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Global Accelerator:Create and manage basic GA instances

Last Updated:Jan 15, 2024

Basic Global Accelerator (GA) instances use the high-quality global network bandwidth and transmission network of Alibaba Cloud to provide point-to-point acceleration services. You can use basic GA instances to accelerate content delivery at Layer 3 (IP protocols). This topic describes how to create and manage a basic GA instance.

A basic GA instance is created.

Basic GA instances support the subscription and pay-as-you-go billing methods. For more information about the billing rules of different billing methods, see Billing of subscription GA instances and Billing of pay-as-you-go GA instances.

Create a pay-as-you-go basic GA instance

Note

The first time you use a pay-as-you-go Global Accelerator instance, go to the pay-as-you-go GA activation page and activate Global Accelerator as prompted.

  1. Log on to the GA console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Basic Instance.

  3. On the Instances page, click Create Basic GA Instance.

  4. On the Create Basic GA Instance page, configure the following parameters, click Buy Now, and then complete the payment.

    Parameter

    Description

    Instance Billing Method

    Select a billing method for the basic GA instance.

    If you set this parameter to Pay-As-You-Go, the Bandwidth Billing Method parameter is set to Pay-By-Data-Transfer and you cannot modify the Bandwidth Billing Method parameter. For more information, see Billing of pay-as-you-go GA instances.

    Bandwidth Billing Method

    Select a bandwidth metering method.

    If you set this parameter to Pay-As-You-Go, the Bandwidth Billing Method parameter is set to Pay-By-Data-Transfer and you cannot modify the Bandwidth Billing Method parameter. The data transfer fees are managed by Cloud Data Transfer (CDT).

    After you purchase a GA instance whose bandwidth metering method is pay-by-data-transfer, you do not need to associate a basic bandwidth plan with the GA instance. For more information about the billing rules of CDT, see Pay-by-data-transfer.

    The first time you create a GA instance whose bandwidth metering method is pay-by-data-transfer, select the CDT Terms of Service to activate CDT.

    Resource Group

    Select the resource group to which the basic GA instance belongs.

    The resource group must be created in Resource Management by the current Alibaba Cloud account. For more information, see Create a resource group.

  5. Optional: Return to the GA console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Basic Instance. On the Instances page, view the basic GA instance that you created.

Create a subscription GA instance

  1. Log on to the GA console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Basic Instance.

  3. On the Instances page, click Create Basic GA Instance.

  4. On the Create Basic GA Instance page, configure the following parameters, click Buy Now, and then complete the payment.

    Parameter

    Description

    Instance Billing Method

    Select a billing method for the basic GA instance.

    If you set this parameter to Subscription, the Bandwidth Billing Method parameter is set to Pay-By-Bandwidth and you cannot modify the Bandwidth Billing Method parameter. For more information, see Billing of subscription GA instances.

    Bandwidth Billing Method

    Select a bandwidth metering method.

    If you set this parameter to Subscription, the Bandwidth Billing Method parameter is set to Pay-By-Bandwidth and you cannot modify the Bandwidth Billing Method parameter. The bandwidth fees are offset from the basic bandwidth plan that is associated with the GA instance.

    After you purchase a GA instance whose bandwidth metering method is Pay-By-Bandwidth, you must associate a basic bandwidth plan with the GA instance. For more information about bandwidth plan billing rules, see Subscription basic bandwidth plans.

    Subscription Duration

    Select the subscription duration of the basic GA instance.

    Select Auto-renewal. (Make sure that your account balance is sufficient.) to enable the auto-renewal feature for the basic GA instance.

    Resource Group

    Select the resource group to which the basic GA instance belongs.

    The resource group must be created in Resource Management by the current Alibaba Cloud account. For more information, see Create a resource group.

    Coupon

    Specify whether to use coupons.

    By default, Do Not Use Coupons is selected. You can select a coupon from the drop-down list.

    Terms of Service

    Read and agree to the Terms of Service.

  5. Optional: Return to the GA console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Basic Instance. On the Instances page, view the basic GA instance that you created.

What to do next

After you create a basic GA instance, you must perform the following steps before you can use the basic GA instance:

  1. Associate a basic bandwidth plan

    You only need to associate a basic bandwidth plan with subscription GA instances whose bandwidth metering method is pay-by-bandwidth

  2. Add an acceleration area and an accelerated IP address

  3. Add an endpoint group and endpoints

  4. Associate idle accelerated IP addresses with endpoints or Associate accelerated IP addresses with endpoints

Note

After you purchase a basic GA instance, you can move the pointer over the ID of the GA instance on the Instances page and click Pending Configuration to view the configuration progress of the GA instance and the next step.

More operations

Operation

Description

Update the basic information about a basic Global Accelerator instance

  1. In the left-side navigation pane, click Basic Instance.

  2. On the Instances page, find the GA instance that you want to manage, move the pointer over the instance name, and then click the 编辑 icon.

  3. In the dialog box that appears, change the name of the GA instance and click OK.

Renew a basic GA instance

  1. In the left-side navigation pane, click Basic Instance.

  2. On the Instances page, find the GA instance that you want to renew and click Renew in the Actions column.

  3. On the Renew page, configure the Duration parameter, read and agree to the Terms of Service, and then click Buy Now to complete the payment.

Replace a basic bandwidth plan

You can replace a basic bandwidth plan that is associated with a GA instance. This allows you to use a basic bandwidth plan that meets your requirements. The GA instance continues to forward network traffic when you replace the basic bandwidth plan.

You can replace the basic bandwidth plans of GA instances whose bandwidth metering method is pay-by-bandwidth.

After you replace the original basic bandwidth plan, the original basic bandwidth plan is disassociated from the Global Accelerator instance and the new basic bandwidth plan is associated with the Global Accelerator instance.

Before you replace a basic bandwidth plan, make sure that another basic bandwidth plan is purchased. The bandwidth provided by the new basic bandwidth plan must be greater than or equal to the total bandwidth that is allocated to acceleration areas. For more information, see Purchase and manage basic bandwidth plans.

  1. In the left-side navigation pane, click Basic Instance.

  2. On the Instances page, find the GA instance that you want to manage and click Replace Basic Bandwidth Plan in the Actions column.

  3. In the Replace Basic Bandwidth Plan dialog box, select the basic bandwidth plan that you want to use and click OK.

    • Resource Group: Select the resource group to which the basic bandwidth plan that you want to use belongs.

    • Bandwidth Plan to Use: Select a basic bandwidth plan from the drop-down list.

      You can select only a basic bandwidth plan that is in the Idle state.

Unsubscribe from a basic GA instance

You can unsubscribe from subscription basic GA instances. Before you unsubscribe from a basic GA instance, check whether you meet the conditions for unsubscription and make sure that data is migrated. For more information, see Refund policies.

Delete a basic GA instance

You can delete pay-as-you-go basic GA instances. Before you delete a GA instance, make sure that data is migrated and that the acceleration regions and the endpoint groups of the GA instance are deleted.

  1. In the left-side navigation pane, click Basic Instance.

  2. Click Delete Instance in the Actions column.

  3. In the dialog box that appears, click OK.

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