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Resetting the Password of a Database Account

Function

This API is used to reset the password for a GeminiDB Redis database account.

Constraints

  • Only the GeminiDB Redis API is supported.
  • This operation cannot be performed when the instance is in any of the following states: creating, changing specifications, changing database port, frozen, or abnormal.

Authorization Information

Each account has permissions to call all APIs, but IAM users must have the required permissions specifically assigned.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see the required permissions in Permissions and Supported Actions.
  • 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

    gaussdbfornosql:instance:resetDbPassword

    Write

    instance *
    • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
    • g:EnterpriseProjectId

    nosql:instance:resetDatabaseUser

    -

URI

PUT /v3/{project_id}/redis/instances/{instance_id}/db-users/password

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Account name.

password

Yes

String

Password to be reset. The password:

  • Can contain 8 to 32 characters.
  • Must contain at least two of the following types: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters. The following special characters are allowed: ~!@#%^*-_=+?$()&

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

No response parameters

Example Request

  • URI example 
    PUT https://gaussdb-nosql.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/054e292c9880d4992f02c0196d3ea468/redis/instances/3d39c18788b54a919bab633874c159dfin12/db-users/password
  • Resetting the password of user db_user1 
    { 
  "name" : "db_user1", 
  "password" : "********" 
}

Example Response

None

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.