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Performing a Primary/Secondary Switchover in a Replica Set Instance

API Description

This API is used to perform a primary/secondary switchover in a replica set instance.

Restrictions

  • This API supports only DDS replica sets.
  • This operation cannot be performed on frozen or abnormal instances.

URI

  • URI format

    POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/switchover

  • URI example

    https://dds.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0549b4a43100d4f32f51c01c2fe4acdb/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in02/switchover

Requests

Parameter description

Table 1 Request parameters

Name

Type

IN

Mandatory

Description

x-auth-token

string

header

Yes

User token

project_id

string

path

Yes

Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

instance_id

string

path

Yes

Instance ID, which can be obtained by calling the API described in Querying Instances and Details. If you do not have an instance, call the API described in Creating a DB Instance to create one.

Responses

  • Parameter description
    Table 2 Parameter description

    Name

    Type

    Mandatory

    Description

    job_id

    String

    Yes

    The task ID.
  • Response example
    {
    "job_id": "3711e2ad-5787-49bc-a47f-3f0b066af9f5"
}

Status Code

For more information, see Status Code.

Error Code

For more information, see Error Code.

Parent topic: DB Instance Management