This topic describes how to change the billing method of Cloud Firewall between subscription and pay-as-you-go.
Subscription to pay-as-you-go
Precautions
After you change the billing method from subscription to pay-as-you-go, fees of the unused resources for Cloud Firewall that uses the subscription billing method are refunded based on the refund rules.
During the change, a transient connection that lasts several milliseconds may occur. We recommend that you change the billing method during off-peak hours.
After the change, logs are delivered to a new project of Simple Log Service (SLS). The fees are included in the bills of SLS instead of Cloud Firewall. The original Logstore is deleted. We recommend that you export and back up logs in advance.
Procedure
Log on to the Cloud Firewall console.
In the upper-right corner of the Overview page, choose .
In the message that appears, read the information and click OK.
On the Cloud Firewall (Pay-as-you-go) | Switch to Pay-As-You-Go page, read Note, select I have read and agree Cloud Firewall (Pay-as-you-go) Terms of Service, and then click Buy Now.
Pay-as-you-go to subscription
Precautions
If you change the billing method of Cloud Firewall from pay-as-you-go to subscription, bills before the change are generated and settled at 18:00 on the next day.
During the change, a transient connection that lasts several milliseconds may occur. We recommend that you change the billing method during off-peak hours.
When you change the billing method, make sure that the new specifications are the same as or higher than the existing specifications.
After the change takes effect, some historical data changes.
The existing access control policies are not affected.
The intrusion prevention data is retained.
The log audit data is retained.
The log analysis data of Cloud Firewall that uses the pay-as-you-go billing method is stored in a project named
cloudfirewallnew-project-Alibaba Cloud account ID-Region IDin SLS. Fees are generated. If you no longer require the data, you can manually delete it.
Procedure
Log on to the Cloud Firewall console.
In the upper-right corner of the Overview page, choose .
On the Switch Billing Method of Cloud Firewall from Pay-as-you-go to Subscription page, read Note, select I have read and understand the preceding note., and then click Confirm.
On the Cloud Firewall buy page, select an edition of Cloud Firewall based on your business requirements.
The subscription billing method takes effect after you complete the payment. All configurations of Cloud Firewall that uses the pay-as-you-go billing method remain unchanged before you complete the payment. After you complete the payment, you are charged for Cloud Firewall based on the subscription billing method.