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Changing Password of a Database User

Function

This API is used to change password of a database user. Before calling this API:

URI

PUT /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/db-users/password

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

If the following response body is returned for calling the API used to obtain a user token, the request is successful.

After the request is processed, the value of X-Subject-Token in the message header is the token value.

X-Language

No

String

Request language type. The default value is en-us.

Value:

  • en-us
  • zh-cn
Table 3 Request body parameter

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

users

Yes

Array of ResetDatabasePassword objects

List of database users that you want to change the passwords for. The list contains up to 50 database users.
Table 4 ResetDatabasePassword

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Database username.

host

Yes

String

Host IP address.

password

Yes

String

Password of the database user. The value can consist of 8 to 32 characters and contain at least three types of the following characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters (~!@#$%^*-_=+?,()&).

You are advised to enter a strong password to improve security and prevent security risks such as brute force cracking.

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

ID of the task for changing the passwords of database users.

Status code: 400

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 500

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Example Request

Changing password of database user gaussdb_mysql_user1

{
  "users" : [ {
    "name" : "gaussdb_mysql_user1",
    "host" : "127.0.0.1",
    "password" : "Rds_1234"
  } ]
}

Example Response

Status code: 202

Success.

{
  "job_id" : "dff1d289-4d03-4942-8b9f-463ea07c000d"
}

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Database User Management