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  • Cloud Databases 1.0
  • Getting started
    • Get your credentials
    • Send API requests to Cloud Databases
      • Using the trove client
        • Prerequisites
        • Install the trove client
        • Configure environment variables for client
      • Using cURL
        • Convert cURL examples to run on Windows
    • Authenticate to the Rackspace Cloud
      • Authenticating by using the trove client
      • Authenticating by using cURL
        • Send an authentication request
        • Review the authentication response
        • Configure environment variables
    • Cloud Databases concepts
      • Backup
      • Configuration group
      • Configuration parameter
      • Database instance
      • Database
      • Flavor
      • High Availability Instance Group
      • Replica
      • Volume
    • Create and use a database instance
      • Listing flavors
        • List flavors by using the trove client
        • List flavors by using the cURL
      • Creating a database instance, database, and a user
        • Create a database instance by using the trove client
        • Create a database instance by using cURL
      • Listing databases for an instance
        • Listing database instances by using the trove client
        • Listing database instances by using cURL
      • Listing users in a database instance
        • List users for an instance by using the trove client
        • List users for an instance by using the trove client
    • Access a database instance
      • Creating a Cloud Server
      • Create a Cloud Server by using the Cloud Control Panel
      • Configuring an application to connect to a database
      • Administering your database using a GUI client
      • Install and configure phpMyAdmin on an Ubuntu 11.04 Cloud Server
    • Back up a database instance
      • Backing up by using the trove client
        • Backing up by using cURL
    • Manage time zone configuration
      • Managing time zones by using the trove client
        • Create a configuration group
        • Apply the time zone configuration group to an existing database instance
        • Add custom time zone information to an existing configuration group
      • Managing the time zone with cURL
        • Create a configuration group (cURL)
        • Apply the time zone configuration group to an existing database instance (cURL)
        • Add custom time zone information to an existing configuration group by using cURL
      • Checking the server time zone
  • General API information
    • Service access endpoints
    • Contract version
    • Request and response types
    • Pagination
    • Limits
      • Rate limits
      • Absolute limits
    • Faults
      • Synchronous versus asynchronous faults
    • Date and time format
    • Database instance status
    • Database instance accessibility
    • Security
      • User access restriction by host
    • Monitoring Cloud Databases
    • Monitoring read replication
    • Using SSL for Cloud Database instances
    • Configuration management
    • Datastore types and versions
      • MySQL 8.0
      • MySQL 5.7
      • MySQL 5.6
      • MySQL 5.1
      • Percona 5.7
      • Percona 5.6
      • MariaDB 10.4enc
      • MariaDB 10.4
      • MariaDB 10.1
      • MariaDB 10
    • Replication
      • Limitations
    • High availability for Cloud Databases
      • HA database instance group status
    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
      • Assigning roles to account users
      • Roles available for Cloud Databases
      • Multiproduct global roles and permissions
      • Resolving conflicts between RBAC multiproduct and product-specific roles
      • RBAC permissions cross-reference to Cloud Databases API operations
  • API reference
    • API versions
      • List versions
        • Request
        • Response
      • List version details
        • Request
        • Response
    • Database instances
      • Create database instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • List all database instances
        • Request
        • Response
      • Update database instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • List database instance status and details
        • Request
        • Response
      • Change database instance name
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete database instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Get default configuration
        • Request
        • Response
      • Enable root user
        • Request
        • Response
      • List root-enabled status
        • Request
        • Response
    • Database instance actions
      • Restart instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Resize the instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Resize the instance volume
        • Request
        • Response
      • Save the DB logs for an instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Upgrade an instance
        • Request
        • Response
    • Databases
      • Create database
        • Request
        • Response
      • List databases for instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete database
        • Request
        • Response
    • Users
      • Create user
        • Request
        • Response
      • List users in database instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Change user or users password
        • Request
        • Response
      • Modify user attributes
        • Request
        • Response
      • List user
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete user
        • Request
        • Response
      • List user access
        • Request
        • Response
      • Grant user access
        • Request
        • Response
      • Revoke user access
        • Request
        • Response
    • Flavors
      • List flavors
        • Request
        • Response
      • List flavor by ID
        • Request
        • Response
      • List flavors for datastore version
        • Request
        • Response
    • On demand backups
      • Create backup
        • Request
        • Response
      • Create backup for an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • List backups
        • Request
        • Response
      • List backup by ID
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete backup
        • Request
        • Response
      • List backups for instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Restore backup
        • Request
        • Response
      • List backups of an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Create a copy of an existing backup in another region
        • Request
        • Response
    • Scheduled backups
      • Create scheduled backup
