If you are a developer, you can create an ECS instance by using SDKs. This topic describes how to use SDK for Java to create an ECS instance.

Prepare the SDK for Java environment

Before you create an instance by using SDK for Java, you must configure the SDK for Java environment and add the aliyun-java-sdk-core, aliyun-java-sdk-ecs, aliyun-java-sdk-vpc, and fastjson dependencies to the pom.xml file in the Maven project. For more information, see Install ECS SDK for Java.

The following code shows how to add the aliyun-java-sdk-vpc dependency to the pom.xml file: 

<dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.aliyun</groupId>
            <artifactId>aliyun-java-sdk-core</artifactId>
            <version>4.4.3</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.aliyun</groupId>
            <artifactId>aliyun-java-sdk-ecs</artifactId>
            <version>4.17.1</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.alibaba</groupId>
            <artifactId>fastjson</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.60</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.aliyun</groupId>
            <artifactId>aliyun-java-sdk-vpc</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.9</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

Obtain AccessKey pair information

For more information about how to create an AccessKey pair, see Create an AccessKey pair.

Note To protect the AccessKey pair of your Alibaba Cloud account, we recommend that you create a RAM user, grant the RAM user permissions to access ECS instances, and then use the AccessKey pair of the RAM user to call SDK for Java. For more information, see Implement access control by using RAM.
Create an AccessKey pairCreate an AccessKey pair - 2

Resources needed to create an instance

Before you create an instance, you must create a VPC and a security group.
Note If a VPC and a security group already exist, you can purchase an instance after you obtain the VSwitch ID and the security group ID. For more information, see Purchase an ECS instance.
  1. Create a VPC.
    Create a VPC in the China (Hangzhou) region. The CIDR block of the VPC is 192.168.0.0/16.
    API Parameter Example
    CreateVpc RegionId The ID of the region. Example: cn-hangzhou.
    CidrBlock The CIDR block of the VPC. Example: 192.168.0.0/16

    The following code shows how to create a VPC:

    import com.aliyuncs.DefaultAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.IAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ClientException;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ServerException;
import com.aliyuncs.profile.DefaultProfile;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.aliyuncs.vpc.model.v20160428.*;

public class CreateVpc {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DefaultProfile profile = DefaultProfile.getProfile("cn-hangzhou","<accessKeyId>", "<accessSecret>");
        IAcsClient client = new DefaultAcsClient(profile);

        CreateVpcRequest request = new CreateVpcRequest();
        request.setRegionId("cn-hangzhou");
        request.setCidrBlock("192.168.0.0/16");

        try {
            CreateVpcResponse response = client.getAcsResponse(request);
            System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(response));
        } catch (ServerException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClientException e) {
            System.out.println("ErrCode:" + e.getErrCode());
            System.out.println("ErrMsg:" + e.getErrMsg());
            System.out.println("RequestId:" + e.getRequestId());
        }

    }
}

    The following command output is generated:

    {
    "requestId":"5BE6AEA4-347F-46A9-9808-B429EF02****",
    "vpcId":"vpc-bp1h99qfh290thxml****",
    "vRouterId":"vrt-bp1cbum5ozelljyet****",
    "routeTableId":"vtb-bp1qm6p3yoww2cv10****",
    "resourceGroupId":"rg-acfmzw2jz2z****"
}
  2. Creates a VSwitch.
    Create a VSwitch in the VPC. The CIDR block of the VSwitch is 192.168.0.0/24.
    API Parameter Example
    CreateVSwitch ZoneId The ID of the zone. Example: cn-hangzhou-i.
    VpcId The ID of the VPC, which is the parameter value returned in the 1 section.

    Example: vpc-bp1h99qfh290thxml****.

    CidrBlock The CIDR block of the VSwitch. Example: 192.168.0.0/24.

