Create a dedicated resource group and purchase general computing resources - Platform For AI

If you want to use dedicated general computing resources for AI development to improve the development and training efficiency, you need to create a dedicated resource group and purchase computing resources. This topic describes how to create a dedicated resource group and purchase general computing resources.

Background information

To use a dedicated resource group, you must purchase computing resources. For more information about billing of computing resources, see Billing of AI computing resources.

Prerequisites

The service-linked role for Deep Learning Containers (DLC) is granted the required permissions. For more information, see Grant the permissions that are required to use DLC.

Account and permission requirements

Alibaba Cloud account: You can use an Alibaba Cloud account to perform all operations without additional authorization.
RAM user: Contact your Alibaba Cloud account to grant permissions to manage the resource pool or attach the AliyunPAIFullAccess policy to the RAM user. For more information, see the "Permissions to manage the resource pool" section in the Custom policies for RAM users topic.
Important
The AliyunPAIFullAccess policy provides permissions to manage all resources and features of PAI. Exercise caution when you grant these permissions.

Create a dedicated resource group

Go to the Resource Pool page in the Platform for AI (PAI) console.
On the General Computing Resources tab, click Create Resource Group.

In the Create Resource Group dialog box, configure the parameters and click OK. The following table describes the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Type	Select Dedicated Resource Group.
VPC	Optional. Select a virtual private cloud (VPC), a vSwitch, and a security group from the drop-down lists.
Security group
vSwitch
Internet Access Gateway	If you want to access the Internet, use one of the following methods: Public Gateway: The instances use shared public bandwidth when accessing the Internet. The download rate may be slow in high concurrent scenarios. Private Gateway: The instance uses dedicated bandwidth. You can configure the dedicated bandwidth based on your business requirements. If you select Private Gateway, you must configure an Internet NAT gateway for the selected VPC, associate an elastic IP address (EIP) with the Internet NAT gateway, and configure an SNAT entry. For more information, see Enable Internet access for a DSW instance by using a private Internet NAT gateway.

Purchase general computing resources

Perform the following steps to purchase general computing resources for a dedicated resource group. For more information about the billing of general computing resources, see Billing of AI computing resources.

On the General Computing Resources tab, click the name of the resource group that you want to manage.
In the upper-right corner of the resource group details page, click Create Order.
On the AI Computing Resource Group (International Site) page, configure the following parameters based on your business requirements: Node Specifications, Nodes, Duration, and Auto-renewal. Then, click Buy Now.
After you complete the payment, the purchased general computing resources are displayed on the Orders tab of the resource group details page.

References

After you create a resource group and purchase general computing resources, you can perform the following operations:

On the resource group details page, view basic information about the resource group and manage the purchased resources. For more information, see the "Manage resources" section in the Overview topic.
Allocate the purchased resources to specific training jobs by configuring resource quotas. For more information, see General computing resource quotas.