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Updated on 2024-07-05 GMT+08:00
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Changing the Number of CFW Expansion Packages

After purchasing a CFW, you can increase or decrease the number of protected EIPs and VPCs and the peak traffic at the Internet border.

Constraints

  • Only the number of expansion packages of yearly/monthly firewalls can be changed.
  • Peak protection traffic at Internet boundary: 5 Gbit/s for a standard edition CFW and 10 Gbit/s for a professional edition CFW.

Modifying Extension Packages

  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. In the Firewall Details area, click Modify next to Used/Available EIP Protection Quota, Protected VPCs/VPC Protection Quota, or Peak Traffic Protection to go to the Change CFW Edition page.
  5. Change the number of extension packages.

    By default, the number of extension packages cannot be reduced to 0. To set it to 0, perform the operations in Unsubscribing from an Extension Package.

    Figure 1 Adding EIP protection capacity

  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.

Unsubscribing from an Extension Package

  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. (Optional) Switch firewall instance: Select a firewall from the drop-down list in the upper left corner of the page.
  5. Hover your cursor over the edition name in the upper left corner of the page. Click Unsubscribe.
  6. Select the extension package to be unsubscribed from and click OK.
  7. After confirming that the information is correct, select I understand that a handling fee will be charged for this unsubscription.
  8. Click Next and complete the subsequent operations.