Updated on 2025-12-11 GMT+08:00

Restarting a DB Instance

Function

This API is used to restart a DB instance.

The DDS DB instance will be unavailable during the restart process. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

Constraints

If the instance status is not normal, the instance cannot be restarted.

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 Policies 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

    dds:instance:restart

    write

    instance

    g:EnterpriseProjectId

    dds:instance:reboot

    -

URI

  • URI format

    POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/restart

Table 1 URI parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

project_id

Yes

string

path

Definition

Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

instance_id

Yes

string

path

Definition

Instance ID, which can be obtained by calling the API described in Querying Instances and Details. If you do not have an instance, call the API described in Creating a DB Instance to create one.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

string

header

Definition

User token obtained from IAM. For details, see Authentication.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 Parameter description

Name

Mandatory

Type

Description

target_type

No

String

Definition

The type of the object to restart.

Constraints

This parameter is mandatory when you restart one or more nodes of a cluster instance.

  • Set the value to mongos if mongos nodes are restarted.
  • Set the value to shard if shard nodes are restarted.
  • Set the value to config if config nodes are restarted.
  • This parameter is not specified when a DB instance (cluster, replica set, or single node) is restarted.
Range
  • mongos
  • shard
  • config

Default Value

N/A

target_id

Yes

String

Definition

The ID of the object to be restarted, which can be obtained by calling the API for querying instances. If you do not have an instance, you can call the API used for creating an instance.

Constraints

You cannot restart the primary node when the node in the Available state.

Range

  • When you restart the entire DB instance, the value is the DB instance ID.
  • When you restart a shard or config group of a cluster instance, the value is the ID of the shard or config group.
  • When you restart a single node, the value is the ID of the node.

Default Value

N/A

is_serial

No

Boolean

Definition

Whether to restart nodes one by one.

Constraints

This API applies only to replica set instances.

Range

  • true: Nodes are restarted one by one.
  • false: Nodes are restarted concurrently.

Default Value

false

is_force

No

Boolean

Definition

Whether to forcibly restart the instance.

Constraints

Only nodes in the abnormal state can be forcibly restarted. Read replicas cannot be forcibly restarted.

Range

  • true: Abnormal nodes can be forcibly restarted.
  • false: Nodes are restarted normally.

Default Value

false

Response Parameters

Table 4 Parameter description

Name

Mandatory

Type

Description

job_id

Yes

String

Definition

The workflow ID.

Range

N/A

Example Request

  • Restarting a DB instance based on the value of target_id
    {
    	"target_id":"9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in02"
    }
  • Restarting a shard group based on the values of target_type and target_id
    {
           "target_type":"shard",
           "target_id":"84e7c96b82aa4fedb3b00f98edd71ba4gr02"
    }
  • Restarting a config group based on the values of target_type and target_id
    {
          "target_type":"config",
          "target_id":"06439baa35c146d3a8965af59d370908gr02"
    }
  • Restarting a mongos node based on the values of target_type and target_id
    {
          "target_type":"mongos",
          "target_id":"bd4dccbd53ae48d5bd3046bebf715079no02"
    }
  • Restarting nodes one by one
    POST https://{endpoint}/v3/054e292c9880d4992f02c0196d3ea468/instances/837f47dd0fa34219b1f5ce3f05cb5541in02/restart 
     { 
       "target_id" : "837f47dd0fa34219b1f5ce3f05cb5541in02", 
       "is_serial" : false 
     }

Example Response

{ 
    "job_id": "3711e2ad-5787-49bc-a47f-3f0b066af9f5" 
}

SDK

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Status Code

For more information, see Status Code.

Error Code

For more information, see Error Code.