This topic describes the release notes for Elastic Compute Service (ECS) features and provides links to the relevant references.
- For information about the release notes of images, see Release notes of public images, Release notes of Alibaba Cloud Linux 2, and Release notes of Alibaba Cloud Linux 3.
- For information about the release notes of Server Migration Center (SMC), see Release notes of SMC.
2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Snapshot | The instance snapshot feature is updated to the snapshot-consistent group feature. | 2021-11-30 | All | Create snapshots for multiple disks together by creating an instance snapshot |
Instance family | The ebmgn6ia GPU-accelerated compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2021-11-24 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmg7a general-purpose ECS Bare Metal Instance family, ebmc7a compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family, and ebmr7a memory-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family are released. | 2021-11-16 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmg7 general-purpose ECS Bare Metal Instance family, ebmc7 compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family, and ebmr7 memory-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family are released. | 2021-11-16 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmgn7e GPU-accelerated compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2021-11-15 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The sgn7i-vws vGPU-accelerated instance family with shared CPUs is released. | 2021-11-15 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The g7se storage-enhanced general-purpose instance family, c7se storage-enhanced compute-optimized instance family, and r7se storage-enhanced memory-optimized instance family are released. | 2021-11-02 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Cloud Assistant | The Operation Content and Result Delivery feature can be used to deliver O&M task execution records to Object Storage Service (OSS) and Log Service for persistent storage. | 2021-09-28 | All | Use the Operation Content and Result Delivery feature |
Instance family | The vgn7i-vws vGPU-accelerated instance family is released. This instance family comes with the NVIDIA GRID vWS license. | 2021-09-15 | All | Instance family |
Dedicated Block Storage Cluster | Dedicated Block Storage Cluster provides physically isolated storage resources. Exclusive access on the resources in a dedicated block storage cluster is granted to the creator of the cluster. You can use dedicated block storage clusters to improve the security and O&M efficiency of your business data storage. | 2021-09-13 | Some | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Network Connectivity Diagnostics | The Network Connectivity Diagnostics feature is used to diagnose the network connectivity between diagnostic objects within a virtual private cloud (VPC). The diagnostic objects can be ECS instances or elastic network interfaces (ENIs). You can use this feature to check network connectivity and identify the causes of network connectivity issues. | 2021-08-30 | All | Diagnose network connectivity |
Community image | Community images are publicly available. Custom images can be published as community images for other users to obtain and use. | 2021-08-11 | Some | Overview |
Image | Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 supports Kernel Live Patching. This feature allows Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 to update its kernel with new patches without the need to restart instances. | 2021-08-10 | All | Overview |
Economical mode | The feature name is changed from No Fees for Stopped Instances (VPC-Connected) to economical mode. | 2021-08-09 | All | Economical mode |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Deployment set | The maximum number of ECS instances that can be created in a deployment set is increased from 7 to 20. | 2021-07-29 | All | Overview |
Resource Assurance | Tags can be added to open private pools for fine-grained use. | 2021-07-19 | All | Overview |
Instance family | The gn7i GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2021-07-01 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Image | Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 supports Kernel Live Patching. This feature allows Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 to update its kernel with new patches without the need to restart instances. | 2021-06-30 | All | Overview of Kernel Live Patching |
Automatic reactivation | After overdue payments in your account are settled, the instances that were stopped due to these payments can be automatically reactivated. If the instances cannot be automatically reactivated, manually reactivate them in a timely manner. | 2021-06-22 | All | Start an instance |
Instance family | The ebmgn7i GPU-accelerated compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2021-06-08 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The ebmc6me compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2021-05-28 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The g7a general-purpose instance family, c7a compute-optimized instance family, and r7a memory-optimized instance family are released. | 2021-05-28 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The g7 general-purpose instance family, c7 compute-optimized instance family, and r7 memory-optimized instance family are released. | 2021-04-19 | Some | Instance family |
Image | Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 public images are released. | 2021-04-16 | All | Overview |
Reserved instance | Reserved instances can be applied to instances of more instance families. | 2021-04-15 | All | Overview |
