Updated on 2025-10-24 GMT+08:00

Performing a Primary/Secondary Switchover

Function

This API is used to perform a primary/secondary switchover in a replica set or cluster instance.

Constraints

  • This API is available only for replica set and cluster instances.
  • This operation cannot be performed on frozen or abnormal instances.

URI

  • URI format

    POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/switchover

Table 1 Path parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

project_id

Yes

string

path

Explanation:

Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints:

N/A

Value range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

instance_id

Yes

string

path

Explanation:

Instance ID, which can be obtained by calling the API described in Querying Instances and Details. If you do not have an instance, call the API described in Creating a DB Instance to create one.

Constraints:

N/A

Value range:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

string

header

Definition

User token obtained from IAM. For details, see Authentication.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 Request body parameters

Name

Type

Mandatory

Description

group_id

String

No

Definition

Group ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • For a cluster instance, this parameter is set to the ID of the shard or config group. You can call the API used for querying instances and details to obtain the value.
  • This parameter is not specified for replica set instances.

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Table 4 Parameter description

Name

Type

Mandatory

Description

job_id

String

Yes

Explanation:

The task ID.

Value range:

N/A

Example Requests

https://dds.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0549b4a43100d4f32f51c01c2fe4acdb/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in02/switchover

Example Responses

{
    "job_id": "3711e2ad-5787-49bc-a47f-3f0b066af9f5"
}

SDK

Click Document Database Service DDS SDK to download the SDK or view the SDK document. To learn how to install and authenticate an SDK, read the Usage section.

Status Code

For more information, see Status Code.

Error Code

For more information, see Error Code.