Manual Renewal

Renewing a Subscription on the Cloud Service Console

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service for Kafka.
3. Renew a Kafka instance using one of the following methods:
   • Select one or more Kafka instances and click Renew in the upper left corner of the instance list. In the displayed Renew dialog box, click Yes.
   • In the row that contains the target Kafka instance, choose More > Renew.
   • Click the desired Kafka instance to view its details. Click Renew in the upper right corner to go to the Renew page.

4. Select a renewal duration and determine whether to enable Renewal Date to renew on a standard renewal date. For details, see Setting a Renewal Date. Confirm the price and click Pay.
   Figure 1 Confirming renewal
   

5. Select a payment method and make your payment. Once the order is paid, the renewal is complete.

Renewing a Subscription in Billing Center

1. Go to the Billing > Renewal page.
2. Customize search criteria.

   You can view all resources to be renewed on the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, Pay-per-Use After Expiration, and Renewals Canceled pages, and manually renew the resources.

   All resources that need to be manually renewed can be placed on the Manual Renewals tab page. For details, see Restoring to Manual Renewal.

3. Manually renew resources.
   • Separate renewal: Click Renew in the Operation column for the desired resource.
     Figure 2 Separate renewal
     
   • Batch renewal: Check the boxes for the desired resources, and click Batch Renew in the upper left corner.
     Figure 3 Batch renewal
     

4. Select a renewal duration and determine whether to enable Renewal Date to renew on a standard renewal date. For details, see Setting a Renewal Date. Confirm the price and click Pay.
   Figure 4 Confirming renewal
   

5. Select a payment method and make your payment. Once the order is paid, the renewal is complete.

Setting a Renewal Date

If you have multiple Kafka instances with different expiration dates, you can set a fixed expiration date to facilitate routine management and renewal.

In Figure 5, a user renews two resources that will expire at different time for one month and sets a fixed renewal date.

Figure 5 Setting a fixed renewal date

For details, see Setting a Renewal Date.