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Changing a Security Group

API Description

This API is used to change the security group associated with a DB instance.

Constraints

  • Abnormal instances do not support this operation.
  • Please confirm the modified security group policy. This policy may affect the current instance connection, causing the connection interruption.

URI

  • URI format

    POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/modify-security-group

  • URI example

    https://dds.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0549b4a43100d4f32f51c01c2fe4acdb/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in02/modify-security-group

Table 1 Path parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

project_id

Yes

string

path

Explanation:

Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints:

N/A

Value range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

instance_id

Yes

string

path

Explanation:

Instance ID, which can be obtained by calling the API described in Querying Instances and Details. If you do not have an instance, call the API described in Creating a DB Instance to create one.

Constraints:

N/A

Value range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

string

header

Definition

User token obtained from IAM. For details, see Authentication.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A
Table 3 Parameter description

Name

Type

Mandatory

Description

security_group_id

String

Yes

Definition

Security group ID list.

Constraints

You can add up to 10 security group IDs for each instance and separate them with commas (,).

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Example Requests

Changing the security group associated with an instance (The ID of the new security group is 73bed21a-708b-4985-b697-a96d0e0d2b39.) 
{
    "security_group_id": "73bed21a-708b-4985-b697-a96d0e0d2b39"
}

Response Parameters

  • Parameter description
    Table 4 Parameter description

    Name

    Type

    Mandatory

    Description

    job_id

    String

    Yes

    Definition

    Task ID.

    Range

    N/A

    security_group_id

    String

    Yes

    Definition

    Security group ID list.

    Range

    N/A
  • Example Responses 
    {
    "job_id":"3711e2ad-5787-49bc-a47f-3f0b066af9f5",
    "security_group_id":"73bed21a-708b-4985-b697-a96d0e0d2b39"
}

Status Code

For more information, see Status Code.

Error Code

For more information, see Error Code.

Parent topic: DB Instance Management