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Updated on 2025-07-02 GMT+08:00

Resetting the Administrator Password of an Instance

Function

This API is used to reset the administrator password of an instance.

Constraints

This API supports the following types of instances:

  • GeminiDB Cassandra
  • GeminiDB Mongo
  • GeminiDB Influx
  • GeminiDB Redis

This operation cannot be performed on frozen or abnormal instances.

Abnormal instances do not support this operation.

Only the password of user rwuser can be reset.

URI

PUT https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/password

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Explanation:

Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

instance_id

Yes

String

Explanation:

Instance ID.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameter

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Explanation:

User token.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Table 3 Request body parameter

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

password

Yes

String

Explanation:

Database password.

Constraints:

The value can contain 8 to 32 characters. It must be a combination of at least two of the following types: uppercase letters (A to Z), lowercase letters (a to z), digits (0 to 9), and special characters ~!@#%^*-_=+?$()&

The password of GeminiDB Redis instances can contain at least two of the following types: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters ~!@#$%^&*()-_=+?

Enter a strong password against security risks such as brute force cracking.

Values:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

No response parameters

Example Requests

  • URI example
    PUT https://gaussdb-nosql.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/375d8d8fad1f43039e23d3b6c0f60a19/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in06/password
  • Resetting the administrator password of an instance to ******
    {
      "password" : "******"
    }

Example Responses

Status code: 204

No Content

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.