Configuring a Password for a Database Account

Function

This API is used to configure a password for a database account.

Before calling this API, learn how to authenticate it.
Before calling this API, learn about request header parameters.

Constraints

This operation cannot be performed when the DB instance is in any of the following statuses: creating, changing instance class, changing port, frozen, or abnormal.
For any database and account created using methods other than the RDS console and APIs, if the database name and account name do not meet the database naming rules (see Table 2) and account naming rules (see Table 2), for example, containing Chinese characters or unsupported special characters, the database and account cannot be managed through the RDS console or APIs.

URI

URI format
POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/db_user/resetpwd

Parameter description

**Table 1** Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Definition Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
instance_id	Yes	Definition Instance ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request

**Table 2** Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Definition Username of the database account. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
password	Yes	String	Definition Password of the database account. Constraints You are advised to enter a strong password to improve security and prevent security risks such as brute force cracking. Range The value must be 8 to 32 characters long and contain at least three types of the following characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters (*~!@#$%^-_+?,). The value must be different from the username or username spelled backwards. Default Value** N/A

Example Request

Change the password of the rdsuser user.

POST https://rds.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/161e33e453954e21acfff65bfa3dbfebin04/db_user/resetpwd
{
    "name": "rdsuser",
    "password": "Test@12345678"
}