Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server provides the following types of images: application images, OS images, and custom images. When you create a simple application server, you can select an image based on your business requirements. This topic describes the image types that are supported by Simple Application Server. This topic also describes the image names and image versions of each image type.
Types
The following table describes the application images, OS images, and custom images that are provided by Simple Application Server.
Type | Description |
Application images contain applications, initialization data and runtime environments of the applications, and OSs. After you create a simple application server based on an application image, you can use preset application programs or make custom application configurations based on your business requirements. Application images provide ready-to-use applications. This way, you do not need to upload or install applications. For more information about how to create a simple application server based on an application image, see Build a WordPress blog. | |
OS images contain only the OSs that are required to start servers. OS images do not contain application data or environment configurations. After you create a simple application server based on an OS image, the server runs on an OS without applications installed. You can install applications on the server based on your business requirements. For more information about how to create a simple application server based on an OS image, see Deploy Apache based on a CentOS system image. | |
A custom image is created based on a snapshot of a simple application server. You can use a custom image to create multiple simple application servers that have the same configurations. You can also share custom images to Elastic Compute Service (ECS) and use the shared images to create ECS instances or replace the OSs of existing ECS instances. For more information, see Overview of custom images. |
Application images
The following table describes the application images that are supported by Simple Application Server.
Name | Version | Description |
WordPress |
| WordPress is an open source software that you can use to create a website, blog, or application. WordPress is integrated with third-party templates and plug-ins to help you apply custom features.
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Docker | 20.10.7 | Docker is a popular open source container engine. Docker allows developers to package applications and dependencies into lightweight and portable containers to achieve faster delivery, deployment, migration, and scaling of applications. This image is developed based on the CentOS 7.9 64-bit OS. |
LAMP |
| LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) images are pre-installed with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and relevant components. LAMP images are commonly used to build web applications.
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Node.js | 16.5.0 | Node.js is a platform that is built on the JavaScript runtime environment of Google Chrome. This platform is used to build fast and scalable network applications. This image is developed based on the CentOS 7.9 64-bit OS. |
ASP.NET | 4.8 | ASP.NET images support multiple ASP and ASP.NET parse methods. By default, ASP.NET images are installed with an SQL Server database. This image is developed based on the Windows 2012 64-bit Enterprise Edition OS. |
Drupal | 8.3.7 | Drupal is an open source and excellent content management system (CMS). Drupal is used to build dynamic websites that provide rich features and services. Drupal combines powerful and configurable features to support website projects from personal blogs to large communities. This image is developed based on the CentOS 7.4 64-bit OS. |
Tomcat | 8 | Apache Tomcat is an open source Java servlet container that serves as a web server and provides stable performance. The image is developed based on the Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 OS and pre-installed with Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 1.8, Tomcat 8, MySQL 5.7, and NGINX 1.18. |
Nextcloud | 23.0.0 | Nextcloud is an open source cloud storage software that allows you to build a cloud synchronous storage and share the storage among your team. This way, you can manage the synchronization, sharing, version control, and team collaboration of files across platforms and devices. This image is developed based on the Ubuntu 20.04 OS and pre-installed with PHP 7.4.3, MariaDB 10.3, and Apache 2.4.41. |
Joomla | 3.8.5 | Joomla! is a content management system (CMS) that is developed by using the PHP language and MySQL database. |
Ghost | 1.22.7 | Ghost is an open source Node.JS-based CMS that is created by former WordPress employees. The interface of Ghost is simple, modern, and beautiful. Ghost themes stand out for their elegant designs. |
OpenCart | 3.0.2.0 | OpenCart is an open source PHP-based online e-commerce solution. |
Plesk | 17.8.11.5 | Plesk allows you to efficiently build, secure, and run websites and applications on Alibaba Cloud. Features of Plesk include all server management tools and WordPress automation. |
cPanel | 94.0.5 | cPanel & WHM (WebHost Manager) is a web hosting automation software. You can use cPanel license keys free of charge for 15 days. If you want to continue using the image after 15 days, you must convert the trial license into your formal license on the official cPanel website. |
OS images
The following table describes the OS images that are supported by Simple Application Server.
Name | Version | Description |
Alibaba Cloud Linux | 2.19.03 | Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 is the next-generation Linux distribution that is provided by Alibaba Cloud. Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 provides enhanced Linux community features for cloud application environments. This image is optimized based on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure to provide better experience to cloud users. |
3.21.04 | Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 is the third-generation Alibaba Cloud OS. In addition to all the features that are inherited from Alibaba Cloud Linux 2, Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 offers a better cloud OS experience and provides improved security, stability, and runtime performance. | |
CentOS |
| CentOS is an enterprise-level Linux distribution based on the free source code that is provided by Red Hat Linux. |
Ubuntu |
| Ubuntu is an open source GNU/Linux OS that focuses on desktop applications. Ubuntu is developed based on Debian GNU/Linux and supports x86, amd64 (x64), and PowerPC architectures. Ubuntu is created by the global professional development team Canonical Ltd. |
Windows |
| Windows images are suitable for running the programs that are developed based on Windows, such as ASP and .NET. These images support databases such as Access and SQL Server, and can be managed by using the remote desktop logon method. A Windows image requires an SSD with a minimum disk space of 40 GiB. |
Debian |
| Debian is an open source image that runs the Linux OS and includes several free software distributions. |
OpenSUSE | 42.3 | openSUSE is a stable, easy-to-use, and complete Linux distribution that is popular with system administrators, developers, and desktop users. Note This image is unavailable in specific regions. The images that are displayed in the Simple Application Server console shall prevail. |
Anolis | 8.4 ANCK | Anolis OS 8 is an open source Linux distribution that is released by the OpenAnolis community. Anolis OS 8 is completely compatible with CentOS 8 and supports multiple computing architectures. Anolis OS 8 is a stable, high-performance, secure, and reliable operating system. |
CentOS Stream | 9 | CentOS Stream is a rolling release Linux distribution after CentOS 8. |
Rocky Linux | 8.6 | Rocky Linux is a branch of CentOS and a downstream rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Like CentOS, Rocky Linux provides a stable Linux distribution that is suitable for servers. Rocky Linux is the idea of a Linux distribution to replace CentOS. |
AlmaLinux | 9.0 | AlmaLinux is an open source, community-driven project that was originally created by CloudLinux in response to the demise of the stable version of CentOS. AlmaLinux is a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL 9 and developed by the CloudLinux OS team. |
Custom images
A custom image is created based on a snapshot of a simple application server. The following table describes the operations that are related to custom images.
Operation | Description | References |
Create a custom image | You can create a custom image to store the data on a simple application server. The custom image can be shared to ECS or used to create simple application servers that have the same configurations. | |
Share a custom image | Custom images can be shared to ECS. If the configurations of your simple application server cannot meet your business requirements, or you want to use ECS instances to deploy your business, you can share your custom image to ECS to migrate your business from Simple Application Server to ECS. | |
Unshare a custom image | You can unshare a custom image based on your business requirements. You must unshare a custom image before you can delete it. | |
Copy a custom image | You can copy a custom image of a simple application server across regions. | |
Delete a custom image | You can delete custom images that are no longer needed. | |
Use a custom image to create simple application servers | You can use a custom image that contains server configurations to create simple application servers that have the same configurations. | Use a custom image to create one or more simple application servers |