Updated on 2026-02-04 GMT+08:00

Changing the Failover Priority

Function

This API is used to change the failover priority for primary/standby DB instances to meet different service requirements. You can select reliability or availability.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.
  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • 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

rds:instance:modifyStrategy

permission_management

instance

g:EnterpriseProjectId

g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

-

-

Constraints

  • This API is available to RDS for MySQL only.
  • This API is supported for primary/standby DB instances only.
  • The failover priority cannot be changed if the DB instance is in any of the following statuses: creating, upgrading, creating users, or deleting users.

URI

  • URI format

    PUT /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/failover/strategy

  • Parameter description
    Table 1 Parameter description

    Name

    Mandatory

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    Definition

    Project ID of a tenant in a region.

    Constraints

    The value cannot be empty.

    Range

    To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

    Default Value

    N/A

    instance_id

    Yes

    Definition

    Instance ID.

    Constraints

    The value cannot be empty.

    Range

    You can obtain the value of this parameter from id in Table 4 by calling the API for querying DB instances.

    Default Value

    N/A

Request

Table 2 Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

repairStrategy

Yes

String

Definition

Failover priority.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • reliability: Data reliability is preferentially ensured during the failover to minimize the amount of lost data. It is recommended for services that require high data consistency.
  • availability: Data availability is preferentially ensured during the failover to recover services quickly. It is recommended for services that have high requirements on the database online duration.

Default Value

N/A

Example Request

Change the failover priority of a DB instance to availability.

PUT https://{endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/dsfae23fsfdsae3435in01/failover/strategy

{
     "repairStrategy": "availability"
}

Response

  • Normal response

    None

Status Code

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.