EPAM C2S is a core EPAM Cloud service providing cloud infrastructure and related resources as a high scale, multi-tenant private IaaS service. EPAM Cloud operates on the self-service basis with users deploying operating system images and running their applications as needed.
EPAM C2S features the industry's most advanced identity and permission scheme and distributed firewall to keep customers' workloads protected inside EPAM Cloud.
This topic contains the following sections:
The current page gives the general information on the service and the main workflows. However, while working with the services, our users encounter new questions they need assistance with. The most frequently asked questions on EPAM Cloud Services are gathered on the Cloud Services FAQ page. Visit the page to check whether we have a ready answer for your question.
EPAM Cloud is your platform for creating virtual environments. Run virtual machines, deploy platform services, explore hybrid opportunities - all within the secure perimeter of EPAM Cloud private regions and the leading cloud providers - AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
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Please note, that the new OpenStack regions have SSD disks available by the same price as the HDD ones. The ESX regions do not support SSD.
EPAM Cloud allows to run instances, based on three operating systems, each accompanied by a default system storage disk:
| Base OS | Default Storage |
| Windows | 100 GB |
| Linux | 40 GB |
| Mac (Virtual) | 60 GB |
| Mac (Hardware) | 300 GB |
You can find the details on instances creation, available images, and other basic information on the service further on this page.
Please see below for the available regions, virtual machine configurations, supported images, and the basic pricing concepts.
This page is oriented on EPAM cloud general approaches. You can find the specifics of external cloud usage on the Hybrid Cloud page and in the respective document.
EPAM Cloud regions have different geographical locations and are based on different virtualization types. For some regions, the virtualization type defines certain special features and limitations.
EPAM-MAC
EPAM-MAC region is designed to enable Mac resources provisioning. No other instance types can be created here. The region hosts two types of instances - virtual and hardware, each having its own specifics.
Virtual. Virtual MacOS instances have a choice between MacOS 10.10 Yosemite, MacOS 10.11 El Capitan or MacOS 10.12 Sierra operating systems. The instance details are:
Hardware. The other type of resources that can be provided in EPAM-MAC region, are reusable hardware Macmini (OS X 10.12.x) servers that can be provided for project needs. The specifics of this kind of resources are:
EPAM-BY2
EPAM-IN1, EPAM-US2
EPAM-UA2
EPAM-UA2 is currently run in the Beta mode, and has the following specifics:
Network specifics in OpenStack-based regions
This can cause issues when you try to bind some process to hostname instead of instance IP.
If you are a member of a project activated in EPAM Cloud, you can use Cloud resources for your project purposes. By running a virtual machine of the selected configuration you will access the Cloud capacities and services corresponding to your project requirements.
While requesting a virtual machine, you have to consider the following basic parameters which will determine your machine performance and cost:
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The images and shapes available in EPAM Cloud are described below. Once you have selected the virtual machine configuration, use the Run Wizard on the
Cloud Management Console or run the following command in Maestro CLI:
or2run -p project -r region -i image -s shape
By default, each C2S instance includes 100 GB Storage Volume for Windows Instances and 40 GB Storage Volume for Linux Instances by default. If your needs are above that, you can attach additional storage volumes, as described in Maestro CLI User Guide.
Each virtual machine is created with a certain shape defining its capacity. The shape is determined by the number of vCPUs and the RAM memory volume. Instance shape is one of the factors influencing the cost of your virtual machine.
Below is the list of available shape sizes.
