Help Center/ Relational Database Service/ User Guide/ Working with RDS for MariaDB/ Instance Modifications/ Changing a DB Instance Name
Updated on 2024-07-18 GMT+08:00
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Changing a DB Instance Name

You can change the name of a primary DB instance or read replica.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
  3. On the Instances page, locate the target DB instance and click next to it to edit the DB instance name. Then, click OK.

    Alternatively, click the target DB instance to go to the Basic Information page. In the DB Information area, click next to the DB Instance Name field to edit the DB instance name.

    The instance name must start with a letter and consist of 4 to 64 characters. Only letters (case-sensitive), digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed.

    • To submit the change, click .

  4. View the results on the Basic Information page.
Parent topic: Instance Modifications