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Request parameters


Parameter	Type	Required	Example	Description
Action	String	Yes	DescribeInstances	The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeInstances.
RegionId	String	Yes	cn-hangzhou	The region ID the instance. Note If you set Tag.N.Key and Tag.N.Value when you call this operation, you must specify RegionId.
InstanceIds	String	No	r-bp1zxszhcgatnx****	The IDs of instances. Note If you specify multiple instance IDs, separate the instance IDs with commas (,).
InstanceStatus	String	No	Normal	The state of the instance. Valid values: Normal: The instance is normal. Creating: The instance is being created. Changing: The configurations of the instance are being changed. Inactive: The instance is disabled. Flushing: The instance is being released. Released: The instance is released. Transforming: The instance is being transformed. Unavailable: The instance is suspended. Error: The instance cannot be created. Migrating: The instance is being migrated. BackupRecovering: The instance is being restored from a backup. MinorVersionUpgrading: The minor version of the instance is being updated. NetworkModifying: The network type of the instance is being changed. SSLModifying: The SSL certificate of the instance is being changed. MajorVersionUpgrading: The major version of the instance is being upgraded. The instance remains available during the upgrade.
ChargeType	String	No	PostPaid	The billing method of the instance. Valid values: PrePaid: subscription PostPaid: pay-as-you-go
NetworkType	String	No	CLASSIC	The network type of the instance. Valid values: CLASSIC: classic network VPC: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
EngineVersion	String	No	4.0	The database engine version of the instance. Valid values: 2.8, 4.0, and 5.0.
InstanceClass	String	No	redis.master.small.default	The instance type. For more information, see Instance types.
VpcId	String	No	vpc-bp1nme44gek34slfc****	The ID of the VPC.
VSwitchId	String	No	vsw-bp1e7clcw529l773d****	The ID of the vSwitch.
PageNumber	Integer	No	1	The number of the page to return. Pages start from page 1. Default value: 1.
PageSize	Integer	No	10	The number of entries to return on each page. Maximum value: 50. Default value: 10.
InstanceType	String	No	Redis	The category of the instance. Valid values: Tair Redis Memcache
SearchKey	String	No	apitest	The keyword used for fuzzy search. The keyword can be based on an instance name or an instance ID.
ArchitectureType	String	No	standard	The architecture of the instance. Valid values: cluster: The instance is a cluster instance. standard: The instance is a standard instance. rwsplit: The instance is a read/write splitting instance.
Expired	String	No	false	Specifies whether the instance has expired. Valid values: true: The instance has expired. false: The instance has not expired.
ZoneId	String	No	cn-hongkong-b	The zone ID of the instance.
ResourceGroupId	String	No	rg-acfmyiu4ekp****	The ID of the resource group to which the instance belongs. Note You can query resource group IDs by using the ApsaraDB for Redis console or by calling the ListResourceGroups operation. For more information, see View basic information of a resource group.
GlobalInstance	Boolean	No	true	Specifies whether to return the child instances of distributed instances. Valid values: true: Only child instances are returned. false: Child instances are not returned.
EditionType	String	No	Enterprise	The edition of the instance. Valid values: Community: Community Edition Enterprise: Enhance Edition (Tair)
PrivateIp	String	No	172.16.49.***	The private IP address of the instance.
Tag.N.Key	String	No	Storage type	The key of tag N of the instance. A tag is a key-value pair. Note Valid values of N: 1 to 5.
Tag.N.Value	String	No	Local disk	The value of tag N of the instance.

