Clarify your needs

Generally, before purchasing an ECS, we should first clarify our own needs, that is, what kind of cloud product should we choose. At present, the product categories of the major cloud service providers are very comprehensive, including virtual machine ECS, virtual machine, elastic machine, cloud space, cloud storage, etc. Generally, the products used by our heating enterprises are mainly virtual machine ECS, and I will not repeat the other products here.

The virtual machine is a virtual server built from independent memory, hard disk, bandwidth and other resources divided on the cluster server. It has independent IP and bandwidth. It can install various versions of operating systems and configure various website operating environments according to needs. It has a remote desktop connection, which can be understood as a completely independent server.

Select a cloud service provider

At present, domestic cloud service providers are everywhere, and manufacturers from all walks of life have launched their own cloud products. The well-known cloud service providers in China include Alibaba Cloud, Baidu Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and JD Cloud. In addition, the three major operators Unicom, Telecom, and Mobile also have their own market shares. When choosing a cloud brand, we still recommend the top domestic brands, which can not only provide long-term and effective services to the company's platform, but also respond more timely in case of failure.

In addition, for customers who have purchased the charging e-heating software products, it is more sensible to choose to host the platform to the charging e-cloud. In fact, the background of fee paying EasyCloud is still the leader of domestic cloud service providers - Alibaba Cloud. Choosing fee paying EasyCloud means that you can enjoy all high-end services of Alibaba Cloud, and at the same time, there will be fee paying engineers to escort you! However, at present, charging EasyCloud will not sell cloud services alone, but as a high-end service in the heating informatization scheme, it is open to enterprise customers, which should be noted.

Register an account and select a package

After clarifying the above two points, the following things will be simple. First of all, you need to register an account on the official website. As long as you have an account, you can purchase various packages. The selected package is determined according to the requirements, cost and flow of heating software. Then, when you purchase ECS, you will be asked to select the operating system to install. These operating systems are available for customers to choose in the form of image files. Generally, the default operating system is a "pure version", which does not come with any programming environment and needs to be configured manually. If you want to save time, you can choose an image file with environment. After the operating system is installed and the environment is configured, you can log in to the console to view the status of your server. When this part is basically completed, the environment is successfully set up.