Creating a Parameter Template

DB parameter templates act as a container for engine configuration values that are applied to one or more DB instances.

Precautions

  • DDS does not share parameter template quotas with RDS.

  • Each account can create up to 100 DDS parameter templates for the cluster, replica set, and single node instances.

Cluster

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click image1 in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.

  3. Click Service List. Under Database, click Document Database Service to go to the DDS console.

  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Parameter Template Management.

  5. On the Parameter Template Management page, click Create Parameter Template.

  6. Select Cluster for DB Instance Type, specify DB Engine Version, Node Type, New Parameter Template, and Description (optional), and then click OK.

    • Node Type: specifies the node type that this parameter template will apply to. For example, to create a parameter template applying to config, select config.

    • New Parameter Template: The template name can be 4 to 64 characters long and starts with a letter. It can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).

    • Description: contains a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain the carriage return character and the following special characters: >!<"&'=

  7. On the Parameter Template Management page, view and manage parameter templates on the Clusters tab.

Replica Set

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click image2 in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.

  3. Click Service List. Under Database, click Document Database Service to go to the DDS console.

  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Parameter Template Management.

  5. On the Parameter Template Management page, click Create Parameter Template.

  6. Select Replica set for DB Instance Type, specify DB Engine Version, New Parameter Template, and Description (optional), and then click OK.

    • New Parameter Template: The template name can be 4 to 64 characters long and starts with a letter. It can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).

    • Description: contains a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain the carriage return character and the following special characters: >!<"&'=

  7. On the Parameter Template Management page, view and manage parameter templates on the Replica Sets tab.

Single Node

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click image3 in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.

  3. Click Service List. Under Database, click Document Database Service to go to the DDS console.

  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Parameter Template Management.

  5. On the Parameter Template Management page, click Create Parameter Template .

  6. Select Single node for DB Instance Type, specify DB Engine Version, New Parameter Template, and Description (optional), and then click OK.

    • New Parameter Template: The template name can be 4 to 64 characters long and starts with a letter. It can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).

    • Description: contains a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain the carriage return character and the following special characters: >!<"&'=

  7. On the Parameter Template Management page, view and manage parameter templates on the Single Nodes tab.