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    Elastic Compute Service:Configure an auto provisioning group

    Last Updated:May 23, 2024

    This topic describes and provides examples on how to configure an auto provisioning group. In the following example, an auto provisioning group is used to create multiple Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances to implement machine learning or build a ticketing website. An auto provisioning group can also be used to employ multiple resource pools at the lowest cost or a specific resource pool to create multiple ECS instances.

    Configure an auto provisioning group in the ECS console

    Example 1: Implement machine learning

    You plan to complete a machine learning task in the next week. The task involves analyzing risk factors in mortgage loans. You have the following requirements on the instance cluster:

    • Region: China (Hangzhou).

    • Instances are equipped with NVIDIA V100 GPUs. The GPU memory of a single instance is up to 32 GB in size.

    • Target capacity: 20 instances.

    • To minimize costs, we recommend that you create only preemptible instances. The number of instances in the instance cluster can be less than the target capacity.

    • Instances must be released after the task is completed.

    The following table describes the settings of an auto provisioning group that meets the preceding requirements.

    Section

    Parameter

    Description

    Capacity Configuration

    Target Capacity

    Configure the following settings based on the target capacity and instance category requirements:

    • Select Instances from the Target Capacity drop-down list.

    • Specify 20 in the spin box.

    Instance Configuration

    Instance Configuration

    Perform the following operations to meet the requirements for instances that use NVIDIA V100 GPUs and the GPU memory of no larger than 32 GB per instance:

    1. Select the ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge and ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge instance types from the Instance Type column.

      Note

      For information about instance types, see Overview of instance families.

    2. Query the number of available resources of the ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge and ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge instance types in Hangzhou Zone H and Hangzhou Zone I.

      Note

      You can go to the ECS Instance Types Available for Each Region page to view the instance types available in each region.

    You can add instance configurations based on the zones and instance types:

    1. Perform the following operations to add an instance configuration:

      • Specify a vSwitch in Hangzhou Zone H.

      • Add the ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge and ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge instance types.

    2. Perform the following operations to add another instance configuration:

      • Specify a vSwitch in Hangzhou Zone I.

      • Add the ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge and ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge instance types.

    The following resource pools are formed after you add the preceding configurations:

    • The ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone H

    • The ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone H

    • The ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone I

    • The ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone I

    Provisioning Policy

    Select Cost Optimization Policy. After the auto provisioning group is started, the resource pool that is available at the lowest price is used to create an instance cluster.

    Preemptible Instance Interruption Settings

    To minimize costs, the number of instances in the instance cluster can be less than the value specified by the Target Capacity parameter. In this case, select Release.

    Advanced

    Group Type

    To minimize costs, the number of instances in the instance cluster can be less than the value specified by the Target Capacity parameter. In this case, select One-time Delivery.

    Start Time and End Time

    Specify the start time and expiration time based on the next-week time requirement.

    Global Maximum Price for Preemptible Instances

    To minimize costs, select Set Maximum Price to specify a maximum price that you can afford.

    Instance Shutdown Settings

    • Instances in the auto provisioning group must be released after the task is completed. Therefore, select Shut Down Instances Upon Group Expiration.

    • To minimize costs, select Shut Down Excessive Instances When Target Capacity Is Exceeded.

    Example 2: Build a ticketing website

    For example, you want to build a ticketing website to provide reliable ticketing services at all hours, especially during peak hours. You have the following requirements on the instance cluster:

    • Region: China (Hangzhou).

    • Instances: The number of vCPUs on a single instance does not exceed 8.

    • Target capacity: 80 vCPUs.

    • Minimum capacity: 60 vCPUs.

    • Optimize the website access experience based on the minimum capacity of the cluster to minimize costs.

    • The cluster must have disaster recovery capabilities.

    The following table describes the settings of an auto provisioning group that meets the preceding requirements.

    Section

    Parameter

    Description

    Capacity Configuration

    Target Capacity

    Configure the following settings based on the target capacity and minimum capacity requirements:

    • Select vCPUs from the Target Capacity drop-down list.

    • Specify 80 in the spin box.

    • Select Use Pay-as-you-go Instances to Provide Computing Power.

    Pay-as-you-go Instance Capacity

    Specify 60 in the spin box to meet the minimum capacity requirement.

    Instance Configuration

    Instance Configuration

    The c6 instance family is used because it is suitable for building frontend web servers. Perform the following operations to meet the requirements for instances that are equipped with no more than 8 vCPUs per instance:

    1. Select the ecs.c6.large, ecs.c6.xlarge, and ecs.c6.2xlarge instance types from the Instance Type column.

      Note

      For information about instance types, see Overview of instance families.