Instance hibernation | The instance hibernation feature is released. When hibernated instances are woken, they automatically restore their applications to the states that the applications were in before hibernation. | 2021-04-06 | Some | Hibernate an instance |
Snapshot | The instance snapshot feature is released. Snapshots can be simultaneously created for multiple disks on an instance by creating a snapshot for the instance. This ensures the point-in-time write consistency of data. | 2021-04-06 | Some | Create snapshots for multiple disks together by creating an instance snapshot |
Snapshot | The application-consistent snapshot feature is released. Application-consistent snapshots can be used to roll back applications to ensure that the applications start in a consistent state. | 2021-04-06 | Some | Create application-consistent snapshots in the ECS console |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The g7t security-enhanced general-purpose instance family, c7t security-enhanced compute-optimized instance family, and r7t security-enhanced memory-optimized instance family are released. | 2021-03-31 | Some | |
Instance family | The ebmhfg7 general-purpose ECS Bare Metal Instance family with high clock speeds, ebmhfc7 compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family with high clock speeds, and ebmhfr7 memory-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family with high clock speeds are released. | 2021-03-03 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The i3g instance family with local SSDs is released. | 2021-02-26 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The g7ne network-enhanced general-purpose instance family is released. | 2021-02-09 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Network | The maximum transmission unit (MTU) values of network interface controllers (NICs) can be specified and the Jumbo Frame feature can be enabled for instances of some instance types. | 2021-01-29 | Some | Set the MTU size of an NIC |
Instance family | The gn7 GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2021-01-12 | Some | Instance family |
Image Builder | Image Builder is an all-in-one image customization service provided by ECS and can be used to customize images of ECS instances across regions and Alibaba Cloud accounts. | 2021-01-11 | All | Overview |
History
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Resource Assurance | Resource Assurance is a comprehensive service that guarantees the provision of resources to meet your business needs. It can be used to quantify the amount of available resources, reserve resources, and plan private pools. | 2020-12-14 | Some | Overview |
faasutil | faasutil is released. faasutil is a next-generation command line tool provided by Alibaba Cloud FPGA as a Service (FaaS). This tool simplifies the management of FPGA-accelerated instances and helps improve their stability, security, and scalability. | 2020-12-08 | Some | |
Instant access | The instant access feature is available for public preview in the China (Hohhot) region. | 2020-12-03 | Some | Enable or disable the instant access feature |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The re6p persistent memory-optimized instance family is released. | 2020-11-04 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The i3 instance family with local SSDs is released. | 2020-11-03 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The g6se storage-enhanced instance family is released. | 2020-10-23 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Preemptible instance | A preemptible instance can be configured to have no protection period when it is created by calling an API operation. | 2020-09-25 | All | |
Savings plan | Savings plans are provided as discount plans that can be applied to offset the bills of pay-as-you-go instances, excluding preemptible instances. | 2020-09-18 | All | |
Instance family | The g6t security-enhanced general-purpose instance family and c6t security-enhanced compute-optimized instance family are released. | 2020-09-08 | Some | |
Instance family | The g6a general-purpose instance family, c6a compute-optimized instance family, and r6a memory-optimized instance family are released. | 2020-09-07 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmg6a general-purpose ECS Bare Metal Instance family, ebmc6a compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family, and ebmr6a memory-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family are released. | 2020-09-07 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Tag | Tags can be added to more resources, including reserved instances. | 2020-08-18 | All | Overview |
Snapshot | Snapshots can be replicated across regions to improve service reliability and availability. | 2020-08-14 | Some | Copy a snapshot |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Image family | The image family feature is released to facilitate smooth upgrade and rollback of images. | 2020-07-02 | All | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The d2c compute-intensive big data instance family is released. | 2020-06-23 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The scchfc6 compute-optimized Super Computing Cluster (SCC) instance family with high clock speeds, scchfg6 general-purpose SCC instance family with high clock speeds, and scchfr6 memory-optimized SCC instance family with high clock speeds are released. | 2020-06-23 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmc6e compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family with enhanced performance, ebmg6e general-purpose ECS Bare Metal Instance family with enhanced performance, and ebmr6e memory-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family with enhanced performance are released. | 2020-06-23 | All | Instance family |
