You can call this operation to modify the type or storage space of an instance. The instance can be a regular or read-only instance, and cannot be a disaster recovery or temporary instance.

This operation must meet the following requirements:

  • The instance is in the running state.
  • The instance is not performing a backup task.
  • Either the instance type (DBInstanceClass) or storage space (DBInstanceStorage) parameter must be specified in the request.
  • When you downgrade the disk space configuration, the input disk space is no less than 1.1 times the actually used space.
  • Only regular and read-only instances allow configuration changes. Configurations cannot be changed for disaster recovery or temporary instances.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ModifyDBInstanceSpec

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ModifyDBInstanceSpec.

DBInstanceId String Yes rm-uf6wjk5xxxxxxx

The ID of the instance.

PayType String Yes Postpaid

The current billing method of the instnace. Valid values:

  • Postpaid
  • Prepaid
ClientToken String No ETnLKlblzczshOTUbOCzxxxxxxx

The client token that is used to ensure the idempotency of requests. The parameter value is generated by the client and is unique among different requests, which is a string of up to 64 ASCII characters.

DBInstanceClass String No rds.mys2.small

The type of the instance. For more information, see Instance types.

Note Either the instance type (DBInstanceClass) or storage space (DBInstanceStorage) parameter must be specified in the request.
DBInstanceStorage Integer No 20

User-defined storage space. The value must be an integer multiple of 5. Valid values:

  • MySQL: 5 to 2000.
  • SQL Server: 10 to 3000.
  • PostgreSQL: 5 to 2000.
  • PPAS: 250 to 500.
  • MariaDB: 20 to 1000.

Different billing methods and instances of different versions have different value ranges. For more information, see the read-only instance creation page in the console.

Note Either the instance type (DBInstanceClass) or storage space (DBInstanceStorage) parameter must be specified in the request.
EffectiveTime String No 2017-11-06T17:49:12Z

Effective time. Valid values:

  • Immediate: The changes take effect immediately.
  • MaintainTime: The changes take effect during the maintenance period. For more information about the maintenance period, see ModifyDBInstanceMaintainTime.

Default value: Immediate.

EngineVersion String No 5.6

The version of the database. Valid values:

  • MySQL: 5.5/5.6/5.7
  • SQLServer: 2008r2/2012/2012_ent_ha/2012_std_ha/2012_web/2016_ent_ha/2016_std_ha/2016_web/2017_ent
  • PostgreSQL: 9.4/10.0
  • PPAS: 9.3/10.0
  • MariaDB: 10.3
AccessKeyId String No LTAIfCxxxxxxxxxx

The AccessKey ID that Alibaba Cloud issues to a user for service access.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 3C5CFDEE-F774-4DED-89A2-1D76EC63C575

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests


http(s)://rds.aliyuncs.com/? Action=ModifyDBInstanceSpec
&DBInstanceId=rm-uf6wjk5xxxxxxx 
&PayType=Postpaid 
&DBInstanceClass=rds.mys2.small
&<Common request parameters>

Successful response examples

XML format 

<ModifyDBInstanceSpecResponse> 
  <RequestId>3C5CFDEE-F774-4DED-89A2-1D76EC63C575</RequestId>
</ModifyDBInstanceSpecResponse>

JSON format 

{
	"RequestId":" 3C5CFDEE-F774-4DED-89A2-1D76EC63C575 "
}

Error codes

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