    2. Query the number of available resources of the ecs.c6.large, ecs.c6.xlarge, and ecs.c6.2xlarge instance types in Hangzhou Zone H, Hangzhou Zone I, and Hangzhou Zone J.

      Note

      You can go to the ECS Instance Types Available for Each Region page to view the instance types available in each region.

    You can add instance configurations based on the zones and instance types:

    1. Perform the following operations to add an instance configuration:

      • Specify a vSwitch in Hangzhou Zone H.

      • Add the ecs.c6.large, ecs.c6.xlarge, and ecs.c6.2xlarge instance types.

    2. Perform the following operations to add another instance configuration:

      • Specify a vSwitch in Hangzhou Zone I.

      • Add the ecs.c6.large, ecs.c6.xlarge, and ecs.c6.2xlarge instance types.

    3. Perform the following operations to add another instance configuration:

      • Specify a vSwitch in Hangzhou Zone J.

      • Add the ecs.c6.large, ecs.c6.xlarge, and ecs.c6.2xlarge instance types.

    The following resource pools are formed after you add the preceding configurations:

    • The ecs.c6.large instance type in Hangzhou Zone H

    • The ecs.c6.xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone H

    • The ecs.c6.2xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone H

    • The ecs.c6.large instance type in Hangzhou Zone I

    • The ecs.c6.xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone I

    • The ecs.c6.2xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone I

    • The ecs.c6.large instance type in Hangzhou Zone J

    • The ecs.c6.xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone J

    • The ecs.c6.2xlarge instance type in Hangzhou Zone J

    Provisioning Policy

    Select Balanced Distribution Policy. After the auto provisioning group is started, it attempts to evenly create instances across zones to prevent instance creation failures caused by insufficient resources within a single zone. This can improve the disaster recovery capabilities of applications.

    Instance Configuration

    Preemptible Instance Interruption Settings

    Select Stop to ensure that the website can be accessed at a low latency. The time required to recover an instance from stopping in economical mode is less than the time required to create an instance.

    Advanced

    Group Type

    Select Continuous Delivery and Maintain Capacity to continuously provide ticketing service.

    Start Time and End Time

    The auto provisioning group immediately starts and can be indefinitely retained to continuously provide ticketing service.

    Global Maximum Price for Preemptible Instances

    To optimize website access experience, select Automatic Bidding to maintain a stable number of instances in the cluster.

    Instance Shutdown Settings

    Select Shut Down Excessive Instances When Target Capacity Is Exceeded to minimize costs.

    The target capacity is specified in the number of vCPUs. Therefore, the weight of each instance is related to the number of vCPUs of each instance type. The following table describes the weighted price of each instance type.

    Note

    Prices in the following table are for reference only. The actual prices displayed on the buy page prevail.

    Instance type

    vCPUs

    Pay-as-you-go price (USD)

    Weight

    Weighted price (USD)

    ecs.c6.large

    2

    0.06 per hour

    2

    0.03 per hour

    ecs.c6.xlarge

    4

    0.121 per hour

    4

    0.03025 per hour

    ecs.c6.2xlarge

    8

    0.241 per hour

    8

    0.030125 per hour

    When an auto provisioning group attempts to create an instance cluster, the auto provisioning group first attempts to implement the balanced distribution policy and evenly creates instances across zones. Then, the auto provisioning group attempts to choose instance types that have lower weighted prices to create instances. If the weighted prices of all instance types are the same, the auto provisioning group chooses instance types at random to create instances.

    Configure an auto provisioning group by calling an API operation

    Example 1: Use multiple resource pools with the lowest prices

    If you want to minimize costs and alleviate the impact of preemptible instance reclamation caused by using a single resource pool, you can configure an auto provisioning group to use multiple resource pools that have the lowest prices to create instances.

    You can only call the CreateAutoProvisioningGroup operation with the SpotAllocationStrategy parameter set to lowest-price and the SpotInstancePoolsToUseCount parameter set. For example, you can make the configurations described in the following table to create an auto provisioning group with the following results:

    • Obtain five resource pools based on the lt-bp1ivgo4p5now3px**** launch template.

    • Set the target capacity to 30 instances and create only preemptible instances.

    • Use the three resource pools that have the lowest prices and create 10 preemptible instances from each resource pool.

    Parameter

    Example

    Description

    TotalTargetCapacity

    30

    Sets the target capacity to 30 instances.

    SpotTargetCapacity

    30

    Creates 30 preemptible instances.

    PayAsYouGoTargetCapacity

    0

    Creates no pay-as-you-go instances.

    SpotAllocationStrategy

    lowest-price

    Uses the cost optimization policy for preemptible instances.

    PayAsYouGoAllocationStrategy

    lowest-price

    Uses the cost optimization policy for pay-as-you-go instances.

