EIP and Other Services

Bind an EIP to a server to allow the server to access the Internet.

Elastic Cloud Server (ECS)

BMS

Section "Binding an EIP" in the Elastic Cloud Server User Guide

Section "Binding an EIP to a BMS" in Bare Metal Server User Guide

Bind a virtual IP address to an EIP so that you can access the ECSs deployed in active/standby mode through the virtual IP address.

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Section "Binding a Virtual IP Address to an EIP or ECS" in the Virtual Private Cloud User Guide

Configure ECSs to share one or more EIPs through a NAT gateway to access the Internet.

NAT Gateway

Section "Using SNAT to Access the Internet" in the NAT Gateway Quick Start

Distribute incoming traffic to multiple ECSs in a VPC.

ELB

Section "Creating a Load Balancer" in the Elastic Load Balance User Guide.

Check the bandwidth and traffic usage.

Cloud Eye

Section "Viewing Metrics" in the Elastic IP User Guide