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AnalyticDB:CreateSecret

Last Updated:Jan 23, 2026

Creates an access credential for an AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL instance by using the name and password of a database account.

Debugging

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • For mandatory resource types, indicate with a prefix of * .
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
gpdb:CreateSecretcreate
*All Resources
*
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
DBInstanceIdstringNo

The instance ID.

Note You can call the DescribeDBInstances operation to query the information about all AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL instances within a region, including instance IDs.
gp-xxxxxxxxx
WorkspaceIdstringNo

The ID of the workspace that consists of multiple AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL instances. You must specify one of the WorkspaceId and DBInstanceId parameters. If you specify both parameters, the WorkspaceId parameter takes precedence.

gp-ws-*****
RegionIdstringYes

The region ID of the instance.

cn-beijing
UsernamestringYes

The name of the database account that is used to access the instance.

testacc
PasswordstringYes

The password of the database account that is used to access the instance.

pwd123
DescriptionstringNo

The description of the access credential.

test
SecretNamestringNo

The name of the access credential. The name must be 1 to 16 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, and underscores (_). If you leave this parameter empty, the value of the Username parameter is used.

testsecret
TestConnectionbooleanNo

Specifies whether to check the connectivity to the instance by using the name and password of the database account.

true

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object
RequestIdstring

The request ID.

ABB39CC3-4488-4857-905D-2E4A051D0521
Messagestring

The returned message.

Successful
Statusstring

The status of the operation. Valid values:

  • success
  • fail
success
SecretArnstring

The Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) of the access credential for the created Data API account. Format: acs:gpdb:{{region}}:{{accountId}}:secret/{{secretName}}-{{32 digits random string}.

acs:gpdb:cn-beijing:1033**:secret/testsecret-eG2AQGRIwQ0zFp4VA7mYL3uiCXTfDQbQ
SecretNamestring

The name of the access credential.

testsecret

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "ABB39CC3-4488-4857-905D-2E4A051D0521",
  "Message": "Successful",
  "Status": "success",
  "SecretArn": "acs:gpdb:cn-beijing:1033**:secret/testsecret-eG2AQGRIwQ0zFp4VA7mYL3uiCXTfDQbQ",
  "SecretName": "testsecret"
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.