    SpotInstancePoolsToUseCount

    3

    Uses the three resource pools that have the lowest prices.

    LaunchTemplateId

    lt-bp1ivgo4p5now3px****

    The ID of the launch template used to create instances.

    LaunchTemplateConfig.1.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp1ygryo03m39xhsy****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 1 (Resource Pool 1).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.1.InstanceType

    ecs.c6e.large

    The instance type of the extended configuration 1 (Resource Pool 1).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.1.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 1 (Resource Pool 1).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.2.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp16hgf8f3kvtcbyu****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 2 (Resource Pool 2).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.2.InstanceType

    ecs.c6e.xlarge

    The instance type of the extended configuration 2 (Resource Pool 2).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.2.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 2 (Resource Pool 2).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.3.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp1oeawdo9tj2gvjp****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 3 (Resource Pool 3).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.3.InstanceType

    ecs.c6e.2xlarge

    The instance type of the extended configuration 3 (Resource Pool 3).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.3.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 3 (Resource Pool 3).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.4.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp1oeawdo9tj2gvjp****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 4 (Resource Pool 4).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.4.InstanceType

    ecs.g6e.xlarge

    The instance type of the extended configuration 4 (Resource Pool 4).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.4.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 4 (Resource Pool 4).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.5.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp1oeawdo9tj2gvjp****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 5 (Resource Pool 5).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.5.InstanceType

    ecs.g6e.2xlarge

    The instance type of the extended configuration 5 (Resource Pool 5).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.5.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 5 (Resource Pool 5).

    Example 2: Preferentially use a specific resource pool

    You can configure an auto provisioning group to create instances by preferentially using a specific resource pool. For example, if you purchase zonal reserved instances that can be applied to ecs.c6e.large instances, you can configure an auto provisioning group to preferentially create pay-as-you-go instances of the ecs.c6e.large instance type to benefit from the billing discounts provided by the reserved instances.

    You can only call the CreateAutoProvisioningGroup operation with the PayAsYouGoAllocationStrategy parameter set to prioritized and the priority of the resource pool set to the highest one (0). For example, you can make the configurations described in the following table to create an auto provisioning group with the following results:

    • Obtain five resource pools based on the lt-bp1ivgo4p5now3px**** launch template.

    • Set the target capacity to 20 instances, including 10 preemptible instances and 10 pay-as-you-go instances.

    • Use the resource pool corresponding to the ecs.c6e.large instance type to create pay-as-you-go instances by specifying the LaunchTemplateConfig.1 parameter.

    Parameter

    Example

    Description

    TotalTargetCapacity

    20

    Sets the target capacity to 20 instances.

    SpotTargetCapacity

    10

    Creates 10 preemptible instances.

    PayAsYouGoTargetCapacity

    10

    Creates 10 pay-as-you-go instances.

    SpotAllocationStrategy

    lowest-price

    Uses the cost optimization policy for preemptible instances.

    PayAsYouGoAllocationStrategy

    prioritized

    Uses the cost optimization policy for pay-as-you-go instances.

    LaunchTemplateId

    lt-bp1ivgo4p5now3px****

    The ID of the launch template used to create instances.

    LaunchTemplateConfig.1.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp1ygryo03m39xhsy****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 1 (Resource Pool 1).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.1.InstanceType

    ecs.c6e.large

    The instance type of the extended configuration 1 (Resource Pool 1).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.1.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 1 (Resource Pool 1).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.1.Priority

    0

    The priority of the extended configuration 1. The value 0 indicates the highest priority.

    LaunchTemplateConfig.2.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp16hgf8f3kvtcbyu****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 2 (Resource Pool 2).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.2.InstanceType

    ecs.c6e.xlarge

    The instance type of the extended configuration 2 (Resource Pool 2).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.2.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 2 (Resource Pool 2).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.3.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp1oeawdo9tj2gvjp****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 3 (Resource Pool 3).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.3.InstanceType

    ecs.c6e.2xlarge

    The instance type of the extended configuration 3 (Resource Pool 3).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.3.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 3 (Resource Pool 3).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.4.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp1oeawdo9tj2gvjp****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 4 (Resource Pool 4).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.4.InstanceType

    ecs.g6e.xlarge

    The instance type of the extended configuration 4 (Resource Pool 4).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.4.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 4 (Resource Pool 4).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.5.VSwitchId

    vsw-bp1oeawdo9tj2gvjp****

    The ID of the vSwitch of the extended configuration 5 (Resource Pool 5).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.5.InstanceType

    ecs.g6e.2xlarge

    The instance type of the extended configuration 5 (Resource Pool 5).

    LaunchTemplateConfig.5.WeightedCapacity

    1

    The weight of the instance type of the extended configuration 5 (Resource Pool 5).