What does lightweight application server mean? Application scenario? What are the advantages? How to use it?

What is a lightweight application server?

Lightweight application server focuses on the characteristics of "light". Even if it is short, flat and fast, enterprises can use lightweight application server to realize fast access to the cloud, but the first thing to pay attention to is the difference of network configuration. Changing the public IP address is not supported after creating a lightweight application server instance. Overall planning should be done in the early stage.

Advantages of lightweight application server

Tencent Cloud Lightweight Application Server has many advantages, such as easy operation and maintenance, out-of-the-box use, safety and reliability. It is a new generation of cloud server products for small and medium-sized enterprises and developers. Many enterprises have applied it to small websites, blogs, forums, e-commerce and cloud development testing and learning environments, and brought considerable benefits.

What is a lightweight application server?

However, the lightweight application server is still in the initial stage of use, and many enterprises do not know its limitations. Before using it, first understand the difference between lightweight application server and Tencent Cloud CVM (please pay attention to the questions and answers before YunBaba) and some limitations of lightweight application server, which can help enterprises to use it more efficiently.

Lightweight application server application scenario

At present, the lightweight application server is in the initial stage of operation. Although there are many powerful functions, it is not supported to mount a cloud hard disk as an example data disk at present. So this means that the lightweight application server is more suitable for some primary scenarios. In terms of purchase, lightweight application server currently does not support changing the configuration of purchased instance packages, or because of its characteristics of portability, quick purchase and quick use.

In terms of intranet connection, enterprise users need to know these restrictions in advance. Different lightweight application servers can fully support mutual visits between different instances in the same region under the same account, but temporarily cannot support mutual visits between different instances in different regions under the same account or between two instances under different accounts.

Intranet connection

Externally, the lightweight application server is connected with the intranet of other Tencent Cloud products, and currently only supports the lightweight application server to access the object storage COS in the same area. At present, lightweight application servers can't access CVM, cross-regional COS, cloud database and load balancing CLB. But in fact, it does not affect the use of lightweight application servers in the early days of the cloud, because public network connection can be used in scenes that do not support intranet connection, and a reasonably configured firewall strategy can ensure security well.

How to Apply Lightweight Application Server

Through the above contents, enterprise users who use lightweight application servers can fully understand the limitations of lightweight application servers in the early stage. Generally speaking, the lightweight application server performs very well in supporting small websites, web applications, blogs, forums, cloud development tests, learning environments and other application scenarios.

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