How does Alibaba Cloud back up data?

Alibaba Cloud can back up the data on the cloud server locally. The specific operation steps of data backup in Alibaba Cloud are as follows:

1. First, go to Alibaba Cloud's homepage and click Login in the upper right corner.

2. Enter Alibaba Cloud's account number and password, and click Login.

3. Click the console in the upper right corner.

4. Click the square icon consisting of nine small squares in the upper left corner.

5. Click Cloud Server ECS.

6. Click the instance under Cloud Server ECS.

7. Find the instance to be backed up in the instance list, click the disks and mirrors in more directories to the right of the instance, and then create a custom image.

8. Fill in the name and description of the custom image, and then click Create.

9. Click the mirror in the snapshot and mirror directory on the left, and you can see the newly created mirror in the mirror list. When the progress reaches 100% and the status is available, the data will be backed up.