This topic describes how to manage a block gateway in the Cloud Storage Gateway console, including how to create, delete, and rename a block gateway.
Prerequisites
- An Alibaba Cloud account is created and the real-name verification is completed. For
more information, see Create an Alibaba Cloud account.
Note We recommend that you log on to the CSG console as a RAM user. For more information, see Use RAM to implement account-based access control.
- An Alibaba Cloud account is created and the real-name verification is completed. For
more information, see Create an Alibaba Cloud account.
Note We recommend that you log on to the CSG console as a RAM user. For more information, see Use RAM to implement account-based access control.
- CSG is activated.
When you log on to the for the first time, activate the CSG service as prompted.
- A virtual private cloud (VPC) is available in the region where you want to create a block gateway. For more information, see Create an IPv4 VPC.
- An Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance is available in the region where you want
to create a block gateway. The ECS instance runs in the VPC. For more information,
see Create an ECS instance.
Note If your on-premises host is connected to a VPC by using an Express Connect circuit, you can also manage the block gateway on your on-premises host.
Create a block gateway
What to do next
The following table describes the related operations that you can perform on the Gateway Clusters page.
Operation | Description |
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Delete a gateway | Find the block gateway and choose Note You can delete only pay-as-you-go block gateways.
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in the Actions column.
Rename a gateway | Find the block gateway and click Edit in the Actions column to rename the gateway. |
Switch the billing method from pay-as-you-go to subscription | After you create a pay-as-you-go gateway, you can switch the billing method from pay-as-you-go
to subscription.
Find the file gateway and choose Switch the billing method from pay-as-you-go to subscription. . You are then redirected to the buy page. Select a specification as needed. For more information, see |
Upload log data | Find the file gateway and choose | to upload the log data for troubleshooting.
Settle payments | To settle the payment for a subscription gateway, choose | .
Change expiration policies | To change the expiration policy for a subscription gateway, find the gateway and choose Switch the expiration policy. | . For more information, see