Creates one or more pay-as-you-go or subscription dedicated hosts. A dedicated host is a physical server dedicated to a single tenant. You can create Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances on a dedicated host and view the attributes of a dedicated host.
Description
Before you create a dedicated host, you can call the DescribeAvailableResource operation to query the resources available in a specific region or zone.
We recommend that you understand the billing methods of resources before you create a dedicated host. You are charged for resources used by the created dedicated host. For more information, see Billing overview.
- You can create up to 100 pay-as-you-go or subscription dedicated hosts at a time.
- After a dedicated host is created, you can use the returned dedicated host ID as the value of a request parameter to call the DescribeDedicatedHosts operation to query the state of the dedicated host.
- After you submit a request to create a dedicated host, an error is returned if a specific parameter is invalid or if the requested resources are insufficient. For more information about error causes, see the "Error codes" section of this topic.
- After a dedicated host is created, you can call the ModifyInstanceDeployment operation to migrate ECS instances from a shared host to the dedicated host. You can also migrate ECS instances from another dedicated host to the created dedicated host.
Debugging
Request parameters
Parameter | Type | Required | Example | Description |
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Action | String | Yes | AllocateDedicatedHosts | The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to AllocateDedicatedHosts. |
RegionId | String | Yes | cn-hangzhou | The ID of the region in which to create the dedicated host. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list. |
Tag.N.Key | String | No | Environment | The key of tag N to add to the dedicated host. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag key cannot be an empty string. It can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot start with acs: or aliyun. It cannot contain |
Tag.N.Value | String | No | Production | The value of tag N to add to the dedicated host. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag value can be an empty string. It can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot start with acs: or contain |
ResourceGroupId | String | No | rg-bp67acfmxazb4ph*** | The ID of the resource group to which to assign the dedicated host. |
ZoneId | String | No | cn-hangzhou-f | The ID of the zone in which to create the dedicated host. This parameter is empty by default. If you do not specify a zone, the system selects a zone. |
DedicatedHostName | String | No | myDDH | The name of the dedicated host. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length. It must start with a letter and cannot start with |
DedicatedHostClusterId | String | No | dc-bp12wlf6am0vz9v2**** | The ID of the dedicated host cluster in which to create the dedicated host. |
DedicatedHostType | String | Yes | ddh.c5 | The dedicated host type. You can call the DescribeDedicatedHostTypes operation to query the most recent list of dedicated host types. |
ActionOnMaintenance | String | No | Migrate | The policy used to migrate the instances deployed on the dedicated host when the dedicated host fails or needs to be repaired online. Valid values:
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NetworkAttributes.SlbUdpTimeout | Integer | No | 60 | The timeout period for a UDP session between a Server Load Balancer (SLB) instance and the dedicated host. Unit: seconds. Valid values: 15 to 310. |
NetworkAttributes.UdpTimeout | Integer | No | 60 | The timeout period for a UDP session between a user and an Alibaba Cloud service on the dedicated host. Unit: seconds. Valid values: 15 to 310. |
Description | String | No | This-is-my-DDH | The description of the dedicated host. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with |
AutoPlacement | String | No | off | Specifies whether to add the dedicated host to the resource pool for automatic deployment. If you create an ECS instance on a dedicated host without specifying the DedicatedHostId parameter, Alibaba Cloud selects a dedicated host from the resource pool to host the instance. For more information, see Automatic deployment. Valid values:
Default value: on. Note If you do not want to add the dedicated host to the resource pool for automatic deployment, set the value to off. |
CpuOverCommitRatio | Float | No | 1 | The CPU overcommit ratio. You can configure CPU overcommit ratios only for the following dedicated host types: g6s, c6s, and r6s. Valid values: 1 to 5. The CPU overcommit ratio affects the number of available vCPUs on a dedicated host. You can use the following formula to calculate the number of available vCPUs on a dedicated host: Number of available vCPUs = Number of physical CPU cores × 2 × CPU overcommit ratio. For example, the number of physical CPU cores on each g6s dedicated host is 52. If you set the CPU overcommit ratio of a g6s dedicated host to 4, the number of available vCPUs on the dedicated host is 416. For scenarios that have minimal requirements on CPU stability or where CPU load is not heavy, such as development and test environments, you can increase the number of available vCPUs on a dedicated host by increasing the CPU overcommit ratio. This way, you can deploy more ECS instances of the same specifications on the dedicated host and reduce the unit deployment cost. |
