Manually Switching Primary/Standby DB Instances

Function

This API is used to manually switch primary/standby DB instances as required.

• Before calling an API, you need to understand the API in Authentication.
• Before calling this API, obtain the required region and endpoint.

Constraints

• This API is supported for primary/standby and cluster DB instances.
• Primary/standby DB instances cannot be manually switched if they are in any of the following statuses:
  • For MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLServer: creating, rebooting, upgrading, changing instance class, restoring, changing port, or creating database account
  • For MySQL: deleting database account

URI

• URI format

  PUT https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/failover

• Parameter description

  Table 1 Parameter description

  Name	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID of a tenant in a region. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
  instance_id	Yes	Specifies the DB instance ID.

Request

• Parameter description

  None

• Example

  PUT https://rds.eu-de.otc.t-systems.com/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/dsfae23fsfdsae3435in01/failover

• Request example

  {}

Response

• Normal response

  Name	Description
  workflowId	Indicates the workflow ID. For details about how to query this parameter, see Obtaining Task Information.
  instanceId	Indicates the DB instance ID.
  nodeId	Indicates former slave node that becomes a master node.

• Example normal response

  {
      "workflowId":"072beb09-0573-40bf-bfe8-4be5cec9e85a",
      "instanceId":"794c38e5309344818f4b33b86ebce9b4in03",
      "nodeId":"b94ba815747040f1b0d641cd13364a06no03"
  }

• Abnormal response

  For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

• Normal

  200

• Abnormal

  For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.