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Updated on 2023-11-21 GMT+08:00
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Resetting the Administrator Password of an Instance

Function

This API is used to reset the administrator password of an instance.

Constraints

This API supports the following types of instances:

  • GeminiDB Cassandra
  • GeminiDB Influx
  • GeminiDB Redis

Abnormal instances do not support this operation.

Only the password of user rwuser can be reset.

URI

PUT https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/password

Table 1 Path 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.
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

password

Yes

String

Database password.

The password can include 8 to 32 characters and contain uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and a combination of any two of the following special characters: ~!@#%^*-_=+?

Enter a strong password against security risks such as brute force cracking.

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

No response parameters

Example Requests

  • URI example 
    PUT https://gaussdb-nosql.eu-west-101.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/375d8d8fad1f43039e23d3b6c0f60a19/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in06/password
  • Resetting the administrator password of an instance to ****** 
    {
  "password" : "******"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 204

No Content

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Instances