View shared web hosting traffic

Background information

• Standard traffic for shared web hosting is a monthly data allowance automatically provisioned at the beginning of each month. If the allowance for the current month is exhausted, it is replenished on the first day of the next month.

  The Shared Economy and Enhanced Shared Economy plans include 30 GB and 40 GB of standard traffic per month, respectively.

• Traffic on shared web hosting plans is a shared resource, so you need to monitor and control your website's traffic usage. Traffic is measured at the site level, based on the total outbound traffic from your site. For more information, see Why has my shared web hosting traffic usage increased?.

Notes

• If a website on a shared web hosting plan generates high traffic, it not only consumes a large portion of the shared bandwidth but also increases the load on the entire server, which can affect other users. To ensure normal server operation, you need to control your traffic usage. If your website traffic exceeds the limit, see What do I do if my website exceeds its traffic limit on a shared web hosting plan?.

• If your shared web hosting service is suspended for exhausting the monthly traffic allowance, you can purchase an additional traffic package or upgrade to an exclusive web hosting plan, which does not have traffic limits. For more information, see Increase traffic for a shared web hosting plan and Upgrade a web hosting instance.

Procedure

Follow these steps to view traffic usage for both shared web hosting and exclusive web hosting instances. This topic uses an Enhanced Shared Economy shared web hosting instance as an example.

1. Log on to the Cloud Web Hosting management page.
2. Find the Cloud Web Hosting instance you want to manage and click Manage in the Actions column.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, click Site Information.

4. On the Site Information page, in the Website Information section, you can view the standard traffic allowance and your traffic usage.

   Alibaba Cloud sends notifications based on your traffic usage. Monitor the email and SMS messages associated with your instance.

   • When your traffic usage reaches 50% of the allowance, Alibaba Cloud sends an email notification.

   • When your traffic usage reaches 80% of the allowance, Alibaba Cloud sends an email notification and an SMS message.

   • When your traffic usage reaches 100% of the allowance, Alibaba Cloud suspends your site and sends an email notification and an SMS message.