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von Abdul GhaffarStep 1 Log in to the HUAWEI CLOUD console, and choose the AP-Singapore region.
Step 2 In Service List on the left, choose Virtual Private Cloud.
Step 3 Click Create VPC.
Step 4 Configure the VPC parameters as follows and click Create Now.
Basic Information
Region: AP-Singapore
Name:vpc-WP
IPv4 CIDR Block: 192.168.0.0/16
Default Subnet
AZ:AZ1
Name: subnet-WP
IPv4 CIDR Block: 192.168.0.0/24
Retain the default settings for other parameters.
Note: Replace the VPC name vpc-WP and the default subnet name subnet-WP with the account n
ame assigned by the system, for example, vpc-Sandbox-voyager002 and subnet-Sandbox-voyage
r002.
Step 5 Switch to Virtual Private Cloud page and view the created VPC.
Step 6 Click Service List on the left and choose Compute > Elastic Cloud Server.
Step 7 Click Buy ECS.
Step 8 Configure basic settings as follows:
Billing Mode: Pay-per-use
Region: AP-Singapore
AZ: Random
CPU Architecture: x86
Specifications: General computing, s6.large.2, 2 vCPUs | 4 GB (configure based on your requ
irements)
Image: Public Image, Windows, Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64bit English(40 GB)
Host Security: Select Enable (basic edition for this exercise).
System Disk: High I/O, 40 GB
Step 9 Click Next: Configure Network. The Configure Network page is displayed. Configure the
parameters as follows:
Network: Choose the created VPC.
Extension NIC: Retain the default settings.
Security Group: Retain the default settings.
EIP: Not required
Step 10 Click Next: Configure Advanced Settings. The Configure Advanced Settings page is di
splayed. Configure the parameters as follows:
ECS Name: ecs-windows (Change as required.)
Login Mode: Password
Password: Enter a password, for example, Huawei@1234
Cloud Backup and Recovery: Not required
ECS Group (Optional): Retain the default settings.
Advanced Options: Retain the default settings.
Step 11 Click Next: Confirm.After confirming the ECS configurations, select I have read and agre
e to the Service Level Agreement and Image Disclaimer, and click Submit. After about 10 seco
nds, you can view the created ECS on the Elastic Cloud Server page. If the Status is Running, the
ECS can work normally.Step 12 Create a Linux ECS. Configure the parameters the same as creating the Windows ECS, exc
ept for ECS Name, Image, and Login Mode (choose Password，EIP: Auto assign).
Image: Public image, CentOS, CentOS 7.6 64-bit
1.2 Logging In to an ECS
Step 1 On the Elastic Cloud Server page, you can view the ECS AZ and its status. Click Remote L
ogin in the Operation column on the right.
Step 2 Locate the row containing ecs-windows, click Remote Login, and click Log In.
If Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to sign in is displayed, click Send CtrlAltDel in the upper part of the remo
te login page.
Step 3 Click Input Commands in the upper right corner, paste the copied password, click Send, a
nd then press Enter.
Step 4 If a page similar to the one in following figure is displayed, the ECS login was successful.
Step 5 In this exercise, there is no EIP bound to the Linux ECS. Therefore, you cannot use remote l
ogin tools (SSH tool) to log in to the ECS. You can choose Remote Login in the row containing ec
s-linux, and click Log In to log in to the ECS using VNC.
Linux:
ecs-linux login: root
Password: Enter a password, for example, Huawei@123.
Linux ECSs do not have a GUI. After you log in the Linux ECS remotely, enter root after ecs-li
nux login, and then press Enter to input the password. The password is entered in ciphertext
. Ensure that the password is correct before pressing Enter. If Welcome to Huawei Cloud Ser
vice is displayed, the ECS login was successful.
Step 6 If a page similar to the one in preceding figure is displayed, the Linux ECS login was succes
sful.
1.3 Modifying Windows ECS Specifications
Step 1 On the Elastic Cloud Server page, view the status of the target Windows ECS.
Step 2 If the ECS is not in the stopped state, select it and click Stop. If the Stop ECS page is displa
yed, select Forcibly stop the preceding ECSs and click Yes.
Step 3 After the ECS has stopped, click More in the Operation column of this ECS and choose M
odify Specifications.
Step 4 In the Modify Specifications dialog box,
select the desired ECS type, vCPUs, and memory size based on service requirements. In this exerci
se, the memory size is changed from 4 GB to 8 GB. Click Next.
Step 5 After confirming the new ECS specifications,select I have read and agree to the Image Di
sclaimer and click Submit. Go to the Elastic Cloud Server page and you will see that the ECS stat
us is Resized.