    The following code shows how to create a VSwitch:

    import com.aliyuncs.DefaultAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.IAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ClientException;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ServerException;
import com.aliyuncs.profile.DefaultProfile;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import java.util.*;
import com.aliyuncs.vpc.model.v20160428.*;

public class CreateVSwitch {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DefaultProfile profile = DefaultProfile.getProfile("cn-hangzhou", "<accessKeyId>", "<accessSecret>");
        IAcsClient client = new DefaultAcsClient(profile);

        CreateVSwitchRequest request = new CreateVSwitchRequest();
        request.setRegionId("cn-hangzhou");
        request.setCidrBlock("192.168.0.0/24");
        request.setVpcId("vpc-bp1h99qfh290thxml****");
        request.setZoneId("cn-hangzhou-i");

        try {
            CreateVSwitchResponse response = client.getAcsResponse(request);
            System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(response));
        } catch (ServerException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClientException e) {
            System.out.println("ErrCode:" + e.getErrCode());
            System.out.println("ErrMsg:" + e.getErrMsg());
            System.out.println("RequestId:" + e.getRequestId());
        }

    }
}

    The following command output is generated:

    {
    "requestId": "BAFBC8C4-3C65-427B-B470-3D257288****",
    "vSwitchId": "vsw-bp1mihse903i05oxn****"
}
  3. Create a security group.
    API Parameter Example
    CreateSecurityGroup RegionId The ID of the region. Example: cn-hangzhou.
    VpcId The ID of the VPC, which is the parameter value returned in the 1 section.

    Example: vpc-bp1h99qfh290thxml****.

    The following code shows how to create a security group:

    import com.aliyuncs.DefaultAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.IAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ClientException;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ServerException;
import com.aliyuncs.profile.DefaultProfile;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import java.util.*;
import com.aliyuncs.ecs.model.v20140526.*;

public class CreateSecurityGroup {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DefaultProfile profile = DefaultProfile.getProfile("cn-hangzhou", "<accessKeyId>", "<accessSecret>");
        IAcsClient client = new DefaultAcsClient(profile);

        CreateSecurityGroupRequest request = new CreateSecurityGroupRequest();
        request.setRegionId("cn-hangzhou");
        request.setVpcId("vpc-bp1h99qfh290thxml****");

        try {
            CreateSecurityGroupResponse response = client.getAcsResponse(request);
            System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(response));
        } catch (ServerException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClientException e) {
            System.out.println("ErrCode:" + e.getErrCode());
            System.out.println("ErrMsg:" + e.getErrMsg());
            System.out.println("RequestId:" + e.getRequestId());
        }

    }
}

    The following command output is generated:

    {
    "requestId": "718D29C6-6183-4196-AD76-A53F6A6E****",
    "securityGroupId": "sg-bp1dve08xy2c8y9g****"
}
  4. Add an inbound rule to the security group.
    API Parameter Example
    AuthorizeSecurityGroup RegionId The ID of the region. Example: cn-hangzhou.
    SecurityGroupId The ID of the security group, which is the parameter value returned in the 3 section.

    Example: sg-bp1dve08xy2c8y9g****.

    IpProtocol The Internet protocol. Example: tcp.
    SourceCidrIp The source CIDR block. Example: 0.0.0.0/0.
    PortRange The port range:
    • Linux instances: 22/22
    • Windows instances: 3389/3389
    The following code shows how to add an inbound rule to the security group: 
    import com.aliyuncs.DefaultAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.IAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ClientException;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ServerException;
import com.aliyuncs.profile.DefaultProfile;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import java.util.*;
import com.aliyuncs.ecs.model.v20140526.*;

public class AuthorizeSecurityGroup {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DefaultProfile profile = DefaultProfile.getProfile("cn-hangzhou", "<accessKeyId>", "<accessSecret>");
        IAcsClient client = new DefaultAcsClient(profile);

        AuthorizeSecurityGroupRequest request = new AuthorizeSecurityGroupRequest();
        request.setRegionId("cn-hangzhou");
        request.setSecurityGroupId("sg-bp1dve08xy2c8y9g****");
        request.setIpProtocol("tcp");
        request.setPortRange("22/22");
        request.setSourceCidrIp("0.0.0.0/0");

        try {
            AuthorizeSecurityGroupResponse response = client.getAcsResponse(request);
            System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(response));
        } catch (ServerException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClientException e) {
            System.out.println("ErrCode:" + e.getErrCode());
            System.out.println("ErrMsg:" + e.getErrMsg());
            System.out.println("RequestId:" + e.getRequestId());
        }

    }
}
    The following command output is generated: 
    {
    "requestId": "7052E70F-4678-4400-81CF-E0133CCB****"
}

Purchase an ECS instance

Purchase a subscription ECS instance.

