Updated on 2026-06-02 GMT+08:00

Managing an Administrator Password

Function

If it is the first time to call this API, it is used to create an administrator and reset its password for a DDM instance. Then this API can only be used to update the administrator password.

Constraints

The version of DDM must be 3.0.9 or later

URI

PUT /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/admin-user

**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	DDM instance ID

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
x-auth-token	Yes	String	User token You can obtain the token by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Username of the administrator. The username: Can include 1 to 32 characters. Must start with a letter. Can contain only letters, digits, and underscores (_).
password	Yes	String	Password of the administrator. The password: Can include 8 to 32 characters. Must be a combination of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and the following special characters: ~!@#%^*-_+? Must be a strong password to improve security and prevent security risks such as brute force cracking.

Response Parameters

Status code: default

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code
error_msg	String	Error message

Example Request

Creating administrator account root and setting a password for it

PUT https://{endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/admin-user

{
  "name" : "root",
  "password" : "xxxxx"
}

Example Response

None

Abnormal response
For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Codes

Normal
202
Abnormal
For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Accounts