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    Elastic Compute Service:Manage simple application servers with Alibaba Cloud Client

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    Elastic Compute Service:Manage simple application servers with Alibaba Cloud Client

    Last Updated:Jul 15, 2026

    View, connect to, restart, stop, and monitor simple application servers from Alibaba Cloud Client.

    Prerequisites

    Alibaba Cloud accounts are added to Alibaba Cloud Client. See Configure credentials in Alibaba Cloud Client.

    View servers

    1. On the Home page of Alibaba Cloud Client, click SWAS.

    2. On the Servers page, you can view the following SWAS instance information:

      • Region: The region of the current SWAS instance. Click the region to switch to another region.

      • Instance list: Lists all SWAS instances in the current region.

      • Pagination toolbar: Click the pagination toolbar to navigate between pages.

      • Search box: Enter an instance ID or public IP address, and press Enter to search for SWAS instances in the current region.

      • Actions: Performs instance operations, including connecting to the instance, starting or stopping the instance, viewing instance monitoring data, and viewing instance details.

    Connect to a server

    Linux server

    1. On the Home page of Alibaba Cloud Client, click SWAS.

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

    3. Find the target server. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Start SSH....

    4. Specify User Name (default: root), Port (default: 22), and Certifier.

      Valid values of Certifier:

      • Password: Enter the server password.

      • KeyPair: Select an SSH private key file from ~/.ssh/ or another directory.

    5. Click Connect.

    Windows server

    1. On the Home page of Alibaba Cloud Client, click SWAS.

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

    3. Find the target server. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Start Remote Desktop....

    4. Configure the connection parameters.

      • Computer: Default value: Public IP address of the simple application server:Port number. Default port: 3389.

      • User Name: Default value: Administrator.

    5. Click Connect.

    Manage servers

    Restart a server

    1. On the Home page of Alibaba Cloud Client, click SWAS.

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

    3. Find the target server. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Restart Instance.

    4. In the confirmation message, verify the server information and click Restart Instance.

    Stop a server

    1. On the Home page of Alibaba Cloud Client, click SWAS.

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

    3. Find the target server. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Stops an instance..

    4. In the confirmation message, verify the server information and click Stops an instance..

    View server monitoring

    1. On the Home page of Alibaba Cloud Client, click SWAS.

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

    3. Find the target server and use one of the following methods to view monitoring data:

      • Method 1: In the Actions column, choose Actions > View Instance Monitor....

      • Method 2: In the Monitoring column, click the 监控图标.png icon.

      The monitoring panel displays CPU, memory, and network metrics.

    View server properties

    1. On the Home page of Alibaba Cloud Client, click SWAS.

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

    3. Find the target server. In the Actions column, choose Actions > Show Server Properties.

      The properties panel displays the server name, image, and expiration time.

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