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Updated on 2024-05-21 GMT+08:00
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Changing a DB Instance Name

Scenarios

You can change the name of a GaussDB(for MySQL) instance.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner of the page, choose Databases > GaussDB(for MySQL).
  4. On the Instances page, locate a DB instance and click in the Name/ID column to edit the DB instance name.

    Alternatively, click the instance name to go to the Basic Information page. In the DB Instance Name field in the DB Instance Information area, click to edit the instance name.

    • The instance name must start with a letter and consist of 4 to 64 characters. Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed.
    • When changing the instance name, you can determine whether to select Change node names synchronously as required. If this option is selected, the names of the corresponding nodes are changed when the instance name is changed. If this option is not selected, only the instance name is changed, and the corresponding node names are not changed.
    • If you want to submit the change, click OK. If you want to cancel the change, click Cancel.

  5. View that the instance name has been changed. It takes less than 1 minute to change a DB instance name.

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