<p class="shortdesc"></p> <section class="section prereq" id="purchaseprocess__prereq_yds_d33_rlb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Before you begin</h2></div> <p class="p">Before getting access to EBS services, make sure you have a Ping An Cloud account. If you have not yet opened a Ping An Cloud account, the system will remind you to <a class="xref" href="https://pinganyun.com/register" target="_blank">Register a Ping An Cloud Account</a>. </p> </section> <section><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Procedure</h2></div><ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand" id="purchaseprocess__step_jmr_g33_rlb"> <span class="ph cmd">Log in to the <a class="xref" href="https://www.pingancloud.com/" target="_blank">Ping An Cloud Official Website</a>. </span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Point to <span class="ph uicontrol">Products</span> in the top menu bar. </span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Select <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Cloud Essential Products</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Storage</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Elastic Block Storage</span></span>. </span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">On the <span class="keyword wintitle">Elastic Block Storage</span> page, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Buy Now</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="purchaseprocess__image_ksx_q33_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171849-191432949ea8.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Enter your account name and password, click to pass, and then click <span class="ph uicontrol">Confirm</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info">After you successfully log in, enter the <span class="ph uicontrol">ECS</span> Console. </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">There are three ways to purchase EBS disks and the billing modes are also different. You can choose the purchase method as required: </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <ul class="ul" id="purchaseprocess__ul_tpj_n33_rlb"> <li class="li"><a class="xref" href="/ssr/help/storage/ebs/quickstart.createdrive.separately" target="_blank">Create an EBS Disk Separately</a>: Pay-per-use billing mode will be adopted. </li> <li class="li"><a class="xref" href="/ssr/help/storage/ebs/quickstart.createdrive.crsnapshots" target="_blank">Create an EBS Disk Separately with Snapshots</a>: Pay-per-use billing mode will be adopted. </li> <li class="li"><a class="xref" href="/ssr/help/storage/ebs/quickstart.createdrive.cdriveecs" target="_blank">Create an EBS Disk While Creating an ECS Instance</a>: EBS disks created along with the ECS instances adopt the same billing method as that of the ECS instances. For example, if the ECS instances created are paid by month, then the EBS disks created at the same time are also paid by month. If the ECS instances created adopt the pay-per-use billing method, then the EBS disks created at the same time also adopt the pay-per-use billing method.</li> </ul> </div> </li></ol></section>