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Configuring an Instance

After purchasing and enabling a database audit instance, you can manage it on the DBSS console. This section describes how to enable, disable, restart, unsubscribe from, release, and delete a database audit instance.

Prerequisites

  • For details about how to enable database audit, see Enable Database Audit.
  • Before enabling an instance, ensure that its Status is Disabled.
  • Before disabling, unsubscribing from or restarting an instance, ensure that its Status is Running.
  • Before releasing an instance, ensure that its Status is Frozen or its Billing Mode is Expired.
  • Before deleting an instance, ensure that it is idle.

Constraints and Limitations

  • Fees will be charged for pay-per-use instances even if their Status is Disabled. To avoid unnecessary costs, keep the instance Enabled or delete it if it is no longer needed.
  • After an instance is disabled, it stops auditing the database.
  • It takes 1 to 3 minutes to restart an instance. During this period, database audit is stopped.
  • After an instance is unsubscribed or released, the databases added to the instance, as well as the audit configuration and audit data will be deleted and cannot be restored.
  • After an instance is deleted, the databases added to the instance, as well as the audit configuration and audit data will be deleted and cannot be restored.

Configuring an Instance

  1. Log in to the DBSS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner on the displayed page and select a region.
  3. In the navigation tree on the left, choose Instances.

Enabling an Instance

  1. Click More > Enable in the Operation column of the target instance.
  2. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the information and click Yes. After the instance is enabled, check whether Status of the target instance is Running. If yes, the instance is running properly.

Disabling an Instance

  1. Click More > Disable in the Operation column of the target instance.
  2. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the information and click Yes. After the instance is disabled, check that Status of the target instance is Disabled, indicating that the instance has stopped running.

Restarting an Instance

  1. Click More > Restart in the Operation column of the target instance.
  2. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the restart information. If the information is correct, click Yes. After the instance is restarted, check whether Status of the target instance is Running. If yes, the instance is restarted successfully.

Unsubscribing from an Instance

  1. Click More > Unsubscribe in the Operation column of the target instance.
  2. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the unsubscription information and click Yes to initiate the unsubscription process. After unsubscription, the target instance will not be displayed in the database audit instance list.

Releasing an Instance

  1. Choose More > Release in the Operation column of the target instance.
  2. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the release information. If the information is correct, click Yes to initiate the release process. After the release is complete, the target instance is not displayed in the database audit instance list.

Deleting an instance

  1. Choose More > Delete in the Operation column of the target instance.
  2. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the instance information, enter DELETE, and click OK. The deleted instance will not be displayed in the database audit instance list.

References

Parent Topic: Managing Database Audit Instances