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 start with Simple Application Server.
Create an Alibaba Cloud account.
As a preparation, you must create an Alibaba Cloud account and complete the account information. For more information, see Sign up with Alibaba Cloud.
Create simple application servers.
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 server.
Connect and use the simple application servers.
After you create simple application servers, you can connect to the servers and start operations such as environment building, website building, and data migration.
For information about how to connect to a simple application server, see Connect to a Linux server or Connect to a Windows server.
For information about how to build a WordPress blog, see Build a WordPress blog. For information about how to build an environment, build a website, and migrate data, see Overview about best practices.
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.
Features
Alibaba Cloud continuously develops new features of Simple Application Server to meet your diverse business needs 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 Overview.
Renewal: You can configure a simple application server to be automatically renewed when the server is created. You can also manually renew the server after it is created. For more information, see Upgrade and renew a simple application server.
Refund: You are entitled to 5-day no-hassle full returns, more-than-5-day no-hassle partial returns, and full returns for renewal orders that have not taken effect. For more information, see Rules for unsubscribing from resources.
API
In addition to the Simple Application Server console, you can also call API operations to perform operations on servers. For example, you can call API operations to create 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 are used to interactive interfaces or are unfamiliar with Alibaba Cloud services.
FAQ about getting started
Basic information
In which regions can simple application servers be deployed?
Can simple application servers communicate with ApsaraDB RDS instances in the same VPC?
Can I migrate data from a simple application server to an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance?
Can I migrate data from an ECS instance to a simple application server?
What ICP filing policy is applicable to simple application servers?
Advanced information
Why is the speed of access to the websites and applications on my simple application server slow?
Why am I unable to access a simple application server from an IP address?
What do I do if an error occurs when I perform operations in the Simple Application Server console?
Why am I unable to create a simple application server based on a custom image?
For more information about FAQ, see FAQ.
Feedback and suggestions
If you have any questions and suggestions during the use of Simple Application Server, you can use the following methods to provide feedback and obtain technical support.
Ticket: You can submit a ticket to obtain technical support.
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.