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Querying Automatic Transfer Policies (RDS for MySQL)

Function

This API is used to query automatic backup transfer policies of a DB 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 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

rds:instance:getBackupPolicy

read

-

-

rds:instance:list

-

URI

  • URI format

    GET /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/transfer/policy

  • Parameter description
    Table 1 Parameters

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    String

    Definition

    Project ID of a tenant in a region.

    To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

    Constraints

    N/A

    Range

    N/A

    Default Value

    N/A

    instance_id

    Yes

    String

    Definition

    Instance ID.

    Constraints

    N/A

    Range

    N/A

    Default Value

    N/A

Request

None

Example Request

Query automatic backup transfer policies of a DB instance.

GET https://{Endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/e38d120bb5a640519fb2a1613140afd9in01/transfer/policy

Response

  • Normal response
    Table 2 Parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    policies

    Array of objects

    Definition

    List of transfer policies. For details, see Table 3.

    Table 3 policies field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    setting_id

    String

    Definition

    Policy ID.

    Range

    N/A

    instance_id

    String

    Definition

    Instance ID.

    Range

    N/A

    period

    String

    Definition

    Transfer period.

    Range

    The value is a list of digits separated by commas (,). Each digit indicates a day of the week.

    For example, the value 1,2,3,4 indicates that the transfer period is every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. If you set this parameter to 1 (Monday), the backups generated on Monday will be automatically transferred to the destination OBS bucket on Tuesday.

    backup_type

    String

    Definition

    Type of backups to be transferred.

    Range

    • Db: automated backup
    • Log: incremental backup
    • Snapshot: manual backup

    destination

    String

    Definition

    Storage destination.

    Range

    0 to 128 characters

    prefix

    String

    Definition

    Prefix of the transfer destination.

    Range

    The value can contain 0 to 128 characters and must end with a slash (/).

  • Example normal response
    { 
        "policies":[ 
            { 
             "setting_id":"7c781e6a-d215-4482-bf15-cfe04cc7eb96", 
             "instance_id":"e4e2ee2f2c7943f1a9f9c817b993dc0ein01", 
             "period":"* * 1,2,3,4,5,6,7", 
             "backup_type":"Db", 
             "destination":"xxxbucket", 
             "prefix":"aaa/auto/" 
            } 
        ] 
    }
  • Abnormal response

    For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.