If you enable automatic deployment for a dedicated host, the dedicated host is added to the resource pool of your Alibaba Cloud account for automatic deployment. When you create an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance, you do not need to specify a dedicated host. The system selects a dedicated host from the resource pool to deploy the instance. This improves deployment flexibility.

Background information

Alibaba Cloud provides the following methods to deploy an ECS instance on a dedicated host:

Procedure

  1. Log on to the ECS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > Dedicated Hosts.
  3. In the top navigation bar, select a region.
  4. Select the dedicated host. On the Dedicated Host tab, choose dropdown-menu > Modify DDH Info.
    modify-autodeploy
  5. In the Modify DDH Info dialog box, enable Automatic Deployment.
    enable-autodeploy
  6. Click OK.