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Elastic IP Address:Best practices for using EIPs protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium

Last Updated:Sep 19, 2023

This topic provides best practices for purchasing and using elastic IP addresses (EIPs) protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium. You can purchase EIPs protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium to protect your services.

Limits on using EIPs protected by Anti-DDoS Origin Basic

By default, Anti-DDoS Origin Basic can mitigate up to 5 Gbit/s of DDoS attacks. The free mitigation threshold varies based on the region. For more information, see View the thresholds that trigger blackhole filtering in Anti-DDoS Origin Basic.

Descriptions

Alibaba Cloud provides EIPs protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium, which can mitigate DDoS attacks at the Tbit/s level.

You do not need to perform additional configurations for Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium or change your service IP addresses when you use EIPs protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium. EIPs protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium are ideal for scenarios that require high security and low latency, such as large-scale gaming and important livestreaming activities.

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Billing

Only pay-as-you-go EIPs support Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium. You are charged a security protection fee after you purchase an EIP protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium. The following figure shows the billable items of EIPs protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium.高防EIP计费组成

  • For more information about the bandwidth fee or data transfer fee of a pay-as-you-go EIP, or the billing rules of EIP configuration fees, see Pay-as-you-go EIPs.

  • For more information about the billing rules of security protection fees, see Billing.

    Note

    The security protection fee is charged additionally and does not affect the billing of EIPs.

Limits

  • Only pay-as-you-go EIPs support Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium

  • You can enable Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium only when you purchase an EIP. After you purchase an EIP for which Anti-DDoS Origin Basic is enabled, you cannot upgrade Anti-DDoS Origin Basic to Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium.

  • The following regions support EIPs integrated with Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium.

    Area

    Region

    China

    China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), and China (Hong Kong)

    Asia Pacific

    Philippines (Manila), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and Indonesia (Jakarta)

    Europe & Americas

    US (Virginia), US (Silicon Valley), Germany (Frankfurt), and UK (London)

Use methods

  1. Click Anti-DDoS Origin (Pay-as-you-go) to activate Anti-DDoS Origin (pay-as-you-go) for the Alibaba Cloud account with which you want to purchase EIPs protected by Anti-DDoS Origin.

    If Anti-DDoS Origin (pay-as-you-go) is already activated, skip this step.

    Warning

    Anti-DDoS Origin (pay-as-you-go) is activated on a monthly basis for at least 30 days. You cannot deactivate the service within 30 days after the service is activated. After you activate Anti-DDoS Origin (pay-as-you-go) and add a service to be protected, the billing starts. For more information about the billing rules of security protection fees, see Billing.

  2. Purchase an EIP protected by Anti-DDoS Pro/Premium. For more information, see Apply for an EIP.

    On the buy page:

    • Billing Method: Select Pay-As-You-Go.

    • Security Protection: Select Anti-DDoS (Enhanced). 按量付费

  3. Optional: Log on to the Traffic Security console. On the Network Security > Billing Management page, view the usage. You can also click Change Bandwidth Specification to apply for an adjustment to the bandwidth.