Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server provides the following types of images: application images, OS images, and custom images. When you create a simple application server, you can select an image based on your business requirements. This topic describes the image types that are supported by Simple Application Server. This topic also describes the image names and image versions of each image type.
Types
The following table describes the images that are provided by Simple Application Server.
Type | Description |
Application images contain applications, initialization data and runtime environments of applications, and OSs. After you create a simple application server based on an application image, you can use preset application programs or create custom application configurations based on your business requirements. Application images provide ready-to-use applications. You do not need to upload or install applications. For more information about how to create a simple application server based on an application image, see Build a WordPress blog. | |
OS images contain only the OSs that are required to start servers. OS images do not contain application data or environment configurations. After you create a simple application server based on an OS image, the server runs on an OS that has no installed applications. You can install applications on the server based on your business requirements. For more information about how to create a simple application server based on an OS image, see Deploy Apache based on a CentOS OS image. | |
You can create a custom image based on a snapshot of a simple application server. You can use a custom image to create multiple simple application servers that have the same configurations. You can also share custom images to Elastic Compute Service (ECS) and use the shared images to create ECS instances or replace the OSs of existing ECS instances. For more information, see Overview of custom images. |
Application images
The following table describes the application images that are supported by Simple Application Server.
Name | Version | Description |
WordPress |
| WordPress is an open source software platform that you can use to create a website, blog, or application. WordPress is integrated with third-party templates and plug-ins to help you apply custom features.
For more information, see Build a WordPress blog. |
Docker | 20.10.7 | Docker is a popular open source container engine. Docker allows developers to package applications and dependencies into lightweight and portable containers in a simple and efficient manner for faster application delivery, deployment, migration, and scaling. This image is developed based on the CentOS 7.9 64-bit OS. For more information, see Deploy Docker by using application images. |
LAMP |
| LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) images are pre-installed with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and relevant components. LAMP images are commonly used to build web applications.
For more information, see Build a LAMP environment by using an application image. |
Node.js | 16.5.0 | Node.js is a platform that is built in the JavaScript runtime environment of Google Chrome. This platform is used to build fast and scalable network applications. This image is developed based on the CentOS 7.9 64-bit OS. |
ASP.NET | 4.8 | ASP.NET images support multiple ASP and ASP.NET parsing methods. By default, ASP.NET images are installed with an SQL Server database. This image is developed based on the Windows 2012 64-bit Enterprise Edition OS. |
Drupal | 8.3.7 | Drupal is an excellent open source content management system (CMS) used to build dynamic websites that provide rich features and services. Drupal combines powerful and configurable features to support website projects from personal blogs to large communities. This image is developed based on the CentOS 7.4 64-bit OS. |
Tomcat | 8 | Apache Tomcat is an open source Java servlet container that serves as a web server and provides stable performance. The image is developed based on the Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 OS and is pre-installed with Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 1.8, Tomcat 8, MySQL 5.7, and NGINX 1.18. |
Nextcloud | 23.0.0 | Nextcloud is an open source cloud storage software platform that allows you to build a synchronous cloud storage and share the storage with your team. This way, you can manage the synchronization, sharing, version control, and team collaboration of files across platforms and devices. This image is developed based on the Ubuntu 20.04 OS and pre-installed with PHP 7.4.3, MariaDB 10.3, and Apache 2.4.41. For more information, see Use an application image to build a Nextcloud storage. |
Joomla | 3.8.5 | Joomla! is a CMS that is developed by using the PHP language and MySQL database. |
Ghost | 1.22.7 | Ghost is an open source Node.JS-based CMS that is created by former WordPress employees. The interface of Ghost is simple, modern, and beautiful. Ghost themes stand out for their elegant designs. |
OpenCart | 3.0.2.0 | OpenCart is an open source PHP-based online e-commerce solution. |
Plesk | 17.8.11.5 | Plesk allows you to efficiently build, secure, and run websites and applications on Alibaba Cloud. Features of Plesk include all server management tools and WordPress automation. |
cPanel | 94.0.5 | cPanel & WHM (WebHost Manager) is a web hosting automation software tool. You can use cPanel license keys free of charge for 15 days. If you want to continue using the image after 15 days, you must apply for a formal license on the official cPanel website. |
OS images
The following table describes the OS images that are supported by Simple Application Server.
Name | Version | Description |
Alibaba Cloud Linux | 2.19.03 | Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 is the next-generation Linux distribution that is provided by Alibaba Cloud. Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 provides enhanced Linux community features for cloud application environments. This image is optimized based on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure to provide better experience to cloud users. |
3.21.04 | Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 is the third-generation Alibaba Cloud OS. In addition to all features that are inherited from Alibaba Cloud Linux 2, Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 offers a better cloud OS experience and provides improved security, stability, and runtime performance. | |
CentOS |
| CentOS is an enterprise-level Linux distribution based on the free source code that is provided by Red Hat Linux. |
Ubuntu |
| Ubuntu is an open source GNU/Linux OS that is designed mainly for desktop applications. Ubuntu is developed based on Debian GNU/Linux and supports x86, amd64 (x64), and PowerPC architectures. Ubuntu is created by the global professional development team Canonical Ltd. For more information about how to build a graphical interface, see the following topics: |
Windows |
| Windows images are suitable for running programs that are developed based on Windows, such as ASP and .NET. These images support databases such as Access and SQL Server and can be managed by using the remote desktop logon method. A Windows image requires a system disk of at least 40 GiB. |
Debian |
| Debian is an open source image that runs the Linux OS and includes several free software distributions. |
OpenSUSE | 42.3 | openSUSE is a stable, easy-to-use, and comprehensive Linux distribution that is popular with system administrators, developers, and desktop users. Note This image is unavailable in specific regions. The images that are displayed in the Simple Application Server console shall prevail. |
Anolis | 8.4 ANCK | Anolis OS 8 is an open source Linux distribution that is released by the OpenAnolis community. Anolis OS 8 is fully compatible with CentOS 8 and supports multiple computing architectures. Anolis OS 8 is a stable, high-performance, secure, and reliable operating system. |
CentOS Stream | 9 | CentOS Stream is a rolling release Linux distribution after CentOS 8. |
Rocky Linux | 8.6 | Rocky Linux is a branch of CentOS and a downstream rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Similar to CentOS, Rocky Linux provides a stable Linux distribution that is suitable for servers. Rocky Linux is designed to be a replacement of CentOS. |
AlmaLinux | 9.0 | AlmaLinux is an open source, community-driven project that was originally created by CloudLinux to replace the phased-out stable version of CentOS. AlmaLinux is a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL 9 developed by the CloudLinux OS team. |
Custom images
A custom image is created based on a snapshot of a simple application server. The following table describes the operations that are related to custom images.
Operation | Description | References |
Create custom images | You can create a custom image to store the data on a simple application server. The custom image can be shared to ECS or used to create simple application servers that have the same configurations. | |
Share custom images | Custom images can be shared to ECS. If the configurations of your simple application server cannot meet your business requirements or you want to use ECS instances to deploy your business, you can share your custom image to ECS to migrate your business from Simple Application Server to ECS. | |
Unshare custom images | You can unshare a custom image based on your business requirements. You must unshare a custom image before you delete it. | |
Copy custom images | You can copy a custom image of a simple application server across regions. | |
Delete custom images | You can delete custom images that you no longer need. | |
Create simple application servers from custom images | You can use a custom image that contains server configurations to create simple application servers that have the same configurations. | Use a custom image to create one or more simple application servers |