Updated on 2025-10-24 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.

URI

  • URI format

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

Table 1 Path parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

project_id

Yes

string

path

Explanation:

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

Constraints:

N/A

Value range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

instance_id

Yes

string

path

Explanation:

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

Value 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

Value range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Table 3 Parameter description

Name

Mandatory

Type

Description

target_type

No

String

Explanation:

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.
Value range:
  • mongos
  • shard
  • config

Default value:

N/A

target_id

Yes

String

Explanation:

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:

  • When you restart a node in a cluster instance, the value is the mongos node ID for a mongos node, and shard or config group ID for a shard or config group.
  • When you restart the entire DB instance, the value is the DB instance ID.
  • When you restart a replica set instance, the value is the DB instance ID.
  • When you restart a single node instance, the value is the DB instance ID.

Value range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Response Parameters

Table 4 Parameter description

Name

Mandatory

Type

Description

job_id

Yes

String

Explanation:

The workflow ID.

Value range:

N/A

Example Requests

  • 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"
    }

Example Responses

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

SDK

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Status Code

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Error Code

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