Storage capacity unit (SCU) | SCUs can be used to offset the pay-as-you-go bills of different storage resources, such as disks, Object Storage Service (OSS) buckets, Apsara File Storage NAS file systems, and snapshots. | 2020-06-23 | All | |
Elastic Block Storage (EBS) | The sequence numbers of disks attached to ECS instances can be queried. | 2020-06-16 | All | Query the serial number of a disk |
Network | Virtual private clouds (VPCs) of ECS instances can be changed in the ECS console. This feature is in invitational preview. | 2020-06-10 | Some | Change the VPC of an ECS instance |
Enhanced SSD (ESSD) | ESSDs at the performance level 0 (PL0 ESSDs) are in public preview in the China (Hangzhou) and China (Beijing) regions. | 2020-06-10 | Some | |
Local disk-related system event | System events about local disk damages can be queried and damaged local disks can be isolated in the ECS console. | 2020-06-09 | All | Isolate damaged local disks in the ECS console |
Instance family | The hfg7 general-purpose instance family with high clock speeds, hfc7 compute-optimized instance family with high clock speeds, and hfr7 memory-optimized instance family with high clock speeds are released. | 2020-06-09 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The g6e general-purpose instance family with enhanced performance, c6e compute-optimized instance family with enhanced performance, and r6e memory-optimized instance family with enhanced performance are released. | 2020-06-09 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmre6p non-volatile memory-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family with enhanced performance is released. | 2020-06-09 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Image | Technical support for the CoreOS Container Linux public images is discontinued. CoreOS Container Linux has reached its end of life, and no more security patches are provided. For security concerns, we recommend that you no longer use CoreOS Container Linux images. Alibaba Cloud will soon release Fedora CoreOS public images as a replacement. | 2020-05-26 | All | Release notes |
Reserved instance | The normalization factors of instance types can be queried to help understand the computing power requirements in the splitting and merging of reserved instances and the size flexibility of regional reserved instances. | 2020-05-14 | All |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The ebmre6-6t memory-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family with enhanced performance is released. | 2020-04-28 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The re6 memory-optimized instance family with enhanced performance is released. | 2020-04-20 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The i2ne and i2gne instance families with local SSDs are released. | 2020-03-11 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Tag | A wide range of tag features are provided. Tags can be used to control permissions of Resource Access Management (RAM) users. Tags can be added and modified by using Operation Orchestration Service (OOS). | 2020-01-03 | All | |
Instance family | The d2s storage-intensive big data instance family is released. | 2020-01-17 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The vgn6i lightweight GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2020-01-16 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The s6 shared standard instance family is released. | 2020-01-16 | Some | Instance family |
Image | Technical support for the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 public images is discontinued. We recommend that you upgrade to Windows Server 2012 or later at your earliest convenience. | 2020-01-14 | All | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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SCU | 40 GiB, 100 GiB, and 500 GiB are added as capacity options for SCUs. | 2019-12-05 | Some | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Tag | The tag editor feature is released. Up to 5,000 resource data entries across services and regions can be queried. The tags of resources can be edited, and resource information can be exported. | 2019-11-28 | All | Use the tag editor to manage resource tags |
Snapshot | The quota for automatic snapshots is increased to 1,000. | 2019-11-15 | All | Snapshot overview |
Instance family | The gn6e GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2019-11-14 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmgn6e GPU-accelerated compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2019-11-14 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The hfc6, hfg6, and hfr6 instance families with high clock speeds are released. | 2019-10-15 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmhfc6, ebmhfg6, and ebmhfr6 ECS Bare Metal Instance families are released. | 2019-10-10 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Disk resizing |
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2019-09-26 | All | |
Instance family | The ebmc6, ebmg6, and ebmr6 ECS Bare Metal Instance families are released. | 2019-09-24 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The t6 burstable instance family is released. | 2019-09-12 | Some | Instance family |
Security group | The maximum number of security group rules that a security group can contain is increased to 200. | 2019-09-03 | All | Limits |
Snapshot | The individual quotas for manual snapshots and automatic snapshots are increased to 256. | 2019-09-02 | All | Snapshot overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The ebmgn6v GPU-accelerated compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2019-08-26 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmgn6i GPU-accelerated compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2019-08-26 | Some | Instance family |
