This topic describes how to obtain an overview of instances and the information about a single instance within your account.
Obtain an overview of instances on the Overview page
When you log on to the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) console, the Overview page appears.
The Overview page consists of the following sections:
Pending Events
Lists all pending events and the instances that are associated with the events.
Security Status
Lists security risk information, such as unhandled vulnerabilities, alerts, and baseline risks.
My Resources
Lists ECS resources, such as ECS instances, in each region.
View the information about instances on the Overview page
The Overview page provides an overview of resources in the selected region and a visual representation of resources by status. You can export the statistical data on this page to your computer.
To go to the Overview page, perform the following steps:
Log on to the ECS console.
On the Overview page, view the information of instances.
The following table describes the dimensions of statistical data on the Overview page.
Dimension
Description
Elastic Compute Service
Lists the total number of instances.
Running
Lists the number of instances that are in the Running state.
Expiring
Lists the number of instances that are about to expire within 15 days.
Expired
Lists the number of subscription instances that expired within the last 30 days. You can renew the instances and make a budget based on the statistical data.
Recently Created
Lists the number of instances that were created within the last 7 days. You can manage your computing requirements based on this information.
Snapshots
Lists the size of snapshot data and the number of snapshots in each region.
View the information about instances on the Instances page
To go to the Instances page, perform the following steps:
Log on to the ECS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
On the Instances page, view the information about instances in the region that you select in columns such as Instance ID/Name, Zone, IP Address, Status, Network Type, Billing Method, and Actions.
You can perform the following steps to configure Column Filters:
In the upper-right corner of the Instances page, click the
icon. In the Column Filters dialog box, select the columns that you want to display and click OK.
View the information about a single instance on the Instance Details page
To go to the Instance Details page and view the information about a single instance, perform the following steps:
Log on to the ECS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
Find the instance whose information you want to view and click the instance ID. Alternatively, click Manage in the Actions column.
The following table describes the information that is displayed on the Instance Details page.
Section
Description
Basic Information
The information about the identifications, configurations, and tags of the instance.
The information about instance identifications includes the instance ID, public IP address, security group, region, zone, and hostname.
The information about instance configurations includes the CPU and memory specifications, operating system, instance type, instance family, disk, snapshot, image ID, current bandwidth, and virtual private cloud (VPC) (only for instances in VPCs).
The information about instance tags includes the keys and values of the instance tags.
The information about application groups includes the application groups to which the instance is added.
Network Information
The information about the instance network, such as the network type, elastic network interfaces (ENIs), VPC, vSwitch, and primary private IP address.
Billing Information
The information about instance billing, such as the billing method, auto-renewal setting, and billing method for network usage.
Other Information
The information about instance O&M, such as the maintenance attribute, instance category, cluster ID, and release protection setting.
You can switch from the Instance Details tab to the Cloud Disk, Snapshot, or Security Groups tab to view the information about disks, snapshots, or security groups of the instance.