Updated on 2024-05-16 GMT+08:00

Overview

Description

Yearly/Monthly ROMA Connect instances cannot run after their subscription expires. To continue using them, renew your subscription within the specified period. Otherwise, your instance resources will be deleted, and your data will be lost and cannot be restored.

Only yearly/monthly ROMA Connect instances can be renewed. Pay-per-use ROMA Connect instances can run as long as you have sufficient account balance.

If your subscription is renewed before it expires, all resources are retained and your ROMA Connect instance is not affected. For details about the status of a ROMA Connect instance after it expires, see Impact of Expiration.

Renewal Functions

Table 1 describes the functions related to the renewal of ROMA Connect instances.

Table 1 Renewal functions

Function

Description

Manually Renewing a ROMA Connect Instance

To use a yearly/monthly ROMA Connect instance longer, renew the subscription anytime on the console as long as the instance is not automatically deleted due to expiration.

Auto Renewal

After auto-renewal is enabled, the ROMA Connect instance is automatically renewed before the subscription expires. This prevents resources from being automatically deleted in the event that you forget to manually renew the subscription.

You can renew your subscription across the life cycle of your yearly/monthly ROMA Connect instance, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Life cycle of a ROMA Connect instance
  • A ROMA Connect instance is in the Running state from the time when it is purchased to the time when it expires.
  • After the instance expires, its status changes to Expired.
  • If the instance is not renewed upon expiration, it enters the grace period. If it is not renewed after the grace period ends, the status changes to Frozen.
  • If you do not renew your subscription after the grace period ends, your instance enters the retention period. If you do not renew the subscription within the retention period, your instance will be automatically deleted.

Both the grace and retention periods are 15 days.

Auto-renewal can be enabled anytime before a ROMA Connect instance expires. The system attempts to automatically renew the instance at 03:00 seven days before the instance expires. If the fee deduction fails, there will be one attempt at 03:00 every day until the instance expires or the renewal is successful. By default, fees are deducted seven days before your subscription expires. You can change this deduction date as required.