Image | The image export feature is available in all Alibaba Cloud regions. | 2019-08-21 | All | Export a custom image |
Snapshot | The snapshot service is available for commercial use. All existing and new snapshots are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. | 2019-08-21 | All | Snapshots |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The g6 general-purpose instance family is released. | 2019-07-30 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The c6 compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2019-07-30 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The r6 memory-optimized instance family is released. | 2019-07-30 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmc5s network-enhanced compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2019-07-30 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmg5s network-enhanced general-purpose ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2019-07-30 | Some | Instance family |
Instance family | The ebmr5s network-enhanced memory-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2019-07-30 | Some | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Auto Provisioning | Auto Provisioning uses auto provisioning groups to schedule and maintain computing resources. This makes it easy to deploy clusters of instances across billing methods, instance types, and zones. | 2019-06-28 | All | Overview |
ESSD | The ESSD service is available for commercial use after the public preview is complete. Three performance levels of ESSDs are released. | 2019-06-28 | Some. For more information about the supported regions, see Elastic Block Storage FAQ. | ESSDs |
vgn5i, lightweight GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family | GRID drivers are provided for vgn5i instances. | 2019-06-19 | All | Install an NVIDIA GRID driver on a vGPU-accelerated Linux instance |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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EBS | Subscription disks can be created by calling API operations. | 2019-05-15 | All | CreateDisk |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Elastic network interface (ENI) | A single ENI can be assigned multiple private IP addresses. | 2019-04-28 | All | Assign secondary private IP addresses |
EBS | Data disks of an ECS instance can be resized online to meet storage requirements without restarting the instance. | 2019-04-24 | All | Resize disks online for Linux instances |
EBS | System disks can be resized. | 2019-04-24 | All | Resize disks offline for Linux instances |
Snapshot | Snapshots can be created for expired disks. | 2019-04-20 | All |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Public image | Aliyun Linux 2 public images are released. | 2019-03-27 | All | Overview |
Instance family | The gn6i GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2019-03-21 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The sccgn6 GPU-accelerated compute-optimized SCC instance family is released. | 2019-03-20 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The vgn5i lightweight GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2019-03-19 | All | Instance family |
Reserved instance | The reserved instance feature is in invitational preview. | 2019-03-18 | All | Overview |
Cloud Assistant | Cloud Assistant is available for ECS instances in the classic network. | 2019-03-01 | All | Install the Cloud Assistant client |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Event notification | Status change events and alert events for the recycling of preemptible instances are supported. | 2019-01-29 | All | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Cloud Assistant | Cloud Assistant is available in the UK (London) region. | 2018-12-31 | All | Overview |
Preemptible instance | Preemptible instances are billed by second. | 2018-12-17 | All | Preemptible instances |
Instance | The release protection feature is supported. | 2018-12-14 | All | Enable or disable release protection for ECS instances |
ENI | The DescribeNetworkInterfaces operation can be called to query the public IP address associated with an ENI. | 2018-12-04 | All | DescribeNetworkInterfaces |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Custom image | Packer can be used to create custom images. | 2018-11-30 | All | Use Packer to create a custom image |
Instance family | The re4e high memory instance family is released. | 2018-11-30 | All | Instance family |
EBS | Subscription disks can be separately created and attached to subscription instances. | 2018-11-29 | All | Create a subscription disk |
Deployment set | The deployment set feature is released. | 2018-11-16 | All | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The f3 FPGA-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2018-10-31 | All | Instance family |
API best practices | API best practices are released in the ECS console. | 2018-10-19 | All | Create an instance by using the wizard |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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t5, burstable instance family | Unlimited mode is available for the t5 burstable instance family. | 2018-09-30 | All | Unlimited mode |
Instance metadata | Information of O&M system events is included in instance metadata. | 2018-09-14 | All | Overview of ECS instance metadata |
Instance health status | The health status of each ECS instance is displayed on the instance details page. | 2018-09-14 | All | View the health status of an instance |
Instance family | The gn6v new-generation GPU-accelerated instance family (V100 model) is released. | 2018-09-12 | All | Instance family |
Instance purchase | Multiple instances can be renewed at a time, and historical instances can be purchased. | 2018-09-07 | All | Manually renew an instance |
