Searching for ECSs

Scenarios

After purchasing an ECS, you can use the search function on the management console to search for ECSs in the current region. You can search for ECSs by name, ID, AZ, status, flavor name, image ID, EIP, private IP address, creation time, VPC ID, enterprise project, or resource tag.

Searching by enterprise project is only available for enterprise users.

Search Syntax

A variety of ECS search types are available. For details, see Table 1.

• For certain properties, if you enter complete values, the system can automatically identity the property type and search for them.
• The following properties only support exact search and you need to enter complete values: ID, image ID, EIP, VPC ID, and enterprise project.
• The private IP address must be in the following CIDR blocks: 10.0.0.0/8-24, 172.16.0.0/12-24, and 192.168.0.0/16-24.
• You can search by tag key-value pair. You can add one or more tags. If keys are different, the tags are automatically joined with AND. If the keys are the same but the values are different, the tags are also automatically joined with AND.
• You cannot use both the private IP address and EIP for a combination of search.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Under Computing, click Elastic Cloud Server.

   The ECS console is displayed.

3. In the search box, specify search criteria.

   You can use either of the following methods:

   • Directly enter a property value for search.
   • Select a property first and specify the property value for search.
     1. Click the search box and select a property.
        Figure 1 Selecting a property
        
     2. Specify a property value and press Enter to search.

Example 1: Searching by Property Value

After you enter a complete property value, the system automatically identifies the property type and search for it.

• Searching by a single value

  Enter a complete ECS ID and press Enter to search.

• Searching by multiple values

  Enter multiple complete flavor names and press Enter to search.

Example 2: Searching by a Single Property

Select a property, and enter or choose the corresponding property value.

The following properties only support exact search and you need to enter complete values for them: ID, EIP, image ID, and VPC ID.

• Fuzzy search by private IP address
  1. Select Private IP Address in the search box.
  2. Enter a private IP address and press Enter to search. Private IP addresses can be used for fuzzy search. For example, you can enter 192.168.0 to search for all ECSs that use the 192.168.0 IP address.
• Exact search by ID
  1. Select ID in the search box.
  2. Enter a complete ECS ID and press Enter to search.

Example 3: Searching by Multiple Properties

You can search by multiple properties and the properties are in AND relationship.

The following properties only support exact search and you need to enter complete values for them: ID, EIP, image ID, and VPC ID.

In this example, use Name and Private IP Address for a combination of search.

1. Select Name and enter an ECS name in the search box for fuzzy search.
2. Select Private IP Address and enter a private IP address for fuzzy search.

Example 4: Searching by Tags

You can search by tag key-value pair.

You can add one or more tags. If keys are different, the tags are automatically joined with AND.

If the keys are the same but the values are different, the tags are also automatically joined with AND.

• Searching by a single tag

  In the search box, select Tag and then a key-value pair, and click OK.

• Searching by multiple tags

  In the search box, select multiple tag key-value pairs for search.

  If you search by multiple tags, the tags are in the AND relationship.