Resetting a Password

This API is used to reset the password of a DCS instance.

POST /v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/password/reset

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
instance_id	Yes	String	Instance ID.
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

**Table 2** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
new_password	No	String	New password.
no_password_access	No	Boolean	Whether to change the DCS instance to password-free.

Status code: 200

**Table 3** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
retry_times_left	String	Number of remaining password attempts.
lock_time	String	Lock duration.
lock_time_left	String	Remaining time before the account is unlocked.

Status code: 400

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_msg	String	Error message. Maximum: 1024
error_code	String	Error code. Maximum: 9
error_ext_msg	String	Extended error information. This parameter is not used currently and is set to null. Maximum: 1024

Status code: 500

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_msg	String	Error message. Maximum: 1024
error_code	String	Error code. Maximum: 9
error_ext_msg	String	Extended error information. This parameter is not used currently and is set to null. Maximum: 1024

Resetting the password of the DCS instance by entering a new password

POST https://{dcs_endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/password/reset

{
  "new_password" : "xxxxxx",
  "no_password_access" : false
}

Status code: 200

The password is changed successfully.

{
  "lock_time" : "0",
  "lock_time_left" : "0",
  "retry_times_left" : "5"
}

Status Code	Description
200	The password is changed successfully.
400	Invalid request.
500	Internal service error.

Parent topic: Instance Management

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