After you enable auto-renewal for your subscription Lindorm instances, you do not need to manually renew the instances on a regular basis. This helps you reduce management costs, and prevents service interruptions for the Lindorm instances. If your subscription instances do not require auto-renewal, you can disable auto-renewal for the instances. This topic describes how to enable auto-renewal for a subscription Lindorm instance.
Prerequisites
The billing method of your Lindorm instance is subscription.
Usage notes
After you enable auto-renewal for a Lindorm instance, the system deducts fees from your Alibaba Cloud account for the first time three days before the instance expires. If the deduction fails, the system attempts to deduct the fees on the last day before the instance expires, the day on which the instance expires, the sixth day after the instance expires, and the fourteenth day after the instance expires. If the automatic renewal does not succeed before the instance expires, manually renew the subscription of your instance to avoid data loss. Make sure that the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account is sufficient to prevent renewal failures.
If you manually renew a Lindorm instance before the automatic renewal is performed, automatic renewal is not performed within the current billing cycle and will be performed before the instance expires in the next billing cycle.
Auto-renewal takes effect the next day after it is enabled. If your subscription instance is about to expire the next day, renew it manually to avoid service interruptions. For more information, see Manually renew a subscription instance.
If you change the resources before the renewal order takes effect, you can unsubscribe from only the resources. In this case, you cannot cancel the resource renewal order.
If the deduction fails, the system sends a notification message to the mobile phone number and email address that are bound to your Alibaba Cloud account. Check the notification message and renew your instance at the earliest opportunity to prevent service interruptions that are caused by the downtime of the instance.
Methods that are used to enable auto-renewal
You can use one of the following methods to enable auto-renewal:
Enable auto-renewal when you create an instance
You can enable auto-renewal when you purchase a Lindorm instance. In this case, the system automatically renews the instance. The renewal cycle is the same as the subscription duration that you specify for the instance. For example, if you set the subscription duration of an instance to three months and enable auto-renewal for the instance, the system automatically renews the instance for an additional month before the instance expires three months later.
When you create a subscription Lindorm instance, specify Subscription Length and select Auto-renewal. This way, the system can automatically renew the Lindorm instance before the Lindorm instance expires. The following figure shows an example.
Enable auto-renewal when you use an instance
When you enable auto-renewal for an instance on the Renewal page of the Billing Management console, you can select a renewal cycle. The system performs auto-renewal based on the renewal cycle that is selected. For example, if you set the renewal cycle to three months for an instance, the system automatically renews the instance for an additional month before the instance expires three months later.
Log on to the Lindorm console.
In the top navigation bar of the page, choose Expenses > Renewal Management.
On the Renewal page, select ApsaraDB for Lindorm (Subscription) for Instances, and then click the Manual or Nonrenewal tab.
Perform the following operations to enable auto-renewal for your Lindorm instance based on your requirements:
Enable auto-renewal for a single instance
On the Manual or Nonrenewal tab, find the instance that you want to renew and click Enable Auto Renewal in the Actions column corresponding to the instance.
In the Enable Auto Renewal dialog box, specify an auto-renewal cycle.
Click Auto Renew.
Enable auto-renewal for multiple instances in a batch
On the Manual or Nonrenewal tab, select multiple instances.
On the Manual or Nonrenewal tab, click Enable Auto Renewal in the lower-left corner.
In the Enable Auto Renewal dialog box, specify an auto-renewal cycle.
Click Auto Renew.
Related operations
You can also perform the following operations on the Renewal page in the Billing Management console:
To change the auto-renewal cycle of a Lindorm instance, perform the following operations:
Click the Auto tab. On the Auto tab, find the instance for which you want to change the auto-renewal cycle and click Edit Auto Renewal in the Actions column.
To manually renew a Lindorm instance, perform the following operations:
Click the Manual, Auto, or Nonrenewal tab. In the list that appears, find the instance that you want to renew, click Renew in the Actions column, and then select a subscription duration.
To enable non-renewal for a Lindorm instance, perform the following operations:
Click the Manual or Auto tab. In the list that appears, find the instance that you want to manage and click Nonrenewal in the Actions column to stop the instance from being renewed after the instance expires.
To disable auto-renewal for a Lindorm instance, perform the following operations:
Click the Auto or Nonrenewal tab. In the list that appears, find the instance that you want to manage and click Enable Manual Renewal in the Actions column to change the renewal type from auto-renewal to manual renewal.