MinQuantity | Integer | No | 2 | The minimum number of dedicated hosts to create. Valid values: 1 to 100. Note If the number of dedicated hosts that available resources are sufficient to create is less than the minimum number of dedicated hosts to create, the dedicated hosts fail to be created. |
ChargeType | String | No | PrePaid | The billing method of the dedicated host. Valid values:
Default value: PostPaid. |
Quantity | Integer | No | 2 | The number of dedicated hosts that you want to create. Valid values: 1 to 100. Default value: 1. |
Period | Integer | No | 6 | The subscription duration of the dedicated host. The
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PeriodUnit | String | No | Month | The unit of the subscription duration of the dedicated host. Valid values:
Default value: Month. |
AutoRenew | Boolean | No | false | Specifies whether to automatically renew the subscription dedicated host. Note The AutoRenew parameter takes effect only when the ChargeType parameter is set to PrePaid. Default value: false. |
AutoRenewPeriod | Integer | No | 1 | The auto-renewal duration of the dedicated host. The AutoRenewPeriod parameter takes effect and is required only when the AutoRenew parameter is set to true. Valid values: Valid values when PeriodUnit is set to Month: 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12. |
AutoReleaseTime | String | No | 2019-08-21T12:30:24Z | The time when to automatically release the dedicated host. Specify the time in the Note
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ClientToken | String | No | 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000 | The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. You can use the client to generate the value, but you must make sure that the value is unique among different requests. The ClientToken value can contain only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see How to ensure idempotence. |
Response parameters
Parameter | Type | Example | Description |
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RequestId | String | E2A664A6-2933-4C64-88AE-5033D003**** | The ID of the request. |
DedicatedHostIdSets | Array of String | "DedicatedHostIdSets":{"DedicatedHostId":["dh-bp67acfmxazb4p****", "dh-bp67acfmxazb4d****"]} | The IDs of the dedicated hosts. |
Examples
Sample requests
http(s)://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=AllocateDedicatedHosts
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&DedicatedHostType=ddh.sn1ne
&Quantity=2
&ChargeType=PostPaid
&ClientToken=123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000
&<Common request parameters>
Sample success responses
XML
format
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml
<AllocateDedicatedHostsResponse>
<RequestId>E2A664A6-2933-4C64-88AE-5033D003EADF</RequestId>
<DedicatedHostIdSets>
<DedicatedHostId>dh-bp67acfmxazb4p****</DedicatedHostId>
<DedicatedHostId>dh-bp67acfmxazb4d****</DedicatedHostId>
</DedicatedHostIdSets>
</AllocateDedicatedHostsResponse>
JSON
format
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json
{
"RequestId" : "E2A664A6-2933-4C64-88AE-5033D003EADF",
"DedicatedHostIdSets" : {
"DedicatedHostId" : [ "dh-bp67acfmxazb4p****", "dh-bp67acfmxazb4d****" ]
}
}
Error codes
HTTP status code | Error code | Error message | Description |
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400 | InvalidInstanceType.ValueUnauthorized | The specified InstanceType is not authorized. | The error message returned because you are not authorized to use the specified instance type. |
400 | InvalidDescription.Malformed | The specified parameter "Description" is not valid. | The error message returned because the specified Description parameter is invalid. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://. |
400 | InvalidParameter.Conflict | The specified region and cluster do not match. | The error message returned because the specified region and the specified cluster do not correspond to each other. |
400 | InvalidAutoRenewPeriod.ValueNotSupported | The specified autoRenewPeriod is not valid. | The error message returned because the specified AutoRenewPeriod parameter is invalid. |
400 | InvalidTagKey.Malformed | The specified Tag.n.Key is not valid. | The error message returned because the specified Tag.N.Key parameter is invalid. |
400 | InvalidDedicatedHostType.ValueNotSupported | %s | The error message returned because the specified DedicatedHostType parameter is invalid. |
400 | RegionUnauthorized | %s | The error message returned because you are not authorized to perform the operation in the specified region. %s is a variable. An error message is dynamically returned based on call conditions. |
