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
¶ 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
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.