You can change the billing method of ApsaraDB for HBase from pay-as-you-go to subscription based on your business requirements.

Prerequisites

  • Your instance whose billing method you want to change is a pay-as-you-go instance and is in the Running state.
  • Your account has no unpaid subscription orders for your instance whose billing method you want to change.
    Note If you change the billing method of an instance from pay-as-you-go to subscription, the system generates a subscription order. You cannot change the billing method from pay-as-you-go to subscription until you pay for this order. You can log on to the Alibaba Cloud Console, go to User Center, and click Orders. On the Orders page, you can pay for the order or cancel it.
  • Make sure that the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account is sufficient to pay the subscription fees.

Precautions

You cannot change the billing method of an instance from subscription to pay-as-you-go.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the ApsaraDB for HBase console.
  2. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the instance that you want to manage is deployed.
  3. On the Clusters page, find the instance whose billing method you want to change, click the The More icon icon in the Actions column, and click Switch to Subscription.
  4. On the HBase Subscription | Switch to Subscription page, complete the settings for the billing method change.
    1. Specify Duration and view the value of the Expiration Date parameter.
    2. Read and select the HBase Subscription Terms of Service and click Buy Now.
  5. On the Purchase page, complete the payment.