Help Center/ Direct Connect/ Billing/ Renewing Subscriptions/ Auto-renewing a Connection
Updated on 2023-10-27 GMT+08:00

Auto-renewing a Connection

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

  • The first auto-renewal date is based on when a connection expires and the billing cycle.
  • The auto-renewal period depends on the subscription term. For example, if the subscription term is 3 months, your subscription is automatically renewed for three months every time before expiration.
  • You can enable auto-renewal at any time before a connection 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 expired.
  • After auto-renewal is enabled, you can still renew the connection manually 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 connection has not expired.

Enabling Auto-Renewal During Purchase

You can enable auto-renewal on the connection purchase page, as shown in Figure 1. For more information, see Creating a Connection.

Figure 1 Enabling auto-renewal

Enabling Auto-Renewal on the Renewals Page

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Hover over Billing & Costs in the upper part of the console and choose Renewal from the drop-down list.

    The Renewals page is displayed.

  3. Set the search criteria.
    • You can view the resources for which auto-renewal has been enabled on the Auto Renewals page.
    • You can enable auto-renewal for resources on the Manual Renewals and Renewals Canceled tabs.
  1. Enable auto-renewal for yearly/monthly resources.
    • Enabling auto-renewal for a single resource: Select the ECS for which you want to enable auto-renewal and choose More > Enable Auto-Renew in the Operation column.
    • Enabling auto-renewal for multiple resources at a time: Select the ECSs for which you want to enable auto-renewal and click Enable Auto-Renew above the list.
  1. Select a renewal period, specify the auto-renewal times, and click Pay.