After you create a pay-as-you-go Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch or Logstash cluster, you can switch its billing method to subscription. This allows you to reserve resources in advance and obtain savings over pay-as-you-go. This topic describes how to switch the billing method of an Elasticsearch or Logstash cluster from pay-as-you-go to subscription.
Prerequisites
The Elasticsearch or Logstash cluster whose billing method you want to switch meets the following requirements:
The cluster belongs to your Alibaba Cloud account.
The cluster does not have an unpaid order for a billing method change.
If the cluster has such an unpaid order, you must cancel the unpaid order and place another order to switch the billing method.
The cluster is in a normal state.
The cluster does not contain data nodes with one or two vCPUs and 2 GiB of memory.
ImportantData nodes with one or two vCPUs and 2 GiB of memory may affect the performance stability of clusters. Therefore, Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch no longer provides data nodes with these specifications since May 2021. Existing data nodes with these specifications can still be used. If your cluster contains data nodes with these specifications, we recommend that you upgrade the data nodes at the earliest opportunity. For more information, see Upgrade the configuration of a cluster.
The version of the Elasticsearch cluster is not V7.4.
ImportantAfter May 2021, V7.4 is no longer provided. Existing V7.4 clusters are not affected. We recommend that you purchase V7.10 clusters.
Switch the billing method of an Elasticsearch cluster from pay-as-you-go to subscription
Log on to the Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Elasticsearch Clusters.
In the top navigation bar, select the resource group to which the cluster whose billing method you want to switch belongs and the region where the cluster resides.
On the Elasticsearch Clusters page, find the cluster whose billing method you want to switch and perform one of the following operations:
In the Actions column, choose
> Switch to Subscription. Click the ID of the cluster in the Cluster ID/Name column. On the Basic Information page, click Switch to Subscription.
On the Switch to Subscription page, select a subscription period.
You can purchase a cluster on a monthly basis. You must select at least one month as the subscription period.
Read and accept the terms of service and click Buy Now.
Complete the payment as prompted.
After you pay for the order, the billing method of the cluster is switched from pay-as-you-go to subscription.
Switch the billing method of a Logstash cluster from pay-as-you-go to subscription
Go to the Logstash Clusters page of the Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch console.
In the top navigation bar, select the region where the desired cluster resides.
On the Logstash Clusters page, find the cluster whose billing method you want to switch and perform one of the following operations:
In the Actions column, choose
> Switch to Subscription. Click the ID of the cluster in the Cluster ID/Name column. On the Basic Information page, click Switch to Subscription.
On the Switch to Subscription page, select a subscription period.
You can purchase a cluster on a monthly basis. You must select at least one month as the subscription period.
Read and accept the terms of service and click Buy Now.
Complete the payment as prompted.
After you pay for the order, the billing method of the cluster is switched from pay-as-you-go to subscription.