Updated on 2025-08-20 GMT+08:00

Console Overview (Old Version)

The console homepage consists of the header card area, resource management areas (Dashboard, My Resources, O&M Management, Security, and Cost Management tab pages), and information display areas (Cloud Eye, Security, Cost Overview, and Bill Overview).

The console homepage offers both an old and a new version. You can switch between them by clicking Back to Old Edition or Access New Version in the upper right corner of the page.

This section provides an overview of the old-version console. For details about the overview of the new-version console, see Console Overview (New Version).

The Dashboard tab provides the following information:

  • Header Card Area: displays information about your account and your billing, offers quick access to resource creation, and enables you to add services to your favorites and to quickly access recently visited services.
  • Dashboard: provides an overview of your global resources, showing their names and quantities by cloud service on cards. You can search for them by region, service name, or resource name.
  • My Resources: lists all your global resources, showing their names, regions, services, types, and creation time.
  • Cards such as Cloud Eye, Security, and Cost Overview: provides a comprehensive overview of monitoring, security, cost, and billing information.
Figure 1 Console homepage

Header Card Area

This area displays information about your account and your billing, offers quick access to resource creation, and enables you to add services to your favorites and to quickly access recently visited services. You can also provide feedback and optimization suggestions on Huawei Cloud in this area.

Figure 2 Header card area
Table 1 Modules in the header card area

Module

Description

How to Use

My Account

Displays information about your account.

Click the avatar to access the My Account page, where you can check basic information about your account.

For more information, see My Account.

Resources

Offers quick access to resource creation, and enables you to add services to your favorites and to quickly access recently visited services.

  • Create Resource:
    1. Click to expand the common resources that can be created.
    2. In the expanded area, click Create under a resource. The page for creating resources is displayed.
  • Favorites:
    • You can add services to your favorites in the Service List area.
    • You can also click Add to add custom URLs whose primary domain name is huaweicloud.com or huawei.com for quick navigation.
  • Recently Visited: displays the services you have most recently accessed. You can click a service name to switch to the corresponding service console.

Billing

Displays the resources to be renewed and the current account balance.

  • Click Renewals to switch to the Renewals page to renew resources.
  • In the Available Credit area, you can show or hide the current account balance.

Dashboard

The dashboard provides an overview of your global resources, showing their names and quantities by cloud service on cards. You can search for them by region, service name, or resource name.

Figure 3 Dashboard tab
  • If you log in to the management console as an IAM user, you may not have the permissions required to view or manage the resources. In this case, you will need to apply for the required permissions. For details, see What Can I Do If I Cannot Find Resources on the Console Homepage?.
  • Some resources may not be displayed here if they are not yet connected to the console. Only connected resources are displayed.

On the Dashboard page, you can perform the following operations:

  • Search for resources by region name, service name, or resource name in the search box.

    You can search for only purchased or created resources.

  • Click a cloud service card to go to the cloud service console.
  • Click the number of resources on a cloud service card to display the resource side panel, showing the number of resources in different regions, resource names, regions, and the time when the resources were created.
    Click a resource name in the resource list to switch to the basic information page of the resource.
    Figure 4 Resource quantity and regions
  • Drag and drop a cloud service card or click in the upper right corner of a cloud service card to adjust its position.
    Figure 5 Adjusting the position of a card

My Resources

This area lists all your global resources, showing their names, regions, services, types, and creation time. You can click a resource name to switch to the basic information page of the resource.

You can also search for resources by name, region, or ID.

Figure 6 My Resources

Cards Including Cloud Eye, Security, and Cost Overview

Table 2 Modules

Module

Description

How to Use

Cloud Eye

Displays the resource monitoring information, including the alarm severity and the total number of alarms for each severity level.

Click to go to the Alarm Records page and view all alarm records.

Security

Allows you to check the latest threat alarms, vulnerabilities, and abnormal baseline settings.

  • Click to switch to the Security Overview page to check and handle the events.
  • Click Upgrade to upgrade SecMaster from the basic edition to a higher edition to obtain more comprehensive security monitoring experience.
  • Click Emergency Vulnerability to switch to the Vulnerabilities page to check information about historical vulnerabilities.

Notice

Displays the latest three Huawei Cloud notices.

Click to view historical notices.

Learn

Lists links to frequently used help documents.

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