How to backup instances in the Chinese regions
CPM can't be launched in China, since the AWS Marketplace is not enabled there. When it will be, CPM will be available as well.
That said, CPM can be launched in another region and can manage backups in China.
The Chinese regions are disabled in CPM by default, and need to be enabled using a utility on the CPM server.
To enable the Chinese regions, please connect to the CPM
instance using SSH (username: "cpmuser" and your assigned private key)
Then please type the following:
sudo cpm-manage-regions --list
<this will print the list of disabled regions>
To enable the Chinese regions:
sudo cpm-manage-regions --enable cn-north-1,cn-northwest
<the cn-northwest-1 region requires CPM v2.2.0 and newer>
When using the Chinese regions, please be aware that the accounts are different from accounts of all other regions,
so any operation you'll try to do with Chinese regions' account in other regions will fail and vice-versa.
Please make sure that in the Chinese regions' account definition, you disable all
other regions for scanning. Also, for other accounts, please disable
the Chinese regions for scanning.