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### Self-hosted
Install your control plane first — a licence binds to its instance ID.
1. Set **Deployment** to **Self-hosted**.
2. Choose a **Billing** cycle, monthly or annual.
3. Choose a **Plan** and configure its features and server allowance.
2. Choose a **Plan** and configure its features and server allowance.
3. Under **Your install**, paste the instance ID from your install's **Licence**
page. An ID you already hold is upgraded in place.
4. Enter an **Instance name** and click **Continue to payment**.
Payment creates a placeholder instance with no licence yet. You then paste your
install's instance ID to have the licence issued. See
[Self-hosted instances](./self-hosted-instances.md).
The licence is issued as soon as payment confirms; download it and paste it into
your install. See [Self-hosted instances](./self-hosted-instances.md).
## Cancelling and failed payments
docs/hq/self-hosted-instances.md
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## Paid
Buying happens **before** the install has to exist, because you may well be
buying in order to build it.
**Install first.** A licence is issued to one instance, so your control plane
has to exist and report an instance ID before you can buy for it — the same
precondition Free has.
```mermaid
flowchart LR
A["Buy in Vantage HQ"] --> B["Placeholder instance<br/>no licence yet"]
B --> C["Install Vantage<br/>find its instance ID"]
C --> D["Paste your install's ID"]
D --> E["Licence issued<br/>for that instance"]
A["Install Vantage<br/>find its instance ID"] --> B["Buy in Vantage HQ<br/>paste that ID"]
B --> C["Payment confirms"]
C --> D["Licence issued<br/>for that instance"]
```
1. On **Overview**, choose **License my own install**, or **Buy a plan** if you
already have an instance. Pick **Self-hosted**, then your tier, billing cycle
1. [Install Vantage](../getting-started/self-hosted-install.md) and find its
instance ID on the **Licence** page.
2. On **Overview**, choose **Buy a plan**. Pick **Self-hosted**, then your tier
and configuration.
2. Complete checkout. Vantage HQ creates a **placeholder** instance, waiting to
be linked, with no licence yet.
3. [Install Vantage](../getting-started/self-hosted-install.md) if you have not
already, and find its instance ID on the **Licence** page.
4. Back in Vantage HQ, open the placeholder and paste that ID.
5. The licence is issued. Download it and paste it into your install.
3. Under **Your install**, paste the instance ID. Enter an **Instance name** and
click **Continue to payment**.
4. The licence is issued as soon as payment confirms. Download it and paste it
into your install.
:::info Why there is a placeholder
A licence is issued to one instance, and at the moment you pay, that install may
not exist yet. The placeholder holds your purchase until it does.
:::
## Upgrading an instance you already have
## Linking an install you already have
Paste the same instance ID you already hold — an install on Free moves to the
paid plan in place, keeping its ID and its history. An ID belonging to another
account is refused.
If the install exists before the purchase, the flow is the same: buy, then open
the placeholder from **Overview**, choose **Link install** and paste its instance
ID. An ID already claimed by another account is refused.
For a Free licence there is no placeholder step. See
For a Free licence, see
[Claim a Free licence](../getting-started/claim-free-licence.md).
## Relinking