Security Features
- Security Group: This service allows you to control access to your ECS instances by creating security groups and applying them to your instances. You can also create custom rules to control access to your instances based on IP addresses and ports.
- Anti-DoS: This service provides protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which can flood your network with traffic and make your services unavailable. Anti-DDoS can detect and mitigate DDoS attacks in real-time, and provides different protection plans based on the level of traffic you expect to receive.
- Key Management Service (KMS): This service allows you to manage and use encryption keys to secure your data. KMS provides a centralized key management system that you can use to create and manage encryption keys and provides a range of encryption algorithms to choose from.
- Server Load Balancer (SLB): this service provides automatic distribution of incoming traffic across multiple ECS instances. SLB can also health check instances, and route traffic based on IP addresses and ports and it also supports SSL offloading.
Alibaba Cloud – Introduction to IaaS
Pre-requisite: Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud is a subsidiary of Alibaba Group that provides a suite of cloud computing services, including data storage, virtual machines, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the largest cloud computing providers in China and has a growing presence in other parts of the world. Alibaba Cloud offers a wide range of services, including cloud computing, data storage, networking, big data, and artificial intelligence services. It also provides a platform for developers to build and deploy their own applications.
In addition to its core cloud computing services, Alibaba Cloud also offers a variety of other products and services, such as:
- Database services: including relational databases, NoSQL databases, and in-memory databases
- Analytics and big data services: including data warehousing, data lakes, and data visualization
- Internet of Things (IoT) services: including device management, data collection, and data analysis
- Security services: including threat detection, web application firewall, and secure data transfer
- Artificial intelligence (AI) services: including image and video recognition, natural language processing, and machine learning
- Network services: including content delivery networks, domain name systems, and virtual private clouds.
Alibaba Cloud also provides a range of tools and services to help developers create, deploy, and manage their applications, including a container service, a serverless computing platform, and a developer portal.
Alibaba Cloud has a global presence, with data centers and points of presence in Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. It serves many customers, including small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, and government organizations.