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Elastic High Performance Computing:Create a job

Last Updated:Dec 04, 2025

This topic describes how to create an E-HPC Instant job in the console.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Jobs page of the E-HPC Instant console.

  2. In the upper-left corner of the top menu bar, select a region.

  3. Click Create Job.

  4. On the Create Job page, configure the following parameters.

    • Job information

      Parameter

      Required

      Description

      Job Name

      Yes

      Enter a name for the job. The name must meet the following requirements:

      • The name must be 2 to 64 characters in length.

      • The name must start with a letter.

      • The name can contain only letters, digits, and hyphens (-).

      Area

      Yes

      Select the region where the job runs. This choice affects network latency and costs.

      Scheduling Policy

      Yes

      Select a scheduling policy for the job. Currently, only the Standard scheduling policy is supported.

      Note

      To use the Economy scheduling policy, submit a ticket to apply for it.

      Network and Availability Zone

      Yes

      After you select a virtual private cloud (VPC) and a vSwitch, the E-HPC Instant service automatically attaches a network interface card (NIC) to the job execution node to ensure network communication with your data storage (NAS).

      Security Group

      Yes

      After you select a security group, the E-HPC Instant service automatically adds the security group to the job execution node.

      Single-node Elastic IP Address

      No

      If you enable this feature, an Elastic IP Address (EIP) is automatically requested for and assigned to the node. This ensures that the node can be accessed over the Internet.

      Important

      Enabling an EIP incurs additional fees. Enable Single-node Elastic IP Address only as needed.

      Tags

      No

      Select one or more tags to help with resource searches and cost analysis. For more information, see Tags.

    • Task Details

      Parameter

      Required

      Description

      Computing Environment

      Yes

      Select the computing environment required to run the job. The options are:

      • Cloud Server

      • Container

      Application

      Yes

      Select the application for the job to run. This is the image environment.

      Operation Mode

      Yes

      Select the mode to run the job. The following modes are available:

      • Batch Job: The node is automatically released after the user command is executed.

      • Background Service: This mode supports long-running jobs. The node is released only after you manually delete the job.

      Pre-processing Script

      No

      Enter the script command to execute before the job starts.

      Execution Command

      Conditionally required

      The command or script that runs on the job node. This parameter is required when Operation Mode is set to Batch Job.

      • For a Linux application, the command must start with #! and be followed by an executable program, such as #!/bin/bash.

      • For a Windows application, the first line of the command must be [powershell] or [bat].

      Number Of Execution Nodes

      Yes

      Set the total number of nodes required to run the job.

    • Task Resources

      Parameter

      Required

      Description

      Cores Per Node

      Yes

      Select the number of CPU cores and the memory size for each execution node as needed.

      Note

      The ratio of CPU cores to memory size for a single node is fixed. For more information, see Limits.

      Memory Per Node

      Yes

      Storage Space Per Node

      Yes

      The size of the selected storage resource must be larger than the size of the application image. It must also meet the following requirements:

      • If the application is a system application, the storage space must be 40 GiB or larger.

      • If the application is a personal application, the storage space must be 20 GiB or larger.

    • Access External Storage

      Parameter

      Description

      Mount Directory

      Enter the mount directory.

      Type

      Currently, only General-purpose NAS File System is supported.

      File System and Mount Target

      Select the ID of the file system and the mount target to mount. Make sure that the file system has available mount targets.

      File System Directory

      Enter the directory of the file system to mount.

      Mount Options

      Select a mount protocol.

    • More Settings

      Parameter

      Description

      Logon Password

      To remotely log on to a node, set the Logon Password and Confirm Password.

      Note

      You can set a password only when Computing Environment is set to Cloud Server.

      Confirm Password

      Resource Scheduling Limit

      The following scheduling methods are supported:

      • None: Resources can be scheduled in the specified VPC.

      • Only In The Specified VSwitch: The created execution nodes are in the specified vSwitch.

  5. After you configure the parameters, click Create Job at the bottom of the page.

    After the job is created, it appears in the job list. Normally, the job status changes from Pending to Initializing, then to Running, and finally to Completed.