You can call this operation to create an RDS database account.

When you call this operation, the instance must meet the following requirements:

  • The instance is in the running state.
  • The database is in the running state.
  • The number of accounts in the instance does not exceed the upper limit.
Note
  • This operation is applicable only to MySQL, MariaDB, and SQL Server (excluding SQL Server 2017 Cluster Edition).
  • PostgreSQL, PPAS, and SQL Server 2017 Cluster Edition instances each have a superuser account. Other accounts are created through SQL by the superuser account.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes CreateAccount

The operation that you want to perform. Set this parameter to CreateAccount.

DBInstanceId String Yes rm-uf6wjk5xxxxxxx

The ID of the instance.

AccountName String Yes test1

The name of the database account.

Note
  • The name must be unique.
  • The name must start with a lowercase letter and end with a lowercase letter or digit.
  • The name consits of lowercase letters, digits, or underscores (_).
  • The name contains 2 to 16 characters.
  • For information about invalid characters, see Forbidden keywords table.
AccountPassword String Yes Test123456

The password of the database account.

Note
  • It contains 8 to 32 characters.
  • It contains at least three of the following four character types: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters.
  • The allowed special characters are as follows:

    ! @ # $ & % ^ * ( ) _ + - =
AccountDescription String No Test account A

The description of the account. The description starts with a letter and contains 2 to 256 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), or hyphens (-).

Note It cannot start with http:// or https://.
AccountType String No Normal

The type of the account. Valid values:

  • Normal
  • Super

Default value: Normal.

AccessKeyId String No LTAIfCxxxxxxx

The AccessKey ID issued by Alibaba Cloud for users to access services.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String D4D4BE8A-DD46-440A-BFCD-EE31DA81C9DD

The ID of the request.

Examples

Request example


http(s)://rds.aliyuncs.com/?Action=CreateAccount
&DBInstanceId=rm-uf6wjk5xxxxxxx
&AccountName=test1
&AccountPassword=Test123456
&<Common request parameters>

Normal response examples

XML format 

<CreateAccountResponse>
         <RequestId>D4D4BE8A-DD46-440A-BFCD-EE31DA81C9DD</RequestId>
</CreateAccountResponse>

JSON format 

{
	"RequestId":"D4D4BE8A-DD46-440A-BFCD-EE31DA81C9DD"
}

Error codes

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