Resetting a Database Password

Function

This API is used to reset the password if you forget the password of your database account when using RDS. If an error occurs on the root account, for example, the root account is lost or deleted, you can restore the root account rights through resetting the password.

• Before calling an API, you need to understand the API in Authentication.
• Before calling this API, obtain the required region and endpoint.

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.

URI

• URI format

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

• Parameter description

  Table 1 Parameter description

  Name	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	Yes	Specifies the 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

• Parameter description

  Table 2 Parameter description

  Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
  db_user_pwd	Yes	String	Specifies the database password. Valid value: The value cannot be left blank. It consists of 8 to 32 characters and contains at least three types of the following characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters. For MySQL DB instances, the special characters can be any of the following: ~!@#%^*-_=+?, You are advised to enter a strong password to improve security, preventing security risks such as brute force cracking.

• Request example

  {
       "db_user_pwd": "Test_2345674"
  }

Response

• Normal response

  None

• Example normal response

  {}

• Abnormal response

  For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.