Updated on 2025-08-20 GMT+08:00

Creating a Database

Function

This API is used to create a database in a specified DB instance.

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.

URI

  • URI format

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

  • 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

Specifies the database name.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The database name can contain 1 to 64 characters, and can include letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.). It cannot start or end with an RDS for SQL Server system database name.

RDS for SQL Server system databases include master, msdb, model, tempdb, resource, and rdsadmin.

Default Value

N/A

Example Request

Create a database named rds-test.

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/a8abe84a41364097be7c233c39275087in04/database

{
    "name": "rds-test"
}

Response

  • Normal response
    Table 3 Parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    resp

    String

    Definition

    Calling result.

    Range

    Returns successful if the calling is successful.

Status Code

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.