If your ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instance uses the pay-as-you-go billing method and runs critical workloads, you can enable the release protection feature for the instance. This feature prevents your RDS instance from being manually released due to unintended operations or lack of communication among team members. This topic describes how to enable or disable the release protection feature for an ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instance.
Prerequisites
Precautions
- A payment in your account is overdue for more than 15 days.
- The RDS instance does not comply with the applicable security compliance policies.
Benefits of release protection
- If you release the RDS instance in the ApsaraDB RDS console, the "
The instance cannot be released because release protection has been enabled. Disable release protection first
" message is displayed. - If you call the DeleteDBInstnace operation to release the RDS instance, the error code
OperationDenied.DeletionProtection
is returned.
Enable the release protection feature when you create an RDS instance
This section describes how to configure the release protection feature when you create an RDS instance. For more information, see Create an ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instance.
- Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the RDS instance resides.
- On the Instances page, click Create Instance.
- In the Basic Configurations step, set Billing Method to Pay-As-You-Go and complete the remaining configurations. Click Next: Instance Configuration.
- In the Instance Configurations step, select Prevent release through the console or API by mistake and complete the remaining configurations. Click Next: Confirm Order.
- Complete the remaining configurations until the RDS instance is created.
Modify release protection settings
You can also enable or disable the release protection feature for an RDS instance by modifying the settings of the RDS instance.
- Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the RDS instance resides.
- On the Instances page, find the RDS instance whose release protection settings you want to modify. In the Actions column, click and select Change Instance Release Protection Settings.
- In the Change Release Protection Setting dialog box, turn on or turn off Release Protection.
- Click OK.
Check whether the release protection feature is enabled
Related operations
Operation | Description |
---|---|
Create an instance | Creates an ApsaraDB RDS instance. |
Restore data to a new ApsaraDB RDS instance | Restores the data of an ApsaraDB RDS instance to a new instance. The new instance is also called a cloned instance. |
Enable or disable the release protection feature | Enables or disables the release protection feature for an ApsaraDB RDS instance. |