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Deleting an Instance

Function

This API is used to delete an instance. Only pay-per-use instances can be deleted. Yearly/Monthly instances need to be unsubscribed from if they are no longer needed.

Constraints

This API supports the following instance types:

  • GeminiDB Cassandra
  • GeminiDB Influx
  • GeminiDB Redis

URI

DELETE /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}

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 parameter

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

Task ID.

Example Request

URI example 
DELETE https://gaussdb-nosql.eu-west-101.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/375d8d8fad1f43039e23d3b6c0f60a19/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in02

Example Response

Status code: 202

Accepted

{
  "job_id" : "04efe8e2-9255-44ae-a98b-d87cae411890"
}

Status Codes

See Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Instances