Create an authorization

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The PolarDB-X Lightweight Edition console lets you manage authorization orders. You can create authorizations in batches for each order.

Important
  • Currently, only orders for the Basic Edition (without management features) of PolarDB-X Lightweight Edition are supported. Orders for the Premium Edition (with management features) of PolarDB-X Lightweight Edition are not supported.

  • Set the region to China (Hangzhou). If you select a different region, you may have issues when you download installation packages or authorization files.

Create an authorization

  1. Log on to the PolarDB-X console.

  2. In the upper-left corner of the page, select the China (Hangzhou) region.

  3. In the navigation pane on the left, click Domestic Lightweight.

  4. Find the target order and click Create in the Actions column.

  5. In the Create Authorization panel, set the following parameters:

    Enter project information

    Required

    Description

    Order No.

    Yes

    The ID of the selected order. This is automatically filled.

    Name

    Yes

    A name for the authorization to make it easy to identify and manage.

    Description

    No

    A description of the authorization.

    MAC Address

    Yes

    • Separate multiple MAC Address with commas (,), for example: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx,xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.

    • Configure MAC addresses by uploading a local file.

    Port Range

    Yes

    This parameter is required only when Billing Type is set to Instance.

    • The value can be up to 255 characters in length and can contain only the characters 0-9 and -.

    • Enter a single port or a port range. Separate multiple entries with commas. The port number must be between 0 and 65535.

    • Example: 3306,4000-5000,7000.

  6. After you set the parameters, click OK to start the creation. You can view the creation status in the Creation History. The authorization is typically created within one minute.

  7. Click OK.

    Note

    After you create an authorization, you can view the authorization history.