Updated on 2026-08-25 GMT+08:00

Testing Instance Connectivity

Function

This API is used to test instance connectivity.

Authorization Information

Each account has permissions to call all APIs, but IAM users must have the required permissions specifically assigned.

If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see the required permissions in Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.
If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

das:instance:executeTestConnection

Write

Instance

-

das:connections:login

-

Action	Access Level	Resource Type (*: required)	Condition Key	Alias	Dependencies
das:instance:executeTestConnection	Write	Instance	-	das:connections:login	-

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/connections/test-connection

**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 supported. Default Value N/A

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
engine_type	Yes	String	Definition DB engine type Constraints N/A Range mysql sqlserver postgresql taurus gaussdbv5 mongodb ddm Default Value N/A
instance_id	Yes	String	Definition Unique ID of an instance Constraints N/A Range The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are supported. Default Value N/A
connection_id	Yes	String	Definition Connection ID established between a database account and the database. The database user ID is created using the API in Creating an Instance Connection. Constraints N/A Range The value is a UUID containing 36 characters. Only letters, digits, and hyphens (-) are allowed. Default Value N/A
network_type	Yes	String	Definition Source database type Constraints N/A Range rds gaussdb dds ddm Default Value N/A
username	Yes	String	Definition Username Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
password	Yes	String	Definition Password Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
node_ids	No	Array of strings	Definition Unique ID of a node Constraints N/A Range The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are supported. Default Value N/A
port	No	Integer	Definition Port Constraints N/A Range [1,65536] Default Value N/A
database_name	No	String	Definition Database name Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Response Parameters

None

Example Requests

POST https://das.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/054e292c9880d4992f02c0196d3ea468/connections/test-connection 
 
{ 
  "engine_type" : "mysql", 
  "network_type" : "rds", 
  "username" : "root", 
  "connection__id" : "99af0766-c3f4-4e4e-a95e-14a1b070188e", 
  "password" : "xxxxxx",
  "instance_id": "47d0524891964dc48cee42c371928777in01"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Success.

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	Success.
400	Client error.
500	Server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Intelligent O&M