Updated on 2024-09-11 GMT+08:00

Resetting a Database Password

Function

This API is used to reset a database password. Before calling this API:

URI

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

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID, which is compliant with the UUID format.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

It can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token.

The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the token value.

X-Language

No

String

Request language type. The default value is en-us.

Values:

  • en-us
  • zh-cn
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

password

Yes

String

Database password.

Value:

The password consists of 8 to 32 characters and contains at least three types of the following: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters ~!@#$%^*-_=+?,()&

NOTE:

You are advised to enter a strong password to improve security and prevent security risks such as brute force cracking. If you enter a weak password, the system automatically determines that the password is invalid.

Response Parameters

Status code: 400

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 500

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Example Request

Resetting a database password

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/054e292c9880d4992f02c0196d3ea468/instances/ba62a0b83a1b42bfab275829d86ac0fdin07/password
{
  "password" : "Test_345612"
}

Example Response

None

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.