If the billing method of network usage of an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance
that uses a public IP address does not meet your business requirements, you can change
the billing method.
Prerequisites
Before you change the billing method of network usage of a subscription instance from
pay-by-bandwidth to pay-by-traffic, make sure that your account has the permission
to perform the configuration downgrades.
Note You can click Privileges & Quotas on the Overview page in the ECS console to go to the Privileges & Quota Management page, and then
check whether your account has the permission to perform configuration downgrades.
Background information
The billing methods available for network usage are pay-by-bandwidth and pay-by-traffic.
You can change the billing method based on your needs.
This topic describes how to change the billing method of network usage of an instance
that uses a public IP address.
- For more information about how to modify the bandwidth configurations of instances,
see:
- For more information about how to modify the bandwidth of an elastic IP address (EIP),
see Modify the bandwidth of an EIP.
Change from pay-by-bandwidth to pay-by-traffic
The following section describes how to change the billing method of network usage of an instance from pay-by-bandwidth to
pay-by-traffic.
- Log on to the ECS console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- In the top navigation bar, select a region.
- Find the instance for which you want to change the billing method of network usage.
Then, perform a proper operation to go to the configuration page based on the billing
method of the instance.
- Find the Bandwidth section, select Pay-By-Traffic, and then set a peak bandwidth value.
- Read the notes and terms of service. Select ECS Service Terms.
- Confirm the configuration costs, click Confirm in the lower part of the page, and
then perform the subsequent operations as instructed on the page.
The new configurations take effect immediately after you change the billing method.
Change from pay-by-traffic to pay-by-bandwidth
The following section describes how to change the billing method of network usage of an instance from pay-by-traffic to pay-by-bandwidth.
- Log on to the ECS console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- In the top navigation bar, select a region.
- Find the instance for which you want to change the billing method of network usage.
Then, perform different operations to go to the configuration page based on the billing
method of the instance.
- Subscription
- Change the billing method of a single instance: Find the subscription instance for
which you want to change the billing method of network usage. Click Upgrade/Downgrade in the corresponding Actions column. In the Upgrade/Downgrade Wizard dialog box, select Upgrade and click Continue.
- Change the billing method of multiple instances: Select the subscription instances
for which you want to change the billing method of network usage. In the lower part
of the page, choose . In the dialog box that appears, select Modify Peak Bandwidth Value and click Continue.
- Pay-as-you-go
- Change the billing method of a single instance: Find the pay-as-you-go instance for
which you want to change the billing method for network usage. Choose in the corresponding Actions column.
- Change the billing method of multiple instances: Select the pay-as-you-go instances
for which you want to change the billing method of network usage. In the lower part
of the page, choose .
- Find the Bandwidth section, select Pay-By-Bandwidth, and then set a bandwidth value.
- Read the notes and terms of service. Select ECS Service Terms.
- Confirm the configuration costs, click Confirm in the lower part of the page, and
then perform the subsequent operations as instructed on the page.
The new configurations take effect immediately after you change the billing method.