Changing the Billing Mode of a VPN Gateway Billed by Bandwidth from Pay-Per-Use to Yearly/Monthly

Prerequisites

• A pay-per-use VPN gateway is billed by bandwidth.

  The billing modes available for a region are subject to those displayed on the page.

• The number of created VPN connections is less than 10.
• At least 10 more VPN connections can be created in this account.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. Click Service List and choose Networking > Virtual Private Network.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Virtual Private Network > Classic > VPN Gateways.

   If Enterprise Edition VPN is available for the selected region, choose Virtual Private Network > Classic. The VPN Gateways tab page is displayed.

5. Locate the row that contains the target VPN gateway, and choose More > Change Billing Mode in the Operation column.
6. In the displayed Change Billing Mode dialog box, click OK.
   

   • In the yearly/monthly billing mode, Required VPN Connections indicates the total number of VPN connections that can be created for the VPN gateway free of charge.
   • After you change the billing mode of a VPN gateway from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly, the number of VPN connections that can be created for the VPN gateway is 10 by default.
7. Confirm the VPN gateway information and set a renewal duration.
8. Click Pay.
9. On the payment page, confirm the order information, select a coupon or discount, and select the payment method.
10. Click Pay.
    

    Changing the billing mode of a VPN gateway from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly will not affect your services.