Creating a Parameter Template

Function

This API is used to create a parameter template and configure the name, description, DB engine, and parameter values in the parameter template.

Before calling an API, you need to understand the API in Authentication.
Before calling this API, obtain the required region and endpoint.

Constraints

The following DB engines are supported: MySQL and PostgreSQL.

The name of the created parameter template cannot be the same as that of the default or an existing parameter template.

URI

URI format
POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/configurations

Parameter description

**Table 1** Parameter description
Name	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID of a tenant in a region. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

Parameter description

**Table 2** Parameter description
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Specifies the parameter template name. It contains a maximum of 64 characters and can contain only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).
description	No	String	Specifies the parameter template description. It contains a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain the following special characters: >!<"&'= Its value is left blank by default.
values	No	Map<String,String>	Specifies the parameter values defined by users based on the default parameter templates. By default, the parameter values cannot be changed. For details, see Table 3.
datastore	Yes	Object	Specifies the database object. For details, see Table 4.

**Table 3** values field data structure description
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
key	No	String	Specifies the parameter name. For example, in "max_connections": "10", the key is max_connections. If key is left blank, the parameter value cannot be changed. If key is not empty, the parameter value cannot be empty, either.
value	No	String	Specifies the parameter value. For example, in "max_connections": "10", the value is 10.

**Table 4** datastore field data structure description
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
type	Yes	String	Specifies the DB engine. Its value can be any of the following and is case-insensitive: MySQL PostgreSQL SQLServer
version	Yes	String	Specifies the database version. For details, see Constraints. Example values: MySQL: 5.7 PostgreSQL: 9.5

Request example

{
	"name": "configuration_test",
	"description": "configuration_test",
	"values": {
		"max_connections": "10",
		"autocommit": "OFF"
	},
	"datastore": {
		"type": "mysql",
		"version": "5.6"
	}
}

Response

Normal response

**Table 5** Parameter description
Name	Type	Description
configuration	Object	Indicates the parameter template information. For details, see Table 6.

**Table 6** configuration field data structure description
Name	Type	Description
id	String	Indicates the parameter template ID.
name	String	Indicates the parameter template name.
datastore_version_name	String	Indicates the database version name.
datastore_name	String	Indicates the database name.
description	String	Indicates the parameter template description.
created	String	Indicates the creation time in the following format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ. T is the separator between the calendar and the hourly notation of time. Z indicates the time zone offset. For example, in the Beijing time zone, the time zone offset is shown as +0800.
updated	String	Indicates the update time in the following format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ. T is the separator between the calendar and the hourly notation of time. Z indicates the time zone offset. For example, in the Beijing time zone, the time zone offset is shown as +0800.

Example normal response

{
	"configuration": {
		"id": "463b4b58-d0e8-4e2b-9560-5dea4552fde9",
		"name": "configuration_test",
		"datastore_version_name": "5.6",
		"datastore_name": "mysql",
		"description": "configuration_test",
		"created": "2017-04-09T08:27:56+0800",
		"updated": "2017-04-09T08:27:56+0800"
	}
}