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Free Trial of HSS Basic Edition for 30 Days

When purchasing ECS, you can choose to use the HSS basic edition for free for 30 days. When the protection period expires, HSS is automatically disabled and no extra fee is charged. During the trial period, HSS can scan ECSs for security vulnerabilities and weak passwords and detect brute-force attacks. You can also log in to the HSS console to quickly view the security scores of your cloud assets, helping you learn about the security status and risks of your ECSs in a timely manner. For details about the protection functions during the free trial, see Product Functions.

How Can I Try Out Free HSS Basic Edition for 30 Days?

When purchasing an ECS, select Basic edition (one-month free trial) on Configure Basic Settings page. Then you can enjoy a 30-day free trial of HSS basic edition. For details about the supported OSs, see Supported OSs.

This section uses the following configuration as an example to describe how to use the HSS basic edition for free for 30 days.

  • Quantity: 1
  • Billing mode: yearly/Monthly
  • Specifications: c6.xlarge.2 (2 vCPUs and 4GiB of memory)
  • OS: Linux
  1. Log in to the console and choose Buy an ECS.
  2. On the page for purchasing the ECS, set the parameters.

    Table 1 Parameter description

    Parameter

    Example

    Description

    Billing Mode

    Yearly/Monthly

    Prepaid billing. You pay in advance for a subscription term, and in exchange, you get a discounted rate. Ensure that you have a top-up account with a sufficient balance or have a valid payment method configured first.

    For more information, see Pricing Details.

    Region

    CN-Hong Kong

    For lower network latency and quick resource access, select the region nearest to you. After an ECS is purchased, the region cannot be changed. Exercise caution when selecting a region.

    AZ

    Random

    The system selects a default AZ based on your Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). The AZ of a purchased ECS cannot be changed.

    CPU Architecture

    x86

    ECS provides multiple types of instance specifications of the x86 and Kunpeng architectures.

    Instance

    c6.xlarge.2

    Select appropriate specifications based on service requirements. For more information, see the ECS Specifications.

    Image

    Select Public image and Huawei Cloud EulerOS 2.0 Standard 64-bit (40 GiB).

    A free public Linux image provided by Huawei Cloud.

    Host protection (HSS)

    Select Host protection (HSS) and select Basic Edition.

    HSS Basic Edition is free for one month. It provides functions such as weak password and vulnerability detection.

    Other parameters

    -

    Set this parameter based on project requirements. For details about parameter settings, see Purchasing and Using a Linux ECS.

  3. Confirm all information, click Create. In the displayed dialog box, click Agree and Create. After the payment is complete, the ECS is automatically created and started by default.

    After the ECS is in the Running state, the HSS agent is automatically installed and the basic edition is enabled. This process takes about 20 minutes.

  4. Move the cursor to the Security column of the ECS and click Learn more. The HSS console page is displayed.
  5. The protection status of the cloud server is Protected, the edition is Basic, and the expiration time is 29 days until expiration.

    The trial period is successful. HSS provides basic security protection for your ECSs for 30 days.

    Figure 1 Free trial of HSS basic edition for 30 days

What Should I Do When the Free Trial of HSS Basic Edition Expires?

When the 30-day free trial of HSS basic edition expires, HSS stops providing security protection for your servers. Its expiration has no impact on your servers. To continue using HSS, you can purchase and enable HSS after the free trial period expires. The procedure is as follows:

  1. Purchasing an HSS Quota

    Purchase HSS editions based on your protection requirements. For details about the protection functions supported by each HSS edition, see Functions.

  2. Installing an Agent

    During the free trial of HSS, the agent has been installed on the ECS by default. If you have uninstalled the agent, you need to reinstall it. If you have not uninstalled the agent, skip this step.

  3. Enabling Protection

    HSS can be enabled only after this operation is performed.