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

Setting the Recycle Bin Policy

Function

This API is used to set the recycle bin policy for an instance.

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:setRecyclePolicy

    write

    -

    -

    -

    -

URI

  • URI format

    PUT /v3/{project_id}/instances/recycle-policy

  • URI example
    https://dds.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/619d3e78f61b4be68bc5aa0b59edcf7b/instances/recycle-policy
    Table 1 Request Parameters

    Name

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    X-Auth-Token

    Yes

    String

    Definition

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

    Constraints

    N/A

    Range

    N/A

    Default Value

    N/A

    project_id

    Yes

    String

    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

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request body parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

Description

recycle_policy

Yes

Object

Definition

Instance recycling policy. For details, see Table 3.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 RecyclePolicy

Name

Mandatory

Type

Description

enabled

Yes

Boolean

Definition

Whether to enable the recycling policy.

Constraints

This parameter cannot be disabled.

Range

true: Enable the recycling policy.

Default Value

true: Enable the recycling policy.

retention_period_in_days

No

Integer

Definition

Policy retention duration (1 to 7 days). The value is a positive integer. If this parameter is left blank, the policy is retained for 7 days by default.

Constraints

The value must be a positive integer.

Range

1–7

Default Value

7

Response Parameters

None

Example Request

Enabling the recycle bin policy and setting the retention period to three days
PUT https://dds.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/619d3e78f61b4be68bc5aa0b59edcf7b/instances/recycle-policy 
 
{ 
  "recycle_policy" : { 
    "enabled" : true, 
    "retention_period_in_days" : 3 
  } 
}

Example Response

None

Status Code

For details, see Status Code.

Error Code

For details, see Error Code.