Enable auto-renewal for a dedicated host - Dedicated Host

To prevent a subscription dedicated host from being accidentally released, you can enable auto-renewal for the dedicated host. After you enable auto-renewal, the system automatically renews the dedicated host at the specified time. You can disable the auto-renewal feature if necessary. This topic describes how to enable and disable auto-renewal for subscription dedicated hosts.

Prerequisites

The subscription dedicated host is not in the Expired state. For more information, see Lifecycle of dedicated hosts.

Background information

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.

The billing cycle of a subscription dedicated host depends on the subscription duration that you selected when you purchased the dedicated host:

If a dedicated host is purchased on a yearly basis, its billing cycle is one year.
If a dedicated host is purchased on a monthly basis, its billing cycle is one month.

Procedure

You can enable auto-renewal when you create a dedicated host. For more information, see Create a dedicated host. You can also enable or disable auto-renewal after you create a dedicated host. To enable or disable auto-renewal for a dedicated host, perform the following steps:

Log on to the ECS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > > Dedicated Hosts.
In the top navigation bar, select the region and resource group to which the resource belongs.
In the Actions column of the dedicated host that you want to configure, click Configure Renewal Settings.
In the Configure Renewal Settings dialog box, enable or disable auto-renewal based on your business requirements.
- Enable auto-renewal
  1. Turn on Auto-renewal.
  2. Select an auto-renewal duration from the Renewal Duration drop-down list.
  3. Optional. Turn on Renew with ECS Instance if you want to renew the dedicated host together with an ECS instance.
    Important
    To use this feature, make sure that auto-renewal is configured for the subscription ECS instances that are deployed on the dedicated host.
    - Enabled: The dedicated host is automatically renewed together with the ECS instances that are deployed on the dedicated host.
    - Disabled (default): The dedicated host is not automatically renewed together with the ECS instances that are deployed on the dedicated host.
- Disable auto-renewal
  Turn off Auto-Renewal.
Click OK.