Viewing RDS region and zone information - Developer's Guide| Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Description

Shows the selectable RDS regions and zones. Before calling the CreateInstance interface, use this interface to view RegionId.

Request parameters

Name	Type	Required?	Description
Action	String	Yes	DescribeRegions

Return parameters

Name	Type	Description
<Public Return Parameters>	-	For details, refer to the Appendix.
Regions	`List<RDSRegion>`	Returned region list

RDS region

Name	Type	Description
RegionId	String	Data center
ZoneId	String	Zone

Example

Request example

https://rds.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeRegions
&<Public Request Parameters>

Return example

XML format:

<DescribeRegionsResponse>
 <Regions>
  <RDSRegion>
<RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
<ZoneId>cn-hangzhou-a</RegionId>
  </RDSRegion>
  <RDSRegion>
<RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
<ZoneId>cn-hangzhou-b</ZoneId>
  </RDSRegion>
  <RDSRegion>
<RegionId>cn-qingdao</RegionId>
<ZoneId>cn-qingdao-a</ZoneId>
  </RDSRegion>
  <RDSRegion>
<RegionId>cn-beijing</RegionId>
<ZoneId>cn-beijing-a</ZoneId>
  </RDSRegion>
  <RDSRegion>
<RegionId>cn-hongkong</RegionId>
<ZoneId>cn-hongkong-a</ZoneId>
  </RDSRegion>
  <RDSRegion>
<RegionId>cn-shenzhen</RegionId>
<ZoneId>cn-shenzhen-a</ZoneId>
  </RDSRegion>
</Regions>
<RequestId>A36D9720-7902-42A4-B8B9-014A2135E6C3</RequestId>
</DescribeRegionsResponse>

JSON format:

{
    "Regions": {
      "RDSRegion": [
        {"RegionId": "cn-hangzhou","ZoneId":"cn-hangzhou-a"}, 
        {"RegionId": "cn-hangzhou","ZoneId":"cn-hangzhou-b"},
        { "RegionId": "cn-qingdao","ZoneId":"cn-qingdao-b"}, 
        {"RegionId": "cn-beijing","ZoneId": "cn-beijing-a"}, 
        { "RegionId": "cn-hongkong","ZoneId": "cn-hongkong-a"}, 
        {"RegionId": "cn-shenzhen","ZoneId": "cn-shenzhen-a"}
      ]
}, 
    "RequestId": "A36D9720-7902-42A4-B8B9-014A2135E6C3"
}