Updated on 2025-07-11 GMT+08:00

Resetting a Database Password

Function

This API is used to reset a database password. Before calling this API:

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/password

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition:

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default value:

N/A

instance_id

Yes

String

Definition:

Instance ID, which uniquely identifies an instance.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

The value can contain 36 characters with a suffix of in07. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default value:

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition:

User token. To obtain this value, call the IAM API for obtaining a user token.

The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the token value.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

X-Language

No

String

Definition:

Request language type.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

  • en-us

  • zh-cn

Default value:

en-us

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

password

Yes

String

Definition:

Database password.

Constraints:

You are advised to enter a strong password to improve security and prevent security risks such as brute force cracking. If you enter a weak password, the system automatically determines that the password is invalid. Range:

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

Default value:

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Success.

Status code: 400

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 500

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Example Request

Resetting a database password

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/054e292c9880d4992f02c0196d3ea468/instances/ba62a0b83a1b42bfab275829d86ac0fdin07/password
{
  "password" : "Test_345612"
}

Example Response

None

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.