Resetting an Account Password (a V3 API)

Function

This API is used to reset the password of an account.

Constraints

None

API Calling

For details, see Calling APIs.

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
ddm:instance:updateUser	Write	instance *	g:EnterpriseProjectId g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	ddm:user:modify	-

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/users/{username}/password

**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
instance_id	Yes	String	Definition Instance ID, which uniquely identifies an instance Constraints N/A Range The value contains 36 characters with a suffix of in09. Only letters and digits are allowed. Default Value N/A
username	Yes	String	Definition Name of the account whose password needs to be reset Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Definition User token. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
password	Yes	String	Definition Instance account password Constraints The password can include 8 to 32 characters. The password must contain at least three types of lowercase letters, uppercase letters, digits, swung dashes (~), and exclamation marks (!). @ # / %^ * - _ + ? The password cannot be a weak password. It cannot be overly simple and easily guessed. The password cannot be the same as username or username in reverse order. Range N/A Default Value N/A

Example Request

Resetting the password of an account

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/619d3e78f61b4be68bc5aa0b59edcf7b/instances/61a4ea66210545909d74a05c27a7179ein09/users/testuser/password

{
  "password" : "xxxxxx"
}