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Updated on 2024-07-23 GMT+08:00
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How Do I Change the Billing Mode of a VPN Gateway from Pay-Per-Use to Yearly/Monthly?

Prerequisites

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

    To change the billing mode of a VPN gateway billed by traffic from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly, first change the VPN gateway from being billed by traffic to being billed by bandwidth and then from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly.

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

Procedure

Perform the following operations:
  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 in the upper left corner. Under Networking, select Virtual Private Network.
  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Virtual Private Network > Classic.
  5. On the VPN Gateways page, locate the row that contains the target VPN gateway, choose More > Change Billing Mode in the Operation column.
  6. In the displayed Change Billing Mode dialog box, click OK.
    • The billing mode of a VPN gateway cannot be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.
    • Resource quotas of a yearly/monthly VPN gateway can be decreased upon a renewal.
    • 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. On the Change Subscription page that is displayed, confirm the information about the VPN gateway and configure the renewal duration.

    Click Pay.

  8. On the payment page, confirm the order information, select coupon or discount, and select the payment method.

    Click Pay.

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

Parent topic: Billing and Payments