Getting Started with Alibaba Cloud

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Tutorials

Tutorials

Step-by-step tutorials to help guide you through deploying and hosting projects on Alibaba Cloud

3 Ways to Set Up a Linux Server on Alibaba Cloud

Find out how you can quickly and easily set up a Linux server on Alibaba Cloud ECS.

How to Set Up Email Hosting on Alibaba Cloud

This tutorial shows you how you can set up an email hosting service for your enterprise on Alibaba Cloud using hMailServer.

Build a Website with Alibaba Cloud Web Hosting

This tutorial describes how to build a website with Alibaba Cloud Web Hosting in just a few easy steps.
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Learning Path

Complete guide for new users to start your journey with Alibaba Cloud.

ECS Learning Path

Embrace a more scalable and efficient management mode with Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS).

RDS Learning Path

Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for RDS (Relational Database Service) is a stable and reliable online database service that scales elastically.

OSS Learning Path

Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) is a cost-effective, highly secure, and highly reliable solution to store, back up, and archive any amount of data in the cloud.

CDN Learning Path

Alibaba Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN) caches contents at physical nodes, then strategically delivers them to end users from the nearest node.

ARMS Learning Path

Start monitoring your application performance, in-browser experience, and business metrics with ARMS (Application Real-Time Monitoring Service), an APM solution from Alibaba Cloud.

MaxCompute Learning Path

Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute is a big data processing platform that processes and stores massive batch structural data to provide effective warehousing solutions.

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Quick Start Videos

Video tutorials to get you up and running quickly with various Alibaba Cloud products

Setting Up a Free Account on Alibaba Cloud - Part 1

Learn and experience the power of Alibaba Cloud with a free trial worth up to $450-$1300 USD

How to Quickly Set Up a Web Server with Simple Application Server

Provision a fully functional cloud-based server in just a few minutes with Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server.

Protect Your Websites from Cyberattacks with WAF

Discover how to protect your website from attacks with Web Application Firewall (WAF)

How to Set Up a Multi-tier WordPress Site on Alibaba Cloud

Learn how to set up a multi-tier WordPress site on an Alibaba Cloud ECS instance with an ApsaraDB for RDS database.

Set Up Container Service Part 1

Learn how to run and manage Docker applications with Container Service

Large-Scale Data Warehousing with MaxCompute

Learn how to effectively query massive datasets and conduct big data analysis with MaxCompute

Use Your Local Machine as Development Environment

Learn how to setup your local computer to be able to use Alibaba Cloud developer tools without having to go into your console.

Push Notifications and Messaging for Android

Learn how to create and set up messages and notifications and send them to Android devices.

Elastic Compute Service (ECS)

Elastic and secure virtual cloud servers to cater to all your cloud hosting needs.

ApsaraDB for RDS

An on-demand database hosting service for MySQL, SQL Server and PostgreSQL with automated monitoring, backup and disaster recovery.

Object Storage Service (OSS)

An encrypted and secure cloud storage service which stores, processes and accesses massive amounts of data from anywhere in the world.

Hybrid Cloud

Highly reliable and secure hybrid cloud deployment solutions for enterprises

DevOps

Accelerate software development and delivery by integrating DevOps with the cloud

Internet of Things (IoT)

Quickly build automated solutions with data-driven and highly scalable IoT solutions

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Tools and Resources

Resources

Explore helpful resources from the Alibaba Cloud community

Documentation

Extensive product guides & FAQs on Alibaba Cloud product offering

Developer Center

Build your first app with APIs, SDKs, and tutorials

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