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 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
  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

Example Request

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/dsfae23fsfdsae3435in01/password
{
     "db_user_pwd": "******"
}

Response

• Normal response

  None

• Example normal response

  {}

• Abnormal response

  For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

• Normal

  200

• Abnormal

  For details, see Status Codes.