400 | Zone.NotOnSale | %s | The error message returned because the requested resources are unavailable in the specified zone. %s is a variable. An error message is dynamically returned based on call conditions. |
400 | OperationDenied | The specified DedicatedHostType or Zone is not available or not authorized. | The error message returned because the specified dedicated host type or zone is unavailable or because you are not authorized to manage the resources. |
400 | InvalidPeriodUnit.ValueNotSupported | The specified parameter PeriodUnit is not valid. | The error message returned because the specified PeriodUnit parameter is invalid. |
400 | InvalidTagValue.Malformed | The specified Tag.n.Value is not valid. | The error message returned because the specified Tag.N.Value parameter is invalid. |
400 | QuotaExceed.AfterpayDedicatedHost | The maximum number of Pay-As-You-Go DedicatedHosts is exceeded: %s | The error message returned because the pay-as-you-go resources of the specified dedicated host type are insufficient. Reduce the number of dedicated hosts to be created. |
400 | InvalidChargeType.ValueNotSupported | ChargeType is not valid | The error message returned because the specified ChargeType parameter is invalid. |
400 | InvalidParameter.SlbUdpTimeout | The specified value is invalid. | The error message returned because the specified NetworkAttributes.SlbUdpTimeout parameter is invalid. |
400 | InvalidParameter.UdpTimeout | The specified value is invalid. | The error message returned because the specified NetworkAttributes.UdpTimeout parameter is invalid. |
400 | Duplicate.TagKey | The Tag.N.Key contain duplicate key. | The error message returned because the specified tag key already exists. Tag keys must be unique. |
403 | OperationDenied | The creation of Host to the specified Zone is not allowed. | The error message returned because you are not authorized to create dedicated hosts in the specified zone. |
403 | OperationDenied.NoStock | The requested resource is sold out in the specified zone; try other types of resources or other regions and zones. | The error message returned because the requested resources are unavailable in the specified zone. Try a different instance type or zone. You can call the DescribeZones operation to query available resources. |
403 | OperationDenied | Sales of this resource are temporarily suspended in the specified region; please try again later. | The error message returned because the requested resources are unavailable in the specified region. Try again later. |
403 | NodeControllerUnavailable | The Node Controller is temporarily unavailable. | The error message returned because the node controller is unavailable. |
403 | OperationDenied | The resource is out of usage. | The error message returned because the instance is not in the Running state. Start the instance or check whether the specified operation is valid. |
403 | InvalidParameter.ResourceOwnerAccount | ResourceOwnerAccount is Invalid. | The error message returned because the specified ResourceOwnerAccount parameter is invalid. |
403 | Zone.NotOpen | The specified zone is not granted to you to buy resources yet. | The error message returned because you are not authorized to purchase resources in the specified zone. |
403 | Zone.NotOnSale | The specified zone is not available for purchase. | The error message returned because the requested resources are unavailable in the specified zone. Try a different instance type or select a different region or zone. |
403 | InvalidDedicatedHostType.ValueNotSupported | The specified DedicatedHostType does not exist or beyond the permitted range. | The error message returned because the specified DedicatedHostType parameter does not exist. |
403 | InvalidDedicatedHostType.ZoneNotSupported | The specified zone does not support this dedicatedHostType. | The error message returned because the specified dedicated host type is not supported in the specified zone. |
403 | InvalidParameter.NotMatch | %s | The error message returned because a specified parameter is invalid. Check whether parameter conflicts exist. |
403 | Account.Arrearage | Your account has been in arrears. | The error message returned because your account balance is insufficient. Add funds to your Alibaba Cloud account and try again. |
404 | OperationDenied | Another Host has been creating | The error message returned because another host is being created. |
404 | PaymentMethodNotFound | No payment method has been registered on the account. | The error message returned because you have not configured a payment method for your account. |
404 | InvalidDedicatedHostName.Malformed | The specified parameter DedicatedHostName is not valid. | The error message returned because the specified DedicatedHostName parameter is invalid. |
500 | InternalError | The request processing has failed due to some unknown error. | The error message returned because an internal error has occurred. Try again later. |
500 | InternalError | %s | The error message returned because an internal error has occurred. |
For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.