Changing the Password of a Database User

Description

This API is used to change the password of a database user

Constraints

This operation cannot be performed on frozen or abnormal instances.

URI

URI format
PUT /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/reset-password
URI example
https://dds.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0549b4a43100d4f32f51c01c2fe4acdb/instances/cc6345c64cec47499182467ea0dd432ain02/reset-password

**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** Parameter description
Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
user_name	String	No	The database username. The default value is rwuser. Users sharduser and csuser are also supported. The value must be 1 to 64 characters in length and can contain only letters (from A to Z or from a to z), digits (from 0 to 9), hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).
user_pwd	String	Yes	The database password. The value must be 8 to 32 characters in length and contain uppercase letters (A to Z), lowercase letters (a to z), digits (0 to 9), and special characters, such as ~!@#%^*-_=+? Enter a strong password to improve security, preventing security risks such as brute force cracking.
db_name	String	No	The database name. The default value is admin.

Example Requests

Changing the password of a database user

{
"user_name": "rwuser",
"user_pwd": "******"
}

Response Parameters

Example Responses
```
{}
```

SDK

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