Please, note that the maximum RAM size available throughout self-service for EPAM service regions is 15GB. If you need more RAM for your instance, please, use AWS-type regions (see Hybrid Cloud guide for details)
| EPAM Cloud Shape | CPU | RAM, GB | AWS Instance Type | Microsoft Azure Instance Size | Google Cloud Instance Type |
| MICRO | 1 | 0.5 | t2.nano, t1.micro* | A0 | MICRO |
| MINI | 1 | 1 | t2.micro | - | MINI |
| SMALL | 1 | 2 | t2.small, m1.small* | A1 | SMALL |
| MEDIUM | 2 | 4 | t2.medium, c3.large* | A2 | MEDIUM |
| LARGE | 2 | 8 | t2.large, m1.large* | A3 | LARGE |
| XL | 4 | 7.5 | c4.xlarge, c3.xlarge* | - | - |
| 2XL | 4 | 16 | m4.xlarge, m3.xlarge* | - | - |
| 3XL | 8 | 15 | c4.2xlarge, c3.2xlarge* | - | - |
| 4XL | 6 | 23 | - | - | - |
| 5XL | 8 | 32 | m4.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge* | - | - |
| 6XL | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7XL | 8 | 61 | r4.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge* | - | - |
| 8XL | 16 | 92 | r4.4xlarge | - | - |
*Instance types used for PV-based custom instances (the default virtualization type for AWS is HVM).
Instance types for which mapping is not available can be requested directly via the native cloud provider tools.
For OpenStack regions, the shape parameter also includes the disk type (HDD/SSD) and the possible custom flavors (the system disk size: 100, 200, 300, 500 GB). In case these parameters should be set, they are given as shapeName.diskType.flavor.
All Windows systems are available in Enterprise edition and use Active Directory log-in type.
Below is given the list of Public Machine Images with Windows OS, and their availability in different types of regions and supported external cloud providers.
| Image Description | Alias/Image Name | Private CSA | Private OpenStack | AWS | Azure | |
| Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition | W2012Std | + | - | + | - | + |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition | W2012R2Std | + | + | + | + | + |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition | W2012R2DC | - | - | - | + | + |
| Windows Server 2016 Standard | W2016Std | + | + | + | + | - |
| Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition | W20162DC | - | - | - | + | + |
| Windows Server Core 1709 | WS1709Std | - | + | + | + | - |
| Windows 10 Enterprise 32-bit | Win10-32 | + | + | - | - | - |
| Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit | Win10-64 | +/-* | +/-* | - | - | - |
*Win10 images are temporarily locked in OpenStack regions due to OpenStack performance issues.
Please note: Windows aliases in AWS, Azure and Google have descriptions other than those in private regions. The general approach is given in the table. However, the set of provided images can alter in specific regions.
Logging in to Linux instances if done using SSH and/or the standard domain credentials.
Below is given the list of Public Machine Images with Linux OS, and their availability in different types of regions and supported external cloud providers.
| Image Description | Alias/Image Name | Private CSA | Private OpenStack | AWS | Azure | |
| CentOS Linux 6 64-bit | CentOS6_64-bit | + | + | + | + | + |
| CentOS Linux 7 64-bit | CentOS7_64-bit | + | + | + | + | + |
| Oracle Linux 6 64-bit | OracleLinux6_64-bit | + | + | - | - | - |
| Oracle Linux 7 64-bit | OracleLinux7_64-bit | + | + | - | - | - |
| Debian GNU/Linux 8 64-bit | Debian8_64-bit | + | + | + | + | + |
| Debian GNU/Linux 9 64-bit | Debian9_64-bit | + | + | + | + | + |
| Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit LTS | Ubuntu14.04_64-bit | + | + | + | + | + |
| Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit LTS | Ubuntu16.04_64-bit | + | + | + | + | + |
| Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit LTS | Ubuntu18.04_64-bit | - | + | + | + | + |
| CoreOS Container Linux 64-bit | CoreOS_64-bit | + | + | + | + | + |
Please note: the general approach is given in the table. However, the set of provided images can alter in specific regions. In external cloud regions, the last stable versions of CoreOS images are provided. Please see the information about CoreOS images in AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure regions.
EPAM Cloud supports three virtual MacOS images and one hardware MacOS image. Virtual MacOS systems are accessible with EPAM user credentials (without @epam.com), and hardware MacOS systems - with the default "user/user" login/password that should be changed at first system start.
Below is the list of Public Machine Images with MacOS.
| Image Description | Alias/Image Name | Type |
| MacOS 10.10 Yosemite | MacOS_10.10_Yosemite | Virtual |
| MacOS 10.11 EL Capitan | MacOS_10.11_EL_Capitan | Virtual |
| MacOS 10.12 Sierra | MacOS_10.12_Sierra | Virtual |
| MacOS 10.13 HighSierra | MacOS_10.13_HighSierra | Virtual |
| OS X 10.12.x | macmini_OS_X | Hardware |
Hardware MacOS machines are created with MacOS_10.12_Sierra operating system.
