Auto-renewing a Cluster

Auto-renewal can prevent ECSs from being automatically deleted if you forget to manually renew them. The auto-renewal rules are as follows:

The first auto-renewal date is based on when the cluster expires and the billing cycle.
The auto-renewal period of a cluster varies depending on how you enable auto-renewal.
You can enable auto-renewal anytime before a cluster expires. By default, the system will make the first attempt to charge your account for the renewal at 03:00, seven days before the expiry date. If this attempt fails, it will make another attempt at 03:00 every day until the subscription is renewed or expires.
After auto-renewal is enabled, you can still manually renew the cluster if you want to. After a manual renewal is complete, auto-renewal is still valid, and the renewal fee will be deducted from your account seven days before the new expiry date.
By default, the renewal fee is deducted from your account seven days before the new expiry date. You can change this auto-renewal payment date as required.

For more information about auto-renewal rules, see Auto-Renewal Rules.

Prerequisites

The yearly/monthly cluster is not expired.

Auto-renewal has been enabled during the purchase.

You can enable auto-renewal on the cluster purchase page, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Enabling auto-renewal

If you enable auto-renewal when buying a cluster, the auto-renewal periods are as follows:

Monthly billing: Your subscription will be renewed each month.
Yearly billing: Your subscription will be renewed each year.

Enabling Auto-Renewal on the Renewals Page

Log in to the CSS management console.
On the top of the console page, choose Billing & Costs > Renewal.
Select the search criteria.
- On the Auto Renewals page, you can view the resources for which auto-renewal has been enabled.
- You can enable auto-renewal for resources on the Manual Renewals, Pay-per-Use After Expiration, and Renewals Canceled pages.
Figure 2 Renewals
Select one or more clusters and click Enable Auto-Renew.
Select a renewal period, specify the auto-renewal times, and click Pay.

Modifying Auto-Renew

Only yearly/monthly clusters can be renewed. If you use pay-per-use clusters, just ensure that your account has a valid payment method configured or a top-up account with a sufficient balance.

Log in to the CSS management console.
On the navigation pane in the left, select the target cluster type to view the cluster list.

For example, choose Clusters > Elasticsearch in the navigation pane to view the cluster list.
Select the cluster that you want to change auto-renew information and click More > Change Auto-Renew in the Operation column.
Confirm the cluster information in the dialog box and click OK.

In the Modify Auto-Renew page, modify the renew parameters by referring to Table 1, and click OK.

**Table 1** Modifying auto-renew
Parameter	Description
Instance Name/ID	Select the cluster that you want to modify auto-renew information. You can click to view the cluster information.
Renewal Option	You can select Automatic and Manual.
New Auto-Renew Period	If the Renewal Option is set to Automatic, you need to set the New Auto-Renew Period based on your service requirements.
Auto-renewals	If the Renewal Option is set to Automatic, you need to determine whether to reset the number of auto-renewal times. If you select Reset Auto-renewals, you also need to select Unlimited or Custom. Unlimited: The cluster can be automatically renewed for an unlimited number of times. Custom: Enter a value from 1 to 1,000. The auto-renewal is disabled after the cluster is automatically renewed for the specified number of times.