Alibaba Cloud ECS Server Getting Started Process (Must-Read Tutorial for Newbies)

1. Alibaba Cloud selects the appropriate cloud server according to personal needs, and chooses the CPU, memory, bandwidth, and region. These four are the main ones. Others can be selected by default.

2. Login console

Enter your account and password and you will see the service interface, which may be difficult for novices to understand. Click the menu on the left, click Cloud Server, and the interface will be displayed as shown below:

Click the instance and select the region in the upper left corner (you must select the correct region to see the server). Then you can see the server information, as shown in the figure:

Don’t look at all the information here. There are only a few of them that are useful to us. You don’t need to look at the rest.
For more information, see the Cloud Server Configuration Help document.

3. Connect to the host

1. Connect via console

Alibaba Cloud Server requires two passwords, one is the remote login password, and the other is the instance password, which is the root password we usually use to log in to the server (taking Linux server as an example).
These two passwords are required to connect to the server through the console. If you don’t know them, you can reset them.
Note: Changing the instance password requires restarting the server to take effect.

Click Remote Connection and enter the remote connection password

Enter the root user and password (the instance password you just changed) to start operating the server.

After successful login, you can enter various commands.

Click Disconnect in the button list on the left to disconnect from the server.

2. Connect via tools

You can see the public IP on the instance page of the cloud console and connect to the server through the tool software. The function is the same as above, and you can enter various commands.

3. Activate Security Group

Also on the far right of the instance, click [More] >> [Network and Security Group] >> [Security Group Configuration]

Click Configure Rules

What you see in the inbound direction is the security group rules of the current server. You can add, modify, and delete rules here.

For example, if you want to open port 80, fill in the form as shown below.
This is very important. If the rules are not added correctly, normal access may not be possible.
For more information, see the Security Group Help documentation.

4. Website Construction

If you want to build a website, you can use it with the system image. Alibaba Cloud comes with one-click activation. The method is as follows:

Click [OK, change system disk] and remember to save the data in advance.
Click [Mirror Market] and select from the mirror market

Search for [Pagoda Panel], select 0/month, pay attention to the number of people using it, and select the one with the most users.

Customize password and enter a password that meets the requirements. Remember your login name and password here, as they will be used to connect to the server in the future.
You can also use the key method, which I won’t go into detail here.

Next, remember the login address, account and password of the pagoda panel.
Log in to the Pagoda panel and start your website building journey.
Remember that if you cannot log in to the Baota panel, it is because the panel port has not been added to the security group. Just add it according to the above method.
For more information, see the Image Market Help Documentation.

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