Upgrade Commercial Version¶
Guance Cloud Community Version provides a simple, easy-to-get and fully functional local deployment platform for community users such as teachers, students and cloud computing enthusiasts. You can apply for free, download and try it out, build your own Guance Cloud platform, and experience complete product functions. The Guance Community Version supports upgrading to the commercial version, which is divided into subscription plate making, license plate making and pay-as-you-go version.
Upgrade to Pay-as-you-go Version¶
After the Guance community version is upgraded to the commercial pay-as-you-go version, it would be charged according to the number of DK installations. DK (DataKit) is a real-time data collector for Guance, which needs to be deployed to users' own IT environment for data collection. A DK is 5 yuan/day. If the DK of reported data is less than 20, the fee would be charged according to 20 DKs.
Select an Upgraded Version¶
In the Guance Cloud Expense Center, in "Version Upgrade", select "Commercial Edition-Pay-as-You-Go Edition", and click "Upgrade Now".
Agree to Upgrade the Agreement¶
Carefully review the commercial service agreement for opening the Guance deployment bank.
At the end of the agreement, click "Agree and Accept", and click "OK" in the pop-up dialog box. Note: Once the agreement is agreed, it means that you have understood and agreed to the contents of the agreement.
Choose the Payment Method¶
After agreeing to upgrade the agreement and completing the upgrade of "Commercial Edition-Pay-by-Volume Edition", it is necessary to choose the pay-by-volume settlement method. At present, Guance supports three settlement methods:
- Guance enterprise account: recharge the account of Guance expense center directly for settlement;
- Alibaba Cloud Account: Settle directly through Alibaba Cloud Account Recharge;
- Amazon Cloud Account: Settle directly through AWS account recharge.
Select the "Guance Enterprise Account Settlement" method. Click OK.
Generate License¶
After selecting the settlement method, return to the Guance expense center and click "Manage License".
In "License Management", click "Create License". After the License is created, click "Copy" to copy the License to the pad.
Activate the Commercial Version¶
Open the Guance Launcher, set it in the upper right corner, and click "License Activation and AK/SK Configuration".
In the Guance Launcher's "Guance Activation" dialog box, update License Activation Business Edition. Note: You can scan the code and pay attention to the Guance service number to get more official information of Guance.
Note: after the data gateway address ****?token={}** Keep this as it is, don't remove it, don't write a specific token, **{}**is just a placeholder.**
Notes¶
After the Guance Expense Center upgrades its account to "Commercial Edition-Pay-by-Volume Edition", Guance would provide a free use period of 7 days, during which you can activate the community version to the commercial version, that is, in the "Guance Activation" dialog box of the Guance Launcher, replace the commercial version License to activate the commercial version.
- If you do not activate the commercial version within 7 days, your account in the Guance Expense Centerwould be automatically downgraded to the community account;
- If you activate the commercial version after 7 days, the Guance would charge according to the charging method of "commercial version-pay-as-you-go version", and your account in the Guance Expense Center would be automatically upgraded to the commercial account.
Upgrade to Subscription Version¶
In the Guance Expense Center, click "Upgrade Commercial Version", in "Version Upgrade", select "Commercial Version-Subscribe Plate Making", and click "Apply Now".
Fill in your requirements and contact information in the "Remarks" information, and the Guance Account Manager would contact the upgrade.
Upgrade to License Version¶
In the Guance Expense Center, click "Upgrade Commercial Edition", in "Version Upgrade", select "Commercial Edition-License Plate Making", and click "Apply Now".
Fill in your requirements, contact information, etc. in the "Remarks" information, and the Guance Account Manager would contact the upgrade.
