Dear Alibaba Cloud users,
To provide better service capabilities, Cloud Firewall that uses the pay-as-you-go billing method supports a disabling mechanism. If no asset is added to your Cloud Firewall that uses the pay-as-you-go billing method for 30 consecutive days, including Internet-facing assets and internal-facing assets, Cloud Firewall disables the Internet Firewall or NAT Firewall feature on the 31st day. Other related modules are restored to the initial status. The mechanism does not affect your business.
Description
Cloud Firewall that uses the pay-as-you-go billing method automatically synchronizes assets and checks whether assets are added in real time. If the system detects that no asset is added to your Cloud Firewall that uses the pay-as-you-go billing method for 30 consecutive days, the system sends notifications. Cloud Firewall can send this type of notifications from December 14, 2023.
If no asset is added to your Cloud Firewall for 30 consecutive days, Cloud Firewall automatically disables the Internet Firewall or NAT Firewall feature. Other related modules are restored to the initial status. You can re-enable the modules based on your business requirements. For more information, see How to re-enable the Internet Firewall or NAT Firewall feature.
What you need to do
When you receive a notification indicating that no asset is added to your Cloud Firewall, you can perform the following operations:
If you want to use Cloud Firewall that uses the pay-as-you-go billing method to protect your assets, we recommend that you log on to the Cloud Firewall console to view the protection status of your assets.
If no asset is protected, you must manually enable firewalls for the required assets. For more information, see Internet firewall and NAT firewall.
If you no longer want to use Cloud Firewall that uses the pay-as-you-go billing method, you can manually release it. For more information, see Release Cloud Firewall.
How to re-enable the Internet Firewall or NAT Firewall feature
If the Internet Firewall or NAT Firewall feature is disabled, you can perform the following operations to re-enable the feature:
Log on to the Cloud Firewall console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Firewall Settings.
Click the Internet Firewall or NAT Firewall tab, and click Enable Now.
After you enable the feature, the system takes approximately 1 to 5 minutes to initially synchronize asset information.
For more information, see Internet firewall and NAT firewall.