This topic walks you through the procedure to configure Internet Information Services (IIS) for a Windows Server 2016 instance of the ecs.g6.large instance type. You can use this topic to familiarize yourself with operations in the ECS console.
Preparations
Step 1: Create an ECS instance
Step 2: Add security group rules
If you do not add rules to the default security group when you create an instance or the instance is added to a new security group, perform the following steps:
Step 3: Connect to the ECS instance
Step 4: Configure IIS
Step 5: (Optional) Resolve domain names
Direct access to IIS by using the public IP address of the instance may degrade server security. If you have an existing domain name or want to register one, perform the following steps:
Step 6: (Optional) Release the ECS instance
You can release the instance if you no longer need it. After the instance is released, billing stops and data cannot be recovered.
- Go back to the Instances page and find the EcsQuickStart instance.
- In the Actions column, choose .
- In the Release dialog box, set Release Mode to Release Now and click Next.
- Verify the instance to be released and then click OK.
Step 7: View bills
What to do next
- For more information about ECS instance families that are available for purchase, see Instance families.
- For more information about how to create an ECS instance, see Creation method overview.
- For more information about images, see Image overview.
- For more information about security groups, see Overview.
- For more information about VPCs, see What is a VPC?
- For more information about the common operations of ECS, see Quick reference.
- For more information about the APIs operations provided by ECS, see List of operations by function.