Configuring a Password for a Database Account

Function

This API is used to configure a password for a database account.

Before calling an API, you need to understand the API in Authentication.

Constraints

This operation cannot be performed when the DB instance is in any of the following statuses: creating, changing instance class, changing port, frozen, or abnormal.

For any database and account created using methods other than the RDS console and APIs, if the database name and account name do not meet the database naming rules (see Table 2) and account naming rules (see Table 2), for example, containing Chinese characters or unsupported special characters, the database and account cannot be managed through the RDS console or APIs.
In migration scenarios, if any database name and account name of the source database do not meet the database naming rules (see Table 2) and account naming rules (see Table 2), the database and account cannot be managed through the RDS console or APIs after being migrated to the destination RDS for MySQL database.

URI

URI format
POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/db_user/resetpwd

Parameter description

**Table 1** Parameter description
Name	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Project ID of a tenant in a region. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
instance_id	Yes	Specifies the DB instance ID.

Request

**Table 2** Parameter description
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Specifies the username of the database account.
password	Yes	String	Specifies the password of the database account. Valid value: The value must be 8 to 32 characters long and contain at least three types of the following characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters (~!@#$%^*-_=+?,()&). The value must be different from the account name or account name spelled backwards. You are advised to enter a strong password to improve security, preventing security risks such as brute force cracking.

Example Request

Set a password for user rds.

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/dsfae23fsfdsae3435in01/db_user/resetpwd

{
    "name": "rds",
    "password": "****"
}