Help Center/ Distributed Message Service for RabbitMQ/ Billing/ Billing Mode Changes/ Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use
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Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

After creating a yearly/monthly RabbitMQ instance, you can change the billing mode to pay-per-use to reclaim some costs and use the instance more flexibly.

Notes and Constraints

The pay-per-use billing mode will take effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription has expired.

Prerequisites

  • The billing mode of the RabbitMQ instance is Yearly/Monthly.
  • The RabbitMQ instance is in the Running state.

Changing to Pay-per-Use on the Cloud Service Console

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. Click in the upper left and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for RabbitMQ).
  3. Set the billing mode to change to pay-per-use after the yearly/monthly subscription expires, in either of the following ways:

    • Choose More > Change Billing Upon Expiration in the Operation column of the desired RabbitMQ instance.
    • Select one or more RabbitMQ instances in the left and choose Change Billing Upon Expiration. In the displayed Change Billing Upon Expiration dialog box, click Yes.

  4. Confirm the change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use.

Changing to Pay-per-Use in Billing Center

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

    • Under the Pay-per-Use After Expiration tab, you can view the resources whose billing mode will change to pay-per-use upon expiration.
    • For resources on the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, and Renewals Canceled pages, you can set the billing mode to change to pay-per-use upon expiration.

  3. Set the billing mode to change to pay-per-use after the yearly/monthly subscription expires.

    • Single resource: Select the RabbitMQ instance for which you want to change the billing mode, and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the Operation column.
      Figure 1 Changing from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use for a single resource
    • Multiple resources: Select the RabbitMQ instances for which you want to change the billing mode, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the resource list.
      Figure 2 Batch changing from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use for resources

  4. Confirm the subscription change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration.

    Figure 3 Changing to pay-per-use upon expiration

Parent topic: Billing Mode Changes