Renewals for Realtime Compute for Apache Flink - Realtime Compute for Apache Flink

Pay-as-you-go workspaces do not have an expiration date and do not require renewal. Subscription workspaces are automatically released upon expiration. To continue using a subscription workspace, you must renew it before it expires. This topic describes how to renew workspaces and manage your renewal settings.

Prerequisites

The subscription workspace that you want to renew is in the normal or frozen state.

Important notes

Subscription workspaces have an expiration date. If you do not renew a workspace before it expires, your service may be interrupted and your data may be lost. For more information about resource changes after expiration, see Resource changes after expiration.
If your account has an overdue payment, you can continue to use your existing subscription workspaces. However, you cannot perform operations that incur costs, such as purchasing new workspaces or renewing existing ones.

Important
If auto-renewal for a workspace fails due to an overdue payment, the workspace will not be automatically renewed even after you add funds to your account. In this case, you must manually renew the workspace before it expires.

Manually renew a workspace

Log on to the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink console.
In the Actions column for the target workspace, choose > Renew.
On the Renew page, select a Renewal Duration.

You can renew a workspace on a monthly basis. The minimum renewal duration is one month.
Read the Alibaba Cloud International Website Realtime Compute Service Level Agreement, and then select the I have read and agree to Alibaba Cloud International Website Realtime Compute Service Level Agreement checkbox.
Click OK.
Review the order information and click Subscribe.

The renewal is complete upon successful payment.

Enable auto-renewal

Enable auto-renewal to avoid manual renewals and prevent service interruptions from missed payments. You can enable this feature for a workspace in two ways:

Enable auto-renewal when you create a workspace

Log on to the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink console. You can enable the auto-renewal feature on the page where you create a workspace, as shown in the following figure. For more information about how to create a workspace, see Activate Realtime Compute for Apache Flink. In the Subscription Duration section, select a duration and select the Enable checkbox for auto-renewal.
Enable auto-renewal on the Resource Renewal page
1. Log on to the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink console.
2. In the top navigation bar, choose Expenses > Renewal Management.
3. On the Resource Renewal page, filter for the workspaces you want to renew by specifying an expiration date range, Commodity Name, and region.
4. Click the manual renewal tab and use one of the following methods to enable auto-renewal.
  - To enable auto-renewal for a single workspace: Select the target workspace and click Enable auto-renewal in the Actions column.
  - To enable auto-renewal for multiple workspaces: Select the target workspaces and click Enable auto-renewal at the bottom of the workspace list.
5. On the manual renewal page, select the target resource instance and click Enable auto-renewal.
  
  On the auto-renewal tab, the target workspace appears in the list, indicating that auto-renewal is enabled.

Disable auto-renewal

To stop a workspace from automatically renewing, you must disable its auto-renewal setting. The system automatically processes the renewal payment nine days before the workspace expires. To prevent this charge, disable auto-renewal before the payment is processed.

Log on to the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink console.
In the top navigation bar, choose Expenses > Renewal Management.
On the Resource Renewal page, filter resources by expiration date, Commodity Name, or other criteria.

On the auto-renewal tab, use one of the following methods to disable auto-renewal.

Method	Actions	Description
Revert to manual renewal	For a single workspace: Find the target workspace, and in the Actions column, click > Enable Manual Renewal. Then, click OK. For multiple workspaces: Select the target workspaces, and then click Enable Manual Renewal above the instance list. Then, click OK.	After you revert to manual renewal, you must renew the workspace manually before it expires. For more information, see Manually renew a workspace.
Set for non-renewal	For a single workspace: Find the target workspace, and in the Actions column, click Set as Nonrenewal. Then, click OK. For multiple workspaces: Select the target workspaces, and then click Set as Nonrenewal above the instance list. Then, click OK.	If you choose this option, the workspace service is terminated upon expiration and you will receive only one expiration notice. To continue using the workspace, you must manually renew it or change this setting before it expires.

Click the manual renewal or Non-renewal upon Expiration tab. If the workspace appears in the list, auto-renewal is disabled.