System event | API operations used to create or cancel simulated events are released. | 2018-09-03 | All | |
Billing method | Subscription instances can be changed into pay-as-you-go instances. | 2018-09-01 | All | Change the billing method of an instance from subscription to pay-as-you-go |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Local disk | The O&M of instances that have local disks attached is optimized. | 2018-08-31 | All | Local disks |
Cloud Assistant | Cloud Assistant is supported in the ECS console. | 2018-08-17 | All | Overview |
Instance family | SCC instance families are released. | 2018-08-16 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Custom image | Images in the qcow2 format can be imported. | 2018-07-30 | All | |
Security group | Security group rules can be modified. | 2018-07-25 | All | Modify security group rules |
Tag | Tags can be added to resources when the resources are created. | 2018-07-20 | All | Create or add a tag |
Instance family | The ebmc4 compute-optimized ECS Bare Metal Instance family is released. | 2018-07-18 | All | Instance family |
Snapshot | The estimated remaining time required to create snapshots is displayed. | 2018-07-17 | All | Create a snapshot for a disk |
Account and user privileges | Quota management is supported. | 2018-07-15 | All | View quotas (old version) |
ESSD | The ESSD service is in public preview in Beijing Zone G. | 2018-07-14 | Beijing Zone G | Disks |
Instance troubleshooting | System logs and screenshots can be viewed. | 2018-07-13 | All | System logs and screenshots |
Security group | A ticket can be submitted to modify the maximum numbers of instances and security group rules that can be added to a security group. | 2018-07-10 | All | Limits |
Instance family | The ic5 compute-intensive instance family is released. | 2018-07-09 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Public image | Operating systems including Red Hat can be selected from public images to create ECS instances. | 2018-06-29 | All | Create an instance by using the wizard |
Instance configuration upgrade | The configurations of pay-as-you-go instances can be upgraded or downgraded across instance families. | 2018-06-15 | All | Instance families that support instance type changes |
Billing method | Subscription instances can be renewed on a weekly basis. | 2018-06-12 | All | Manually renew an instance |
Security group | Security groups in the classic network can be cloned to a VPC. | 2018-06-06 | All | Clone a security group |
Active O&M | Phase 2 of active O&M is brought online. | 2018-06-01 | All | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Custom image | The image compliance tool is released. | 2018-05-28 | All | Use the image compliance tool |
System event | ECS system events are updated to CloudMonitor and can be queried. | 2018-05-25 | All | Overview |
Launch template | The launch template feature is released. | 2018-05-11 | All | Create a launch template |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Billing method | Pay-as-you-go instances can be changed into subscription instances. | 2018-04-23 | All | Change the billing method of an instance from pay-as-you-go to subscription |
Instance configuration downgrade | The configurations of expired subscription instances can be downgraded while the instances are being renewed. | 2018-04-13 | All | Downgrade the configurations of an instance during renewal |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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GPU-accelerated instance | NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC) GPU-accelerated containers are supported. | 2018-03-28 | All | Deploy an NGC environment on gn5 instances |
System event | The system event feature is released. | 2018-03-26 | All | Overview |
ECS Bare Metal Instance | ECS Bare Metal Instance is released. | 2018-03-14 | All | Overview |
Instance identity | The ECS instance identity feature is released. | 2018-03-01 | All | Use instance identities |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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ECS API | The API operation used to check whether the configurations of ECS instances can be upgraded or downgraded is released. | 2018-02-10 | All | DescribeResourcesModification |
Subscription instance | The number of days during which an instance stays expired before it is released is extended from 7 to 15. | 2018-02-07 | All | Subscription |
ECS API | API operations used to create and query resources are released. | 2018-02-02 | All | DescribeAvailableResource |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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No Fees for Stopped Instances (VPC-Connected) | The No Fees for Stopped Instances (VPC-Connected) feature is supported for pay-as-you-go instances. | 2017-12-14 | All | Economical mode |
ENI | The ENI feature is released. | 2017-12-08 | All | Overview |
FPGA-accelerated instance family | The f1 FPGA-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2017-12-02 | All | Instance family |
ECS API | The API operation used to batch create instances is released. | 2017-12-01 | All | RunInstances |
Instance troubleshooting | The real-time diagnostics feature is supported in the ECS console. | 2017-12-01 | All | Automatic diagnosis system |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Cloud Migration tool | The Cloud Migration tool is released. | 2017-11-27 | All | What is SMC? |
Security group rule | Security group rules can be imported and exported. | 2017-11-23 | All | Manage security group rules |
Subscription instance | The auto-renewal feature can be disabled for subscription instances. | 2017-11-23 | All | ModifyInstanceAutoRenewAttribute |
