This topic describes how to obtain an overview of instances and the information about a single instance within your account.

View the information about 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

    Shows all pending events and instances that are associated with the events.

  • Security Score

    Shows security risk information, such as unfixed vulnerabilities, unhandled alerts, and baseline risks.

  • My Resources

    Shows ECS instances and other resources in each region.

View instance resources on the Resource Overview page

The Resource Overview page provides a high level view of resources in the selected region and status-based visual statistics about the resources. You can click Grouped By Network Type or Grouped by Tag to view statistics by network type or by tag. You can also export statistical data to your computer.

Perform the following steps to go to the Resource Overview page.

  1. Log on to the ECS console.
  2. On the Overview page, click Resource Overview.
  3. On the Resource Overview page, view the information of instances.
    The following table describes the dimensions of visual statistical data on the Resource Overview page.
    DimensionDescription
    StatusShows all instances that are in various states.
    Instances Expiring Within 30 DaysShows subscription instances that will expire within the next 30 days. You can renew the instances and make a budget based on the statistical data.
    Billing MethodShows the number of pay-as-you-go instances and the number of subscription instances.
    Instance TypeShows instance types of different architectures or categories. You can check whether your instance type portfolio can meet you business requirements based on the statistical data. For example, if entry-level instances or entry-level burstable instances account for a large proportion of the ECS instances that your enterprise have, you must check whether your instance type portfolio can meet your business requirements.
    ZoneShows the distribution of instances in all zones of the specified region.
    Instances Created Last 30 DaysShows the number of instances that were created within the last 30 days. You can manage the computing capacity based on the statistical data.
    Instance Image DistributionShows the distribution of all images. You can manage image types and versions based on the statistical data. For example, if you deploy the same application on multiple instances, we recommend that you use the same image for the instances.

View the information about instances on the Instances page

To go to the Instances page, perform the following steps:

  1. Log on to the ECS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > Instances.
  3. In the top navigation bar, select a region.
  4. On the Instances page, view the information of all ECS instances in the selected region, 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:

    1. In the upper-right corner of the Instances page, click the Icon icon.
    2. In the Column Filters dialog box, select the instance information that you want to view and click OK.
      Column Filters

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:

  1. Log on to the ECS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > Instances.
  3. In the top navigation bar, select a region.
  4. Find the ECS 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.

    SectionDescription
    Basic InformationThe information about the identities, configurations, and tags of the instance.
    • The information about instance identities includes the instance ID, public IP address, security group, region, zone, and hostname.
    • The information about instance configurations includes the CPU and memory, 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.
    Network InformationThe information about instance network, such as the network type, elastic network interfaces (ENIs), VPC, vSwitch, and primary private IP address.
    Billing InformationThe information about instance billing, such as the billing method, auto-renewal, and billing method for network usage.
    Other InformationThe information about instance O&M, such as the maintenance property, instance edition, cluster ID, and release protection configuration.
    Associated SLB InstancesThe information about the SLB instance associated with the ECS instance, including the name of the associated SLB instance and the server group to which the SLB instance belongs.

You can switch from the Instance Details tab to the Disks, Snapshots, or Security Groups tab to view the information about disks, snapshots, or security groups of the instance.