Enabling or Modifying Auto Renewal

Constraints and Limitations

• The Pay-per-use mode is not supported. The Billing Mode of the target audit instance must be Yearly/Monthly.
• Auto-renewal can be enabled only for instances that have not enabled auto-renewal.
• Auto-renewal can be modified only for instances that have enabled auto-renewal.

Enabling or Modifying Auto Renewal

1. Log in to the DBSS console.
2. Click in the upper left corner on the displayed page and select a region.
3. In the navigation tree on the left, choose Instances.
4. Perform renewal operations.
   • Auto-renewal not enabled
     1. Click More > Enable Auto-Renewal in the Operation column of the target DB instance.
     2. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the instance information and click Yes. The Enable Auto-Renewal page is displayed.
     3. Select the renewal duration. If you select Preset Auto-renewals, click Unlimited or Custom.
     4. Confirm the information and click OK to enable auto-renewal. Return to the Instances page. Billing Mode is displayed as Yearly/Monthly (Auto-Renew).
   • Auto-renewal enabled
     1. Click More > Modify Auto-Renewal in the Operation column of the target DB instance.
     2. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the instance information and click Yes. The Modify Auto-Renewal page is displayed.
     3. Select a renewal method.
        • Auto-renewal upon expiration: Select the auto-renewal duration. You can also set the number of auto-renewals. You can click Unlimited or Custom.
        • Manual renewal: Disable auto-renewal. You need to manually renew the subscription every month.
     4. Confirm the information and click OK.

References

• You can manually enable a database audit instance. For details, see Starting an Instance.
• You can manually disable a database audit instance. For details, see Disabling an Instance.
• You can manually restart a database audit instance. For details, see Restarting an Instance.
• You can manually unsubscribe from a database audit instance. For details, see Unsubscribing from an Instance.
• You can manually release a database audit instance. For details, see Releasing an Instance.
• You can delete idle instances. For details, see Deleting an Instance.
• You can manually upgrade a database audit instance. For details, see Upgrading the Instance Version.
• You can add tags to database audit instances. For details, see Managing Instance Tags.
• Database audit instances support instance alarm handling. For details, see Handling Instance Alarm Information.