Elastic Compute Service:Manage ECI with Alibaba Cloud Client

View container groups

1. On the Homepage of Alibaba Cloud Client, click ECI.

2. On the instance list page, view elastic container instance information from the following aspects.

   • ①: Region. Click to switch regions.

   • ②: Instance list.

   • ③: Pagination toolbar.

   • ④: Search box.

     1. Enter a container group ID or name.

     2. Press Enter to search in the current region.

   • ⑤: Actions menu:

     • Restart or delete container groups.

     • View container and container group details.

     • Connect to a container. Click the container group ID first, then operate on the container list page.

     • Open the ECI console.

   • ⑥: Instance events.

Connect to a container

1. On the Homepage of Alibaba Cloud Client, click ECI.

2. In the upper-left corner, select the region of the target instance.

3. Find the target container group and click its ID.

4. Find the target container. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Terminal.

5. Select a command type and click Connect.

   After a successful connection, the terminal displays container information and allows you to run commands. For example, run ls to view the root directory contents:

   
   ContainerGroupId  : eci-xxx
   ContainerGroupName : container-group-1657159744606
   ContainerName     : container-1
   / #
   / # ls
   bin  dev  etc  home  lib  media  mnt  proc  root  run  sbin  srv  sys  tmp  usr  var
   

View container properties

1. On the Homepage of Alibaba Cloud Client, click ECI.

2. In the upper-left corner, select the region of the target instance.

3. Find the target container group and click its ID.

4. Find the target container. In the Actions column, choose Actions > View Properties.

   The container properties are displayed, including the name, image, and command type.

Manage container groups

Restart a container group

1. On the Homepage of Alibaba Cloud Client, click ECI.

2. In the upper-left corner, select the region of the target instance.

3. Find the target container group. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Restart Container Group.

4. In the confirmation message, verify the information and click Restart Container Group.

Delete a container group

1. On the Homepage of Alibaba Cloud Client, click ECI.

2. In the upper-left corner, select the region of the target instance.

3. Find the target container group. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Delete Container Group.

4. In the confirmation message, verify the information and click Delete Container Group.

View container group properties

1. On the Homepage of Alibaba Cloud Client, click ECI.

2. In the upper-left corner, select the region of the target instance.

3. Find the target container group. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Show ContainerGroup Properties.

   The container group properties are displayed, including the name, specifications, security group, and vSwitch.

View instance events

1. On the Homepage of Alibaba Cloud Client, click ECI.

2. In the upper-left corner, select the region of the target instance.

3. Use one of the following methods to view events of a container group:

   • Find the target container group and click the number in the Event column.

   • Find the target container group. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Show Events.

   The event list page displays container group events in a table with Event Name, Type, Description, Start Time, and End Time columns, recording lifecycle events such as container creation, image pulling, image cache hits, and container startup. For common events and solutions, see ECI custom events.

References

• Alibaba Cloud Client also manages ECS instances, simple application servers, and managed instances:

  • Manage ECS instances with Alibaba Cloud Client

  • Manage SWAS instances in Alibaba Cloud Client

  • Manage managed instances with Alibaba Cloud Client

• Configure shortcut keys, language, color theme, and other settings in Alibaba Cloud Client configuration.