You can renew a subscription cluster to extend the subscription period. The fees generated after renewals are charged the same way as a newly purchased cluster. Pay-as-you-go clusters are billed based on the actual usage and do not expire. You do not need to renew pay-as-you-go clusters. You need only to make sure that you have sufficient balance in your Alibaba Cloud account.
Precautions
To prevent service interruptions when a subscription cluster expires and is not renewed within the specified period of time, we recommend that you enable auto-renewal.
Before renewal, make sure that your account has no unpaid renewal orders for the cluster whose subscription period you want to extend.
NoteYou can log on to the Billing Management console and choose Cost Management>Orders to complete the payment or cancel the order.
If you manually renew a cluster before the auto-renewal payment deduction, the subscription period is extended and a new expiration date is generated for this cluster. In this case, the system automatically renews the cluster before the new expiration date.
After you enable auto-renewal, the configuration takes effect the next day. If your cluster expires the next day, you must manually renew the cluster to prevent service interruptions.
Pay-as-you-go clusters do not expire. You do not need to renew pay-as-you-go clusters.
Auto-renewal
Enable auto-renewal when you create a subscription cluster
When you purchase a subscription cluster, you can select Auto-renewal.
After you enable auto-renewal for a subscription cluster, the system automatically renews the cluster based on the selected renewal cycle For example, if you select a three-month renewal cycle, you are charged for a three-month subscription in each renewal cycle.
Enable auto-renewal in the Billing Management console
You can enable auto-renewal for one or more ApsaraDB for ClickHouse clusters on the Renewal page.
Log on to the ApsaraDB for ClickHouse console.
In the top navigation bar, choose .
On the Renewal page, select an instance that you want to renew by specifying Instance ID, Status, Validity Period, Instances, and Region.
Find the instance that you want to renew and click Renew in the Actions column.
NoteTo enable auto-renewal for multiple clusters, you can select the check boxes next to the clusters, and click Enable Auto Renewal at the bottom of the page.
In the Enable Auto Renewal dialog box, set an auto-renewal cycle and click Auto Renew.
Manual renewal
Manually renew a subscription cluster in the ApsaraDB for ClickHouse console
Log on to the ApsaraDB for ClickHouse console.
In the upper-left corner, select the region where the cluster that you want to renew is deployed.
On the Clusters page, click Renew in the Actions column that corresponds to the cluster.
On the Renew page, set Duration.
Read and select ApsaraDB for ClickHouse (Subscription) Terms of Service, click Buy Now, and complete the payment as prompted.
Manually renew a subscription cluster in the Billing Management console
Log on to the ApsaraDB for ClickHouse console.
In the top navigation bar, choose .
On the Renewal page, select an instance that you want to renew by specifying Instance ID, Status, Validity Period, Instances, and Region.
Find the instance that you want to renew and click Renew in the Actions column.
NoteTo manually renew multiple clusters, you can select the check boxes next to the clusters, and click Batch Renew at the bottom of the page.
On the Renew page, set Duration.
Read and select ApsaraDB for ClickHouse (Subscription) Terms of Service, click Buy Now, and complete the payment as prompted.