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Starting an Instance

Function

This API is used to start a DB instance. You can stop your instance temporarily to save money. After stopping your instance, you can restart it to begin using it again.

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

Constraints

• If you start a primary instance, read replicas (if there are any) will also be started.
• Only instances in Stopped state can be started.

URI

• URI format

  POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/action/startup

• Parameter description

  Table 1 Parameter description

  Name	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	Yes	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	Instance ID.

Request

• Parameter description

  None

• Example

  POST https://rds.eu-de.otc.t-systems.com/v3/054ea741f700d4a32f1bc00f5c80dd4c/instances/5b409baece064984a1b3eef6addae50cin01/action/startup

• Request example

  {}

Response

• Normal response

  Table 2 Parameter description

  Name	Type	Description
  job_id	String	Job ID.

• Example normal response

  {
      "job_id": "2b414788a6004883a02390e2eb0ea227"
  }

• 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.

Parent topic: DB Instance Management