Step 6 Start the ECS. The ECS specifications have been modified.
2.Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an ECS
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If you have created and configured a Windows ECS based on your service requirements (for
example, by installing software and setting up an application environment), you can create a
system disk image based on this configured ECS. Then, all new ECSs created from this image
will have the same software and environment preinstalled.
To create a Windows system disk image using an ECS, you need to configure a Windows ECS
and then use it to create a system disk image.
2.1 Configuring a Windows ECS
Take the ecs-windows ECS you created as an example.
Step 1 Remotely log in to the ECS.
Step 2 Check whether DHCP is configured for the ECS NICs. If it is not, configure it.
1. Choose Start > Control Panel. (The GUI varies somewhat depending on the OS version.)
2. Click Network and Sharing Center.
3. Click a network connection, for example, Ethernet 2.
4. Click Properties, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and click Properties.
5. If Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically are sel
ected, DHCP has been configured. Otherwise, select the two check boxes and click OK.
Step 3 Click Start, right-click This PC, and choose Properties.In the navigation pane to the left of
the System page, click Remote settings. Select Allow remote connections to this computer. Cli
ck OK. (The GUI varies somewhat depending on the OS version.)
Step 4 Go to Start > Control Panel and navigate to Windows Firewall.In the left pane, select All
ow an app or feature through Windows Firewall. Select apps that are allowed by Windows Fire
wall for Remote Desktop based on your network requirements and click OK.
In this exercise, both the private and public networks are allowed by the firewall.
Step 5 Check whether Cloudbase-Init is installed on the ECS. If it is not, install it.
Go to Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features to check whether Cloudbase-Init has b
een installed on the ECS.
Note:
If Cloudbase-Init is not installed on the ECS, custom information cannot be injected into the ne
w ECSs created from the private image. You will only be able to log in to the ECSs with the passw
ord specified in the image.
For an ECS created from a public image, Cloudbase-Init has been installed on it by default. You
do not need to manually install Cloudbase-Init for it.
For an ECS created using an external image file, you need to install Cloudbase-Init for the ECS
before you use it to create a private image. For details, see Installing and Configuring Cloudbase-I
nit (https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ims/en-us_topic_0030730602.html).
In this exercise, the ECS is created from the public image windows2012 R2, which has Cloudb
ase-Init installed by default.
2.2 Creating a Windows Private Image
Step 1 Go back to the management console and in Service List choose Compute > Image Mana
gement Service.
Step 2 On the Image Management Service page, click Create Image.
Step 3 On the Create Image page, set the following parameters and click Next.(Retain the defaul
ts for the rest of the parameters.)
Region: AP-Singapore
Type: System disk image
Source: Select a Windows ECS, for example, ecs-windows.
Name: Enter a name, for example, image-windows2012.
Step 4 Confirm the settings. Then, select I have read and agree to the Image Disclaimer and clic
k Submit.
Step 5 Switch back to the Private Images tab page to view the image status.
The time required for creating an image depends on the image size. Generally, it takes about
10 to 20 minutes. When the image creation completes, its status changes to Normal.
2.3 Modifying Image Information
Step 1 Locate the row that contains the image to be modified and click Modify in the Operatio
n column.
Step 2 You can modify the image name, memory, and other details.
2.4 Replicating an Image Within a Region
Step 1 On the Image Management Service page, click Private Image to display the image list.
Step 2 Locate the row that contains the image to be replicated and in the Operation column cho
ose More > Replicate.
Step 3 In the displayed Replicate Image dialog box, enter a new name for the image and click O
K. (Do not select KMS encryption.)
2.5 Applying for an ECS Using a Private Image
Step 1 On the Private Images tab page, locate the image and click Apply for Server in the Oper
ation column.
Step 2 On the ECS purchase page, ensure that the private image is selected.
Step 3 Go back to the ECS list to view the ECS created using the private image.
If you have created and configured a Linux ECS based on your service requirements (for exa
mple, by installing software and setting up an application environment), you can create a sys
tem disk image based on this configured ECS. Then, all new ECSs created from this image wil
l have the same software and environment preinstalled.
To create a Linux system disk image using an ECS, you need to configure a Linux ECS and then us
e it to create a system disk image.
3.1 Configuring a Linux ECS
Take the ecs-linux ECS you created as an example.
Step 1 Remotely log in to the ECS.
Step 2 Check whether DHCP is configured for the ECS NICs. If it is not, configure it.
For CentOS, you can configure DHCP by adding PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT="y" to the /etc/sysc
onfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX configuration file using the vi editor.
