationship.

  1. In the search box, select a property and select or enter a property value, and press Enter.

     For example, select the instance name property and enter aa.

  2. Add another property and value, and press Enter.

     For example, select the creation time property and select a start date and end date. Then the FlexusL instances whose names contain aa and created within the specified time range are displayed.