Create a simple application server - Simple Application Server

You need to configure parameters like instance type, plan, image, region, quantity, and subscription duration, when creating a simple application server. This topic describes how to create a simple application server.

Notes

Before creating a simple application server, make sure you have read the limits and notes of Simple Application Server.

Procedure

Go to the Servers page in the Simple Application Server console.
In the middle of the page, click Create Server.

On the Simple Application Server page, follow the instructions to configure resources.

The following table describes the parameters.

Note

The images and plans available may vary by region and instance type. The information on the Simple Application Server console buy page takes precedence.

Parameter	Example	Description
Instance	Instance family: General-purpose Plan: $5/month	Select an instance family: Options include General-purpose, Multiple-ip, International, and Larger-capacity. For information about the scenarios and features of different instance families, see Instance families. Note If you need to purchase a previous plan, click Back to Old Version in the upper-right corner of the purchase page and follow the instructions. Select a plan: Click to view more plans. Plans include specifications for vCPU, memory, system disk, and data transfer. For more information, see Instance specifications.
Images	OS Images: Alibaba Cloud Linux Version: 3.21.04	Select an instance from different types and versions to meet your requirements. Note Click Show Other Images to view more images. OS Images (operating system only): Clean system images to install applications. Application Images (operating system + application): Pre-configured application environments that allow quick deploy of development environments or building of websites. Custom Images: Images created from simple application server instances or snapshots. You can use custom images to create multiple servers with same configuration. For more information, see Image overview.
Region	Singapore	Select a region based on your geographical location to reduce network latency. You cannot change the region after the server is created. Proceed with caution. Important Simple application servers outside the Chinese mainland such as China (Hong Kong) and Singapore regions use international bandwidth. High network latency may occur for accessing from regions inside the Chinese mainland. We recommend that you select the closest region from the geographical location of your user. For more information, see Regions and network connectivity.
Purchase Settings	Quantity: 1 Duration: 1 Month	Quantity: The number of servers. 1 by default. Duration: The subscription duration. 1 month by default. Monthly subscription: 1 month, 3 months, or 6 months. Yearly subscription: 1 year, 2 years, or 3 years. The Auto-renewal feature is enabled by default. This is to prevent service interruption. If you forget to renew, server will be released and impact your business. For more information, see Renew a server. Monthly subscription: The renewal cycle is 1 month. Yearly subscription: The renewal cycle is 1 year.

After the configuration, click Buy Now and follow the instructions to complete the payment.
After the payment, return to the Simple Application Server console. If the server status changes to Running, it has been successfully created.

What to do next

Connect to a server
After creating a simple application server, you can connect to it using Workbench, VNC, or third-party client tools.
Manage applications(for application images)
If you created a simple application server using an Application Image, you can quickly use the application by following the instructions on the application details page.
Setup environments, build websites, and build applications
Simple Application Server provides tutorials for environment setup and website building. For specific operations, see Best practices. For more manual setup tutorials, see Elastic Compute Service(ECS) tutorials (Build environments, Build websites, Build applications).
Important
When referring to ECS setup tutorials for use with Simple Application Server, we recommend selecting tutorials for manually building websites or applications, and checking the system versions. The version of your server should match the one in the tutorials. Otherwise, command execution errors may occur.