Managing Compute Resources with Alibaba ECS
This lesson explores Alibaba's Elastic Compute Service and the features it offers to manage your Alibaba instances. We'll look at the main applications of the ECS service before moving on to a couple of guided demos from the platform to show you how to use the ECS service.
Learning Objectives
- Get a foundational understanding of the main concepts of Alibaba ECS
- Learn about the different instances available in Alibaba Cloud, including their features and use cases
- Learn the capabilities and limitations of ECS storage
- Learn how to connect instances together through ECS networking, specifically through the use of VPCs
- Learn how to create an ECS instance and attach a data disk to it
Intended Audience
This lesson is intended for anyone looking to use Alibaba ECS to manage their Alibaba Cloud workloads, as well as anyone studying for the ACP Cloud Computing certification exam.
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic understanding of the Alibaba Cloud platform.
Alibaba Cloud, founded in 2009, is a global leader in cloud computing and artificial intelligence, providing services to thousands of enterprises, developers, and governments organizations in more than 200 countries and regions. Committed to the success of its customers, Alibaba Cloud provides reliable and secure cloud computing and data processing capabilities as a part of its online solutions.