Elastic Cloud Server User Guide Date 2021-08-09 Elastic Cloud Server User Guide Contents Contents 1 Service Overview..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 What Is ECS?............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Instances..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2.2 ECS Lifecycle.......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.3 ECS Types................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.3 ECS Specifications and Types...............................................................................................................................................6 1.3.1 ECS Specifications................................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.3.2 General-Purpose ECSs...................................................................................................................................................... 22 1.3.3 Dedicated General-Purpose ECSs................................................................................................................................. 26 1.3.4 Memory-optimized ECSs................................................................................................................................................. 29 1.3.5 Large-Memory ECSs..........................................................................................................................................................32 1.3.6 Disk-intensive ECSs........................................................................................................................................................... 35 1.3.7 High-Performance Computing ECSs........................................................................................................................... 40 1.3.8 GPU-accelerated ECSs...................................................................................................................................................... 46 1.4 Images...................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 1.5 EVS Disks................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 1.6 CBR.............................................................................................................................................................................................63 1.7 Network................................................................................................................................................................................... 64 1.8 Security..................................................................................................................................................................................... 67 1.8.1 User Encryption.................................................................................................................................................................. 67 1.8.2 Cloud-Init..............................................................................................................................................................................69 1.8.3 License Type........................................................................................................................................................................ 70 1.8.4 Project....................................................................................................................................................................................71 1.9 User Permissions................................................................................................................................................................... 71 1.10 Region and AZ..................................................................................................................................................................... 72 1.11 ECS and Other Services.................................................................................................................................................... 73 2 Getting Started...................................................................................................................... 75 2.1 Creating an ECS..................................................................................................................................................................... 75 2.1.1 Overview...............................................................................................................................................................................75 2.1.2 Step 1: Configure Basic Settings...................................................................................................................................75 2.1.3 Step 2: Configure Network.............................................................................................................................................79 2.1.4 Step 3: Configure Advanced Settings..........................................................................................................................80 2021-08-09 ii Elastic Cloud Server User Guide Contents 2.1.5 Step 4: Confirm.................................................................................................................................................................. 82 2.2 Logging In to an ECS........................................................................................................................................................... 83 2.3 Initializing EVS Data Disks................................................................................................................................................. 84 2.3.1 Scenarios and Disk Partitions........................................................................................................................................ 84 2.3.2 Initializing a Windows Data Disk (Windows Server 2008)................................................................................. 86 2.3.3 Initializing a Windows Data Disk (Windows Server 2016)................................................................................. 93 2.3.4 Initializing a Linux Data Disk (fdisk)........................................................................................................................ 101 2.3.5 Initializing a Linux Data Disk (parted).................................................................................................................... 107 3 Instances................................................................................................................................113 3.1 Viewing ECS Information................................................................................................................................................. 113 3.1.1 Viewing ECS Creation Statuses...................................................................................................................................113 3.1.2 Viewing Failures...............................................................................................................................................................114 3.1.3 Viewing Details About an ECS.................................................................................................................................... 115 3.1.4 Exporting ECS Information...........................................................................................................................................115 3.2 Logging In to a Windows ECS........................................................................................................................................ 116 3.2.1 Login Overview................................................................................................................................................................ 116 3.2.2 Login Using VNC............................................................................................................................................................. 117 3.2.3 Login Using MSTSC........................................................................................................................................................ 124 3.2.4 Logging In to a Windows ECS from a Linux Computer..................................................................................... 130 3.3 Logging In to a Linux ECS................................................................................................................................................132 3.3.1