Updated on 2025-12-02 GMT+08:00

Modifying a DB Instance Name

API Description

This API is used to modify a DB instance name.

Constraints

The name of the DB instance that is being created or fails to be created cannot be modified.

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:updateName

    write

    instance

    g:EnterpriseProjectId

    dds:instance:modify

    -

URI

  • URI format

    PUT /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/modify-name

  • URI example

    https://dds.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0549b4a43100d4f32f51c01c2fe4acdb/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in02/modify-name

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

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

Type

Mandatory

Description

new_instance_name

String

Yes

Definition

New instance name. The instance name can be the same as an existing name.

Constraints

The instance name must contain 4 to 64 characters and must start with a letter. It is case sensitive and can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). It cannot contain other special characters.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Example Request

Changing an instance name to myNewName
{
    "new_instance_name": "myNewName"
}

Response

  • Example Response
    {}

SDK

Click Document Database Service DDS SDK to download the SDK or view the SDK document. To learn how to install and authenticate an SDK, read the Usage section.

Status Code

For more information, see Status Code.

Error Code

For more information, see Error Code.