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-
eth0
Step 3 Check whether the one-click password reset plug-in has been installed on the ECS. If it is n
ot, install it.
Note: To ensure that you can reset the passwords of the new ECSs created from a private im
age, you are advised to install the one-click password reset plug-in (CloudResetPwdAgent) o
n the ECS used to create the image. For details, see Installing the One-Click Password Reset
Plug-In (https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ims/ims_01_0408.html).
In this exercise, the ECS is created from a public image. Therefore, the one-click password reset
plug-in has been installed on it by default. You do not need to manually install it. You can run the
following command to check whether CloudResetPwdAgent has been installed:
ls -lh /Cloud*
If the following information is displayed, the plug-in has been installed:
Step 4 Check whether Cloud-Init is installed. If it is not, install it.
Note:
If Cloud-Init is not installed on the ECS, custom information cannot be injected into the new EC
Ss created from the private image and you can only log in to the ECSs with the password specifie
d in the image.
For an ECS created from a public image, Cloud-Init has been installed on it by default. You do
not need to manually install Cloud-Init for it.
For an ECS created using an external image file, you need to install Cloud-Init for the ECS befor
e you use it to create a private image. For details, see Installing Cloud-Init (https://support.huawei
cloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ims/en-us_topic_0030730603.html) and Configuring Cloud-Init
(https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ims/ims_01_0407.html).
In this exercise, the ECS is created from the public image CentOS 7.6 64bit(40GB). Cloud-Init
has been installed on it by default. You can run the following command to check whether Cl
oud-Init has been installed:
rpm -qa |grep cloud-init
If information similar to the following is displayed, Cloud-Init has been installed:
If no command output is displayed, Cloud-Init is not installed. Run the following commands to
install it (before the installation, make sure an EIP is bound to the ECS so that the ECS can access
the Internet):
Yum install
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
yum install cloud-init
Step 5 Delete files from the network rule directory.
Note: To prevent NIC name drift on the new ECSs created from a private image, you need to
delete network rule files of the ECS used to create the image.
Run the following command to check if there is a network rule file on the ESC:
ls -l /etc/udev/rules.d
If information similar to the following is displayed, no network rule files exist:
Note:
An ECS created from a public image does not have network rule files by default.
An ECS created using an external image file may have network rule files, delete the files by foll
owing the instructions provided in Deleting Files from the Network Rule Directory (https://suppor
t.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-imss/ims_01_0406.html).
3.2 Creating a Linux Private Image
Step 1 Go back to the management console and in Service List choose Compute > Image Mana
gement Service.
Step 2 On the Image Management Service page, click Create Image.
Step 3 Set the following parameters on the Create Image page and click Next.
Type: System disk image
Source: Select a Linux ECS, for example, ecs-linux.
Name: Enter a name, for example, image-centos7.6
Step 4 Confirm the settings. Then, select I have read and agree to the Image Disclaimer and clic
k Submit.
Step 5 Switch back to the Private Images tab page to view the image status.
The time required for creating an image depends on the image size. Generally, it takes about
10 to 20 minutes. When the image creation completes, its status changes to Normal.
3.3 Sharing an Image
You can share your images with other users. Before sharing images with a user, you need to
obtain their Project ID. You can share a single image or multiple images as needed.
This document uses Windows ECS as an example. You need to use Linux ECS when performi
ng operations.
Step 1 Before sharing image with yourself, you need to find your Huawei Cloud account project I
D. Log in to the management console using your Huawei Cloud account (not SandBox user).
Step 2 Click the username in the upper right corner and select My Credentials from the drop-dow
n list.
Step 3 On the My Credentials page, view the project ID in the project list. You should use Project I
D of region “ AP-Singapore”
.
Step 4 Return to the SandBox console.Using SandBox account, on the Private Images tab page, s
elect the private image to be shared and in the Operation column choose More > Share.
Step 5 In the Share Image dialog box, enter your Project ID and click Add. Click OK.
Step 6 Log in to the management console using your Huawei Cloud account(not SandBox User),
go to the IMS console of “ AP-Singapore”, click the Shared Images tab, and click Accept.
3.4 Adding Tenants Who Can Use Shared Images
Step 1 Return to the SandBox console.On the Image Management Service page, click Private Im
age to display the image list.
Step 2 Click the name of the image to be shared. On the Shared with Tenants tab page, click Ad
d Tenant.
Step 3 In the Add Tenant dialog box, you can enter the Project ID and click Add. (If you want to s
hare with yourself again, delete your account from list fisrt and then click Add)