        • Request
        • Response
      • List scheduled backups
        • Request
        • Response
      • List schedule for running backup by schedule ID
        • Request
        • Response
      • Update schedule for backups by schedule ID
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete schedule for running backup by schedule ID
        • Request
        • Response
    • Replication
      • Create replica
        • Request
        • Response
      • List all replicas and replica source database instances
        • Request
        • Response
      • List replica source
        • Request
        • Response
      • List replica details
        • Request
        • Response
      • Detach replica
        • Request
        • Response
      • List replicas for source instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Convert replication setup to HA
        • Request
        • Response
    • High availability
      • Create HA database instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • List all HA database instances
        • Request
        • Response
      • List HA database instance details
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete HA database instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Add ACLs to an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • List ACLs for an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete ACLs from an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Add replica to an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Remove replica from an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Resize volume for an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Resize flavor for an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Restart an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Attach configuration group to HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Remove configuration group from HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
      • Upgrade an HA instance
        • Request
        • Response
    • Configurations
      • List configurations
        • Request
        • Response
      • Create configuration
        • Request
        • Response
      • List configuration details
        • Request
        • Response
      • Update some configuration parameters
        • Request
        • Response
      • Replace all configuration parameters
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete configuration group
        • Request
        • Response
      • List instances for configuration
        • Request
        • Response
    • Configuration parameters
      • List configuration parameters
        • Request
        • Response
      • List configuration parameter details
        • Request
        • Response
      • List configuration parameters without datastore
        • Request
        • Response
      • List configuration parameter details without datastore
        • Request
        • Response
      • List verbose default configuration parameters
        • Request
        • Response
    • Datastore types and versions
      • List all datastore types
        • Request
        • Response
      • Show datastore type
        • Request
        • Response
      • List datastore versions for datastore
        • Request
        • Response
      • Show datastore version
        • Request
        • Response
  • Release notes
    • v3.18.0, April 29, 2025
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.17.0, November 6, 2024
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.16.1, March 30, 2022
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.16.0, March 16, 2022
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.15.0, October 27, 2021
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.14.0, September 22, 2021
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.13.0, July 28, 2021
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.12.0, May 4, 2021
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.11.0, February 2, 2021
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.10.0, October 27, 2020
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.9.0, August 12, 2020
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.8.0, June 2, 2020
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.7.0, April 28, 2020
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.6.1, March 18, 2020
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.6.0, February 4, 2020
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.5.0, November 6, 2019
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.4.0, September 24, 2019
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.3.0, July 01, 2019
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.2.1, April 22, 2019
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.2.0, April 8, 2019
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.1.0, February 27, 2019
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v3.0.0, January 30, 2019
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.47.0, January 28, 2016
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.40.0, November 12, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.36.0, October 14, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
      • Documentation Changes
    • v2.34.0, October 1, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.30.0, September 17, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.31.0, September 10, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
      • Documentation changes
    • v2.30.0, September 2, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.28.0, August 25, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.27.0, August 11, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.26.0, July 30, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.23.0, July 8, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.22.0, June 25, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.20.0, June 25, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.19.0, June 4, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.18.0, June 4, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.17.0, May 19, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.16.0, May 11, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.15.0, April 29, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.14.0, April 10, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.13.0, April 10, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.12.0, February 12, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • v2.11.0, January 29, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
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