Billing method | API operations used to create and renew weekly subscription instances are released. | 2017-11-03 | All | CreateInstance |
Instance RAM role | RAM roles can be assigned to ECS instances. | 2017-11-01 | All | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Elastic IP Address (EIP) | The public IP addresses of instances in VPCs can be converted into EIPs. | 2017-10-31 | All | Convert the static public IP address of an instance in a VPC to an EIP |
Preemptible instance | The preemptible instance feature is released. | 2017-10-18 | All | Overview |
t5, burstable instance family | The t5 burstable instance family is released. | 2017-10-09 | All | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Billing method | Bills of pay-as-you-go instances and disks are accurate to the second and generated by hour. | 2017-09-29 | All | Pay-as-you-go |
gn5i instance family | The gn5i GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. It is applicable to deep learning and online inference scenarios. | 2017-09-23 | All | Instance family |
Disk encryption | Disks can be encrypted. | 2017-09-05 | All | Encryption overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Security group rule | Security group rules can be configured based on 5-tuples. | 2017-08-31 | All | Security group quintuple rules |
ClassicLink | ClassicLink allows instances in the classic network to be connected to instances in VPCs. | 2017-08-25 | All | Network types |
Instance family | The new-generation instance families with high clock speeds and instance families with local SSDs are released. They are powered by Skylake processors and support 25 Gigabit Ethernet. | 2017-08-22 | All | Instance family |
ECS API | The API operation used to change the bandwidth configurations of instances is released. | 2017-08-17 | All | ModifyInstanceNetworkSpec |
Custom image | Custom images can be imported. | 2017-08-10 | All | Import custom images |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Image | Technical support for the Windows Server 2003 public images is discontinued. We recommend that you upgrade to Windows Server 2012 or later at your earliest convenience. | 2017-07-20 | All | Overview |
Security group | Security group rules can be configured to isolate the instances in a security group from each other. | 2017-07-07 | All | Network isolation within a basic security group |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Classic network | The classic network is unavailable for users who create ECS instances at or after 12:00:00 on June 16, 2017 (UTC+8) for the first time. We recommend that you use VPC. | 2017-06-16 | All | What is a VPC? |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance RAM role | The API operation used to manage instance RAM roles is released. | 2017-05-26 | All | Use an instance RAM role by calling API operations |
Instance family | The network-enhanced instance family is released. | 2017-05-23 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The d1 storage-intensive instance family is released. | 2017-05-12 | All | Instance family |
Security group | The default security group rule is modified to expose only Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) ports, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port 22, and TCP port 3389. | 2017-05-11 | All | Overview |
Security group | Security groups can be backed up, overwritten, and restored. | 2017-05-10 | All | Restore security group rules |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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SSH key pair | The SSH key pair feature is released. | 2017-04-25 | All | Overview |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Custom image | cloud-init supports some custom images. | 2017-02-24 | All | Install cloud-init |
Instance family | The i1 I/O optimized instance family with local SSDs is released. | 2017-02-17 | All | Instance family |
Snapshot | System disk snapshots can be used to create data disks. | 2017-02-15 | All | Create a disk from a snapshot |
Instance family | The gn4 GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2017-02-14 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Instance family | The ga1 GPU-accelerated visualization and compute-optimized instance family is released. | 2017-01-24 | All | Instance family |
Instance family | The se1 dedicated instance family is released. | 2017-01-21 | All | Instance family |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Snapshot | Snapshot 2.0 is released. | 2016-03-15 | All | Snapshot overview |
Disk resizing | System disks can be resized. | 2016-01-15 | All | Resize disks offline for Linux instances |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Custom image | Custom images can be imported. | 2015-12-15 | All | Instructions for importing images |
Security group | Security groups are supported in the ECS console. | 2015-11-02 | All | Create a security group |
Alibaba Cloud Marketplace image | Alibaba Cloud Marketplace images are available for commercial use. | 2015-09-02 | All | Alibaba Cloud Marketplace images |
Tag | The tag feature is released. | 2015-08-20 | All | Overview |
System disk | The operating systems of pay-as-you-go instances can be replaced. | 2015-08-13 | All | Replace the operating system of an instance by using a public image |
Custom image | Custom images can be shared. | 2015-05-15 | All | Share or unshare a custom image |
Disk resizing | Disks can be resized offline. | 2015-04-20 | All | Overview |
Custom image | The image replication feature is released. | 2015-01-26 | All | Copy custom images |
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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EBS | The independent disk feature is released. | 2014-08-22 | All | Elastic Block Storage devices |