Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) provides a faster and more powerful way to run your cloud applications as compared with traditional physical servers. You can achieve great results on your cloud needs. With ECS, you can achieve more with the latest generation of CPUs as well as protect your instance from DDoS and Trojan attacks.
In this guide, we will talk about the best practices for provisioning your CentOS 6 server hosted on an Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance.
Prerequisites
- A valid Alibaba Cloud account. If you don’t have one already, sign up to the Free Trial to enjoy up to $300 worth in Alibaba Cloud products.
- An ECS instance running CentOS 6. You can select your preferred region and configurations; this will not affect the outcome of the server setup.
- A root password for your server.
Step 1: Connect to your Alibaba Cloud CentOS 6 Server
Locate the Internet IP address (Public IP address) associated with your Alibaba Cloud ECS Instance. Continue reading