Specify multiple instance types for creating an ECI

How it works

You can specify multiple instance types through the k8s.aliyun.com/eci-use-specs annotation of a pod to be created. When the corresponding ECI fails to be created because instances of one instance type are out of stock, the next instance type is used to create the ECI. For more information, see Pod annotations supported by ECI. When the system tries to recreate the ECI, the ECI remains in the Pending state.

Kubernetes mode

You can specify multiple instance types based on their priorities through the k8s.aliyun.com/eci-use-specs annotation of a pod to be created.

apiVersion: apps/v1beta2 # For versions earlier than 1.8.0, use apps/v1beta1.
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: nginx-deployment-basic
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx
      annotations:
        k8s.aliyun.com/eci-use-specs : "ecs.c5.large,ecs.c6.large,ecs.sn1ne.large,ecs.g5.large"  # Replace the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance types as needed.
    spec:
    #  nodeSelector:
    #    env: test-team
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx:1.7.9 # Replace it with your image name, in the format of <image_name:tags>.
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80

API mode

When you call the CreateContainerGroup operation to create an ECI, you can specify multiple zones through the VSwitchId parameter and specify multiple instance types through the InstanceType parameter. For more information about other parameters, see CreateContainerGroup.

The following table describes the parameters that you need to set in the request.

Specify multiple zones for creating an ECI

You can specify multiple zones and multiple instance types at the same time. This greatly improves the success rate of creating ECIs. For more information, see Specify multiple zones for creating an ECI.