MacOS instances are run in the dedicated EPAM-MAC region physically located in Minsk. Virtual MacOS instances are billed at the level of EPAM-BY1 region, while hardware MacOS machines are billed at a fixed charge of $30 per month, calculated on the hourly basis (30/730.5 USD per hour). The cost of a hardware MacOS is calculated by multiplying the hourly price by the number of hours the machine was actually used.
You can retrieve the list of the images available for the specified project using or2-describe-images CLI command.
The command returns information about images. If you specify one or more image IDs, Orchestrator returns information for those images. If you do not specify image IDs, Orchestrator returns information for all relevant images according to your access rights.
The command response gives the the list of the available images, according to your permissions, their descriptions, group type, size and state.
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EPAM Cloud supports a solution based on dedicated instances concept, that allows to add hardware resources under Orchestrator control. This means that after a hardware server is registered in Cloud, its billing and events information becomes available via Orchestration.
Hardware server registration in Cloud is initiated by a user's request to DEV SRV team, responsible for hardware support in Cloud.
Dedicated instances related to hardware resources are assigned to the hardware region, EPAM-HW1, and this region name should be used in commands used to address the dedicated servers. Billing of hardware servers depends on their location.
After a hardware server is registered in Cloud, the user can retrieve the following server-related information:
or2din -p project -r EPAM-HW1
or2report -p project -r EPAM-HW1 -y 2015 -m 06
or2audit -p project -r EPAM-HW1 -g HARDWARE
The information on dedicated instances is also available on Cloud Management Console, same as the information on any other instance in Cloud:
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In EPAM Cloud, pricing depends on platforms and providers you use to host your virtual resources.
Billing in EPAM Regions
The described billing policy is applied since August 1, 2018. For the details of the previous policy, please see Annex C in the Account Management Guide.
The basic cost of Cloud resources hosted in EPAM regions is defined by the used CPU, RAM and HDD, as well as the license fee for Windows VMs. Additional chargeback can be applied for creating checkpoints and custom machine images.
Although the hourly price by which the virtual resources are billed is the same in each region, the final cost for identic VMs in OpenStack and ESX-based regions can vary. This is cosed by the difference in costs calculations. In ESX regions, the billing is calculated hourly, while in OpenStack ones, per-second billing is applied.
In both cases, the hourly/secondly price is derived from the monthly price for each element, with calculations based on average 730.5 hours per month.
The table below provides the virtualization types of different regions, and their billing approaches:
| Location | Service Region | Virtualization type | Billing Approach |
| Europe (Budapest, Hungary) | EPAM-HU1 | ESX | Per-hour |
| CIS (Minsk, Belarus) | EPAM-BY1 | ESX | Per-hour |
| CIS (Minsk, Belarus) | EPAM-BY2 | OpenStack | Per-second |
| CIS (St. Petersburg, Russia) | EPAM-RU2 | ESX | Per-hour |
| USA (Edison, NJ) | EPAM-US2 | OpenStack | Per-second |
| Europe (Kiyiv, Ukraine) | EPAM-UA1 | ESX | Per-hour |
| Europe (Kiyiv, Ukraine) | EPAM-UA2 | OpenStack | Per-second |
| CIS (Minsk, Belarus) | EPAM-MAC | ESX | Per-hour |
| Asia (Hyderabad, India) | EPAM-IN1 | OpenStack | Per-second |
Please note that although billing in EPAM Cloud is unified, some services may be subject to a specific pricing policy. In such cases the respective information is given in the service desctiption.
For more details on EPAM Cloud billing model, please, see our Account Management Guide and the Billing and Quotas page.
Billing in External Clouds
EPAM Orchestrator provids access to external Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud),without adding any extra fees to their costs. It means, that all the bills for external cloud usage are passed to the users "as is", and include only costs for the used infrastructures.
For more details on the biling and reporting specifics for each supported cloud provider, please see the Hybrid Cloud Guide