API Parameter Example
RunInstances RegionId The ID of the region. Example: cn-hangzhou.
ImageId The ID of the image. The aliyun_2_1903_x64_20G_alibase_20200324.vhd Alibaba Cloud Linux image is recommended.
InstanceType The instance family.
  • Individual applications: The ecs.s6-c1m2.small instance type with 1 vCPU and 2 GiB memory is recommended.
  • Applications for small and medium-sized enterprises: The ecs.c5.large instance type with 2 vCPUs and 4 GiB memory is recommended.
SecurityGroupId The ID of the security group, which is the parameter value returned in the 3 section.

Example: sg-bp1dve08xy2c8y9g****.

VSwitchId The ID of the VSwitch, which is the parameter value returned in the 2 section.

Example: vsw-bp1mihse903i05oxn****.

InstanceName The name of the instance.

Example: ecs_sdk_demo.

InstanceChargeType The billing method of the instance. For a subscription instance, the corresponding value is PrePaid.
Note You must make sure that you have sufficient account balance.
PeriodUnit The unit of the billing cycle. Example: Month.
Period The period of the billing cycle. Example: 1.
InternetMaxBandwidthOut The maximum outbound bandwidth to the Internet. Example: 1.
Password The logon password of the instance: <yourPassword>.
Note You must customize a complex password to ensure instance security.

The following code shows how to create a subscription instance:

import com.aliyuncs.DefaultAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.IAcsClient;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ClientException;
import com.aliyuncs.exceptions.ServerException;
import com.aliyuncs.profile.DefaultProfile;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import java.util.*;
import com.aliyuncs.ecs.model.v20140526.*;

public class RunInstances {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DefaultProfile profile = DefaultProfile.getProfile("cn-hangzhou", "<accessKeyId>", "<accessSecret>");
        IAcsClient client = new DefaultAcsClient(profile);

        RunInstancesRequest request = new RunInstancesRequest();
        request.setRegionId("cn-hangzhou");
        request.setImageId("aliyun_2_1903_x64_20G_alibase_20200324.vhd");
        request.setInstanceType("ecs.s6-c1m2.small");
        request.setSecurityGroupId("sg-bp1dve08xy2c8y9g****");
        request.setVSwitchId("vsw-bp1mihse903i05oxn****");
        request.setInstanceName("ecs_sdk_demo");
        request.setInternetMaxBandwidthOut(1);
        request.setPassword("<yourPassword>");
        request.setPeriod(1);
        request.setPeriodUnit("Month");
        request.setInstanceChargeType("PrePaid");

        try {
            RunInstancesResponse response = client.getAcsResponse(request);
            System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(response));
        } catch (ServerException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClientException e) {
            System.out.println("ErrCode:" + e.getErrCode());
            System.out.println("ErrMsg:" + e.getErrMsg());
            System.out.println("RequestId:" + e.getRequestId());
        }

    }
}

The following command output is generated:

{
    "requestId": "9582F9F2-349C-438E-A6A2-3E7B6B56****",
    "tradePrice": ****,
    "instanceIdSets": ["i-bp1hcv43i3glqxbv****"]
}

Connect to the ECS instance

This section describes how to log on to a Linux instance by using Cloud Shell. For information about how to log on to a Window instance, see Connect to a Windows instance from a local client.

  1. Query the public IP address of the instance.
    API Parameter Example
    DescribeInstances RegionId The ID of the region. Example: cn-hangzhou.
    InstanceIds The ID of the instance, which is the parameter value returned in the Purchase an ECS instance section.

    Example: '["i-bp1hcv43i3glqxbv****"]'.

    The following code shows how to query the public IP address of the instance:

    aliyun ecs DescribeInstances \
--RegionId cn-hangzhou \
--InstanceIds '["i-bp1hcv43i3glqxbv****"]'

    The following command output is generated.

    Public IP address
  2. Use an SSH key pair to log on to the instance.
    Logon with SSH key pair

Release an expired instance

You can manually release a subscription instance after it expires. If you do not renew the instance after it expires, the instance is automatically released.