Stopping an Instance

Function

This API is used to stop a pay-per-use DB instance.

• Before calling this API, learn how to authenticate it.
• Before calling this API, learn about request header parameters.

Constraints

• A stopped instance will not be moved to the recycle bin after being deleted.
• If you stop a primary instance, read replicas (if there are any) will also be stopped. You cannot stop a read replica without stopping the primary instance.
• An instance cannot be stopped if it is in any of the following statuses:

  Creating, rebooting, scaling up, changing instance class, restoring, and changing port.

URI

• URI format

  POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/action/shutdown

• Parameter description

  Table 1 Parameters

  Parameter	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	Yes	Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID.
  instance_id	Yes	Instance ID.

Request

None

Example Request

Stop an instance.

 

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Response

• Normal response

  Table 2 Parameters

  Parameter	Type	Description
  job_id	String	Task ID.

• Example normal response

  {
      "job_id": "2b414788a6004883a02390e2eb0ea227"
  }

• Abnormal response

  For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

• Normal

  200

• Abnormal

  For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.