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Restarting DCS Instances or Clearing DCS Instance Data

Function

This API is used to restart a running DCS instance.

Data clearance operations cannot be undone on DCS Redis 4.0 and later instances.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

PUT /v2/{project_id}/instances/status

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

instances

No

Array of strings

List of instance IDs.

action

No

String

Operation on the instance:

restart: force restart

soft_restart: restart only the instance process

flush: clear data

NOTE:
Only DCS Redis 4.0 and later instances can be flushed.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

results

Array of BatchOpsResult objects

Result of deleting, restarting, or clearing data of an instance.
Table 4 BatchOpsResult

Parameter

Type

Description

result

String

Instance deletion result. Options: success and failed.

instance

String

DCS instance ID.

Status code: 400

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_msg

String

Parameter description:

Error message.

Value range:

N/A.

error_code

String

Parameter description:

Error code.

Value range:

For details, see Error Codes.

error_ext_msg

String

Parameter description:

Extended error information. This parameter is not used currently and is set to null.

Value range:

N/A.

Status code: 500

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_msg

String

Parameter description:

Error message.

Value range:

N/A.

error_code

String

Parameter description:

Error code.

Value range:

For details, see Error Codes.

error_ext_msg

String

Parameter description:

Extended error information. This parameter is not used currently and is set to null.

Value range:

N/A.

Example Requests

Force restarting a DCS instance

PUT https://{dcs_endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/status

{
  "instances" : [ "2e803f66-fbb0-47ad-b6cb-fb87f5bed4ef" ],
  "action" : "restart"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

DCS instances restarted successfully or the instance data cleared successfully.

{
  "results" : [ {
    "instance" : "e3a7019c-8824-4c1a-8289-5300f19b9f64",
    "result" : "success"
  } ]
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

DCS instances restarted successfully or the instance data cleared successfully.

400

Invalid request.

500

Internal service error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Instance Management