Lindorm instance expiration or overdue payments affect normal operation of your Lindorm instance. To continue using the instance, renew it or enable auto-renewal.
Expiration and overdue payments
Instance type | Instance status description | Solution |
Subscription instances | After an instance expires, the instance is immediately disabled and data is retained for 15 days. | Manually renew the instance. For more information, see Manually renew a subscription instance. Warning To prevent data loss, we recommend that you enable auto-renewal for the instance. For more information, see Enable auto-renewal. |
After the instance is disabled for 15 days, its computing and storage resources are released, and data is deleted and cannot be recovered. | Data cannot be recovered. | |
Pay-as-you-go instances | If your Alibaba Cloud account has an overdue payment, all pay-as-you-go instances under that account enter an overdue state and are immediately disabled. | Recharge your Alibaba Cloud account by clicking or Recharge. After you settle the overdue payment, the instance resumes normal operation immediately. Note If you want to use a pay-as-you-go instance for a long period of time, you can change the billing method of the instance from pay-as-you-go to subscription and select a subscription duration as needed. This can help you reduce costs. For more information, see Change the billing method of an instance from pay-as-you-go to subscription. |
After the instance is disabled for 15 days, its computing and storage resources are released, and data is deleted and cannot be recovered. | Data cannot be recovered. |