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Simple Application Server:For beginners of simple application servers

Last Updated:Sep 02, 2024

Simple Application Server is a compute service that is designed for single-server scenarios. The service provides cloud-based and lightweight servers that are easy to set up and manage. You can use Simple Application Server to deploy and manage applications, resolve domain names, implement security management, and perform O&M operations. This topic describes the basic knowledge, quick start, console usage, billing methods, and FAQ about Simple Application Server.

About Simple Application Server

You can learn about the basic knowledge of Simple Application Server, such as its concept, benefits, and scenarios.

Quick start

The following figure shows how to use Simple Application Server.

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  1. Create an Alibaba Cloud account.

    Before you create a simple application server, you must create an Alibaba Cloud account and complete the account information. For more information, see Create an Alibaba Cloud account.

  2. Create a simple application server.

    When you create simple application servers, you can configure the region, image, plan, subscription period, and quantity of servers based on your business requirements. For more information, see Create a simple application server.

  3. Connect to and use the simple application server.

    After you create simple application servers, you can connect to the servers and perform operations such as environment building, website building, and data migration.

Console usage

The Simple Application Server console is a simple and easy-to-use server management tool provided by Alibaba Cloud. You can create, use, maintain, and monitor simple application servers in the console. The following figure shows the user interface.

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Features

Alibaba Cloud continuously develops new features for Simple Application Server to meet your diverse business requirements and improve user experience. The major features of Simple Application Server include server management, disk and snapshot management, custom images, and data migration. For more information, see Functions and features.

Billing

  • Billing: Plans and data disks of simple application servers use the subscription billing method. Excess data transfers beyond plans are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information, see Billing overview.

  • Renewal: You can configure auto-renewal for the simple application server when you create the server. You can also manually renew the simple application server after you create the server. For more information, see Upgrade and renew a simple application server.

  • Refund: You are entitled to a 5-day full refund guarantee, a more-than-5-day partial refund guarantee, and a full refund for renewal orders that have not taken effect. For more information, see Rules for unsubscribing from resources.

Developer tools

In addition to the Simple Application Server console, you can also call API operations to perform operations on simple application servers. For example, you can call API operations to create simple application servers, create firewalls, create snapshots, roll back disks, and create custom images. For more information, see List of operations by function.

You can call and debug API operations in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer is suitable for developers who prefer to use interactive interfaces or who are unfamiliar with Alibaba Cloud services.

FAQ about getting started

For more information about FAQ, see FAQ about Simple Application Server.

Feedback and suggestions

If you have any questions or suggestions during the use of simple application servers, you can provide feedback and obtain technical supports in the following ways to obtain better service and better product experience.

  • Pre-sales support: If you want to purchase Alibaba Cloud services, call the Alibaba Cloud pre-sales hotline or contact your Alibaba Cloud account manager for consultation. For more information, see the "Pre-sales support" section of the Contact us topic.

  • After-sales support: If you require help with your Alibaba Cloud services, call the Alibaba Cloud after-sales hotline or submit a ticket. For more information, see the "After-sales support" section of the Contact us topic.

  • Feedback on documentation: If you find errors in the documentation, including link errors, content errors, and API operation errors, you can click Feedback in the floating menu on the right side of the page or copy the error content to feed back the errors.