Updated on 2025-12-15 GMT+08:00

Resetting the Password for User root

Function

This API is used to reset the password if you forget the password of your database account when using FlexusRDS. If there is a problem with the root account, for example, if your root account credentials are lost or deleted, you can reset the root password to restore access.

Constraints

The password cannot be reset if the DB instance is in any of the following statuses: creating, rebooting, upgrading, changing instance class, creating users, or deleting users.

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 identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    rds:password:update

    write

    instance

    g:EnterpriseProjectId

    g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

    -

    -

URI

  • URI format

    POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/password

  • Parameter description
    Table 1 Parameters

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    String

    Definition

    Project ID of a tenant in a region.

    For details about how to obtain the project ID, 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

Table 2 Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

db_user_pwd

Yes

String

Definition

Database password.

Constraints

Enter a strong password to improve security and prevent security risks such as brute force cracking.

Range

A database password 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 allowed special characters include ~!@#$%^*-_=+?,()&.

Default Value

N/A

Example Request

Reset the password for user root.
POST https://{endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/dsfae23fsfdsae3435in01/password
{
     "db_user_pwd": "******"
}

Response

  • Normal response

    None

Status Code