This tutorial shows you how to launch a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 instance using Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service.
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Prerequisites
Create an Alibaba Cloud Account
Register and create an Alibaba Cloud account from here - https://account.alibabacloud.com/register/intl_register.htm
Specify an SSH Key Pair
To specify an SSH key pair when creating a Linux instance, you must create an SSH key pair in the target region.
- Log on to the ECS console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose Networks and Security > SSH Key Pair.
- Click Create SSH Key Pair.
- Enter a name for the SSH key pair, and then select Auto-Create SSH Key Pair.
- Click OK to create the SSH key pair.
Assign an Elastic IP
To assign an Elastic IP, you must create an EIP in the Network & Security section.
- Log on to the VPC console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose Elastic IP Addresses.
- On the Elastic IP Addresses page, click Create EIP.
- On the Elastic IP page, configure the EIP by specifying Region, Max Bandwidth, and Quantity.
- Then, click the Buy Now and complete the payment
- Click OK to create the SSH key pair.
Create a Security Group
Create a Security group with the required rules.
- Log on to the ECS console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose Network and Security > Security Groups.
- Select a region.
- Click Create Security Group.
- In the displayed Create Security Group dialog box, Select template Custom, Enter a name for the security group, Enter a description of the security group, Select Network type as VPC and Enter inbound rules.
Procedure
Step 1. Let's begin with purchasing ECS, go to https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/ecs and click Buy Now.

Step 2. Log on to the ECS console. If you do not have an account, register with a simple Sign Up process.

Step 3. Complete the Basic Configurations as follows:
- Select a Billing Method: Subscription, Pay-As-You-Go or Preemptible Instance.

- Select a region and zone. By default, a zone is assigned randomly. You can select a zone that better meets your needs.

- Select an Instance type and specify the number of Instances. The availability of an Instance type family is determined by the selected region.

- Select Public image, and then select Red Hat from the OS dropdown menu. In version selection, choose Enterprise Linux 8.

- Select storage devices:
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System Disk: Required. A system disk is required for installing the operating system. Specify the cloud disk category and size for the system disk. The default size is 40 GiB, with a maximum size of 500 GiB.
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Data Disk: Optional. If you create a cloud disk as a data disk, you must select the disk type, size, and quantity, and set whether to encrypt it. You can create an empty data disk or create a data disk from a snapshot. Up to 16 data disks can be added.

Step 4. Click Next: Networking to finish the network and security group configuration:
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Select a network:
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VPC: You must select a VPC and a VSwitch. If you do not have a VPC and a VSwitch, you can use the default ones.


- Select a security group. If you have not created a security group, you can use the default security group.

Step 5. Click Next: System Configurations to finish the following configuration:
- Select and set login credentials. You can choose Set Later or set it now.

- Specify the instance name, which is displayed in the ECS console, and the hostname, which is displayed inside the guest operating system.

Step 6. (Optional) Click Next: Grouping to manage instances by the group. You can add tags to instances to simplify future management.

Step 7. Click the Preview button to confirm your order.
- In the Configurations Selected area, confirm all the configurations. You can also click the edit icon to re-edit the configuration.
- Read and confirm you agree to the ECS Service Level Agreement.

Step 8. Click Create Instance. You can see your instance in the Console. Wait for a few minutes for the instance to display running status in Green color.

Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 server on Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) has been successfully launched.