Quick start process
When purchasing and using Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances, as an enterprise-level user, you must finish the following operations:
Target readers
The Quick Start is a reference for anyone who wants to know how to:
- Select configurations for ECS instances.
- Estimate costs of a large-sized instance and specific configuration.
- Perform network planning for a specific solution.
- Configure the security group information for each instance.
- Select and develop better snapshot policies.
- Complete image migration.
Locate resources
| Procedure | Interface | Parameter | Target data |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Query regions. | DescribeRegions | N/A | Region ID (RegionId) |
| 2. Query zones. | DescribeZones | Region ID | Zone ID (ZoneId) |
| 3. Determine the billing method. | DescribeZones | Billing method/Bidding policy | ZoneType |
| 4. Query resource combinations. | DescribeZones | RegionId/Billing method | ZoneType |
This document is applicable only to operations performed in the console. If you are an API user, see API references.