You can configure auto-renewal when you purchase a dedicated host or an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance. You can also manually renew the dedicated host or ECS instance later. This topic describes how to renew a dedicated host and ECS instance.
Background information
After a dedicated host expires, it is automatically shut down and enters the Stopped state for a duration of 15 days. During this period, your data on the dedicated host is retained. A renewal is required to start the dedicated host again. If you do not renew it within 15 days, the dedicated host is released and your data cannot be retrieved.
For more information, see Expiration and overdue payment.
Renew a dedicated host
The following table describes the methods that you can use to renew a dedicated host.
Method | Description | References |
Manual renewal | After a billing cycle expires, you can manually renew your subscription. Otherwise, your dedicated host is stopped or released and your business continuity is affected. | |
Auto-renewal | You can enable auto-renewal when you purchase a subscription dedicated host. If you enable auto-renewal for a dedicated host, fees are deducted from your credit card or PayPal account on the expiration date. If fees fail to be deducted, the system attempts to deduct the fees 6 days and 14 days after the expiration date until the renewal is successful. However, if the renewal fails all three times, the dedicated host is stopped. Configure auto-renewal |
Renew an ECS instance on a dedicated host
Only subscription ECS instances need to be renewed. For pay-as-you-go instances, you must make sure that you have sufficient balance within your Alibaba Cloud account to settle your bills. For more information, see Overview.
When you renew a subscription ECS instance, make sure that the new expiration time of the instance is not later than that of the dedicated host. If the new expiration time of the ECS instance is later than that of the dedicated host, the auto-renewal settings fail to take effect.
The following table describes features related to the renewal of a subscription ECS instance.
Feature | Scenario | References |
Manual renewal | You can manually renew instances in the ECS console at any time before they are automatically released. | |
Auto-renewal |
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Renewal and configuration downgrade | If the configurations of an instance exceed your requirements, you can renew the instance and downgrade the configurations within 15 days before the instance expires or before an expired instance is released. | |
Unified expiration date | If you have multiple subscription instances that expire on different dates, you can synchronize the expiration dates to the same day of the month to simplify management and renewal. |