Purchase a Bastionhost instance before using the service to manage and audit access to your server assets. Choose a region, edition, and plan that match your infrastructure scale and O&M requirements.
Enable Auto-renewal during purchase to avoid service interruption when the instance expires. For pricing details, see Billing.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure that you have:
(Recommended) Identified the region where your Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances are deployed — place your Bastionhost instance in the same region to enable internal network access.
Choose an edition
If you need... | Choose |
O&M on 1,000+ assets, database O&M, automatic password rotation for Linux servers, webpage-based O&M, or hybrid cloud O&M via the network domain feature | Enterprise Dual-Engine Edition |
Basic O&M and audit capabilities on a smaller asset count | Basic Edition |
For a full feature comparison, see Functions and features.
Enterprise Dual-Engine Edition runs in dual-engine mode to improve O&M efficiency and automatically switches between engines if a single point of failure (SPOF) occurs.
Basic Edition runs in single-engine mode and supports O&M and audit operations.
Purchase an instance
Go to the Bastionhost buy page.
Configure the following parameters.
Parameter | Description |
Region and Zone | The region where the Bastionhost instance is deployed. Select the same region as your ECS instances to enable internal network access. For cross-region access, connect through Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) or use the network domain feature in Bastionhost. Warning: The region cannot be changed after the Bastionhost instance is created. |
Version | The edition of the Bastionhost instance: Enterprise Dual-Engine Edition or Basic Edition. |
Assets | The number of server assets the Bastionhost instance can manage. |
Extra Bandwidth | Additional public bandwidth beyond the default included in your plan. Valid values: 0 to 200 Mbit/s, in multiples of 10. |
Extended Storage Plans | Additional storage capacity beyond the default. Configure this if the default storage cannot meet your business requirements. |
Resource Group | The resource group to which the Bastionhost instance belongs. |
Quantity | The number of Bastionhost instances to purchase. |
Duration | The validity period. Enable Auto-renewal to automatically renew on a monthly cycle before expiration. Fees are automatically deducted from your account balance based on the actual prices. You can disable auto-renewal at any time. |
Click Buy Now and complete the payment.
After the payment is complete, your Bastionhost instance is Uninitialized yet and you have to Run it. Then, the instance enters the Creating state. Instance creation typically takes 15 to 30 minutes. If the instance remains in the Creating state for an extended period, this is expected—wait until the status changes to Running before using the instance.
Some features may be temporarily unavailable while the instance is being created. If instance creation fails, check the instance status in the console and retry.