Step 1: Making Preparations
Before using OBS, you need to create a HUAWEI ID or an IAM user. This section describes how to create an ID, top up your account, purchase resource packages, and create an IAM user.
Creating a HUAWEI ID and Enabling Huawei Cloud Services
If you already have a HUAWEI ID, skip this part. If you do not have one, perform the following steps:
- Visit the Huawei Cloud official website and click Sign Up.
- Complete the creation as instructed.
After the creation is complete, you will be navigated to your ID information page.
(Optional) Purchasing Resource Packages
OBS also provides yearly/monthly resource packages. You can purchase such packages based on your usage plan. These resource packages cover the following options: storage, multi-AZ storage, outbound Internet traffic, and pull traffic.
You can refer to the following steps to purchase resource packages. If you do not need them, skip this part.
- Go to the Buy Resource Packages page.
- Set the parameters as prompted.
- Confirm the settings and click Add.
- In the list, confirm the resource packages and click Next.
- Confirm the order and click Submit.
If the order information is incorrect, click Previous to modify it and then continue with your purchase.
- Pay for the order as prompted.
Precautions for purchasing resource packages:
Package renewal is supported but unsubscription is not. After a resource package has expired, you can still use OBS, and you will be billed for subsequent resources you use on a pay-per-use basis as long as you have sufficient balance in your account.
Monthly reset rules for resource packages:
Reset by subscription period means that after a resource package is purchased, its quota will reset at 24:00:00 on the same day (the purchase day) of each month. For example, after you purchase an internet outbound traffic package of 2 TB (each month) for 6 months on April 15, you will have 2 TB internet outbound traffic available to use from April 15 to 24:00:00 of May 15. Then, at 00:00:00 on May 16, another 2 TB Internet outbound traffic will be allocated to you, so you can use this 2 TB traffic between 00:00:00 on May 16 and 24:00:00 on June 15. The following months follow the same rule until the purchased package expires. If you did not use up your quota in a month, the remaining quota will be cleared in the next month.
