Purchasing a Pay-per-Use CFW

Prerequisites

The current account has the BSS Administrator and CFW FullAccess permissions.

Constraints

• CFW can be used only in the region where it was purchased. To use CFW in another region, switch to that region and purchase it. For details about the regions where CFW is available, see Function Overview.
• A maximum of 1 Gbit/s bandwidth traffic (total traffic passing through the firewall) can be protected.
• Only the professional edition supports the pay-per-use billing mode.

Purchasing a Pay-per-Use Professional CFW

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, click and choose Security & Compliance > Cloud Firewall. The Dashboard page will be displayed.
4. Click Buy CFW and configure parameters. For details, see Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameters for purchasing pay-per-use CFW

   Parameter	Description
   Billing Mode	If you select Pay-per-use, you will be charged for the protection on your workloads from purchase to unsubscription.
   Region	Region where the CFW is to be purchased. NOTICE: CFW can be used in the selected region only. To use CFW in another region, switch to the corresponding region and then purchase it. For details about the regions where CFW is available, see Can CFW Be Used Across Clouds or Regions?
   Edition	Currently, only the professional edition is supported.
   Firewall Name	Firewall name. It must meet the following requirements: Only letters (A to Z and a to z), numbers (0 to 9), spaces, and the following characters are allowed: -_ The value can contain 1 to 48 characters.
   Enterprise Project	In the drop-down list, select the enterprise project that you belong to. The purchased CFW then belongs to that enterprise project and protects all resources in that project. This option is only available if you have enabled enterprise projects, or if you are logged in using an enterprise master account. To use this function, enable Enterprise Center. You can use an enterprise project to centrally manage your cloud resources and members by project. NOTE: Value default indicates the default enterprise project. Resources that are not allocated to any enterprise projects under your account are displayed in the default enterprise project.
   Tags	It is recommended that you use the TMS predefined tag function to add the same tag to different cloud resources.

5. Confirm the information and click Buy Now.
6. Confirm the order details, select I have read and agreed to the Huawei Cloud Firewall Service Statement, and click Next.
7. Select a payment method and pay for your order.