Response parameters


Parameter	Type	Example	Description
RequestId	String	1E83311F-0EE4-4922-A3BF-730B312B****	The ID of the request.
PageNumber	Integer	1	The page number of the returned page.
PageSize	Integer	30	The number of entries returned per page.
TotalCount	Integer	1	The total number of instances that were queried.
Instances	Array of KVStoreInstance		Details about the instances.
KVStoreInstance
VpcId	String	vpc-bp1nme44gek34slfc****	The ID of the VPC.
PrivateIp	String	172.16.49.***	The private IP address of the instance. Note This parameter is not returned when the instance is deployed in the classic network.
Capacity	Long	4096	The storage capacity of the instance. Unit: MB.
ReplacateId	String	grr-bp11381ebc16****	The logical ID of the replica instance.
CreateTime	String	2018-11-07T08:49:00Z	The time when the instance was created.
ConnectionDomain	String	r-bp1zxszhcgatnx****.redis.rds.aliyuncs.com	The internal endpoint of the instance.
IsRds	Boolean	true	Indicates whether the instance is managed by ApsaraDB RDS. Valid values: true: The instance is managed by ApsaraDB RDS. false: The instance is not managed by ApsaraDB RDS.
ChargeType	String	PostPaid	The billing method of the instance. Valid values: PrePaid: subscription PostPaid: pay-as-you-go
ArchitectureType	String	cluster	The architecture of the instance. Valid values: cluster: The instance is a cluster instance. standard: The instance is a standard instance. SplitRW: The instance is a read/write splitting instance. NULL: The instance can be a cluster instance, standard instance, or read/write splitting instance.
NetworkType	String	CLASSIC	The network type of the instance. Valid values: CLASSIC: classic network VPC: VPC
ConnectionMode	String	Standard	The connection mode of the instance. Valid values: Standard: standard mode Safe: the proxy mode
Port	Long	6379	The service port of the instance.
SecondaryZoneId	String	cn-hangzhou-h	The ID of the secondary zone. Note If multiple zones are returned for ZoneId such as cn-hangzhou-MAZ10(h,i), this parameter is ignored.
EngineVersion	String	4.0	The database engine version of the instance. Valid values: 2.8, 4.0, and 5.0.
PackageType	String	standard	The plan type. Valid values: standard: standard plan customized: a custom plan
Config	String	{\"maxmemory-policy\":\"volatile-lfu\",\"EvictionPolicy\":\"volatile-lru\",\"hash-max-ziplist-entries\":512,\"zset-max-ziplist-entries\":128,\"zset-max-ziplist-value\":64,\"set-max-intset-entries\":512,\"hash-max-ziplist-value\":64,\"#no_loose_disabled-commands\":\"flushall,flushdb\",\"lazyfree-lazy-eviction\":\"yes\"}	The parameter configurations of the instance. For more information, see Modify parameters of an instance.
Bandwidth	Long	96	The bandwidth of the instance. Unit: MB/s.
InstanceName	String	apitest	The name of the instance.
ShardCount	Integer	3	The number of data shards in the instance. Note This parameter is returned only when the instance is a cluster master-replica instance that uses cloud disks.
UserName	String	r-bp1zxszhcgatnx****	The username that is used to connect to the instance. By default, the username that is named after the instance ID is returned.
GlobalInstanceId	String	gr-bp14rkqrhac****	The ID of the distributed instance to which the instance belongs. Note This parameter is returned only when the instance is a child instance of a distributed instance.
QPS	Long	100000	The expected maximum queries per second (QPS).
InstanceClass	String	redis.logic.sharding.2g.2db.0rodb.4proxy.default	The instance type.
DestroyTime	String	2019-04-28T10:03:01Z	The time when the instance was deleted.
InstanceId	String	r-bp1zxszhcgatnx****	The ID of the instance.
InstanceType	String	Redis	The category of the instance. Valid values: Tair Redis Memcache
HasRenewChangeOrder	Boolean	false	Indicates whether your Alibaba Cloud account has pending orders for renewal and configuration change. Valid values: true: Your Alibaba Cloud account has pending orders for renewal and configuration change. false: Your Alibaba Cloud account has no pending orders for renewal and configuration change.
RegionId	String	cn-hangzhou	The region ID of the cluster.
SearchKey	String	apitest	The keyword used for fuzzy search. The keyword can be based on an instance ID or an instance description.
EndTime	String	2019-06-13T16:00:00Z	The time when the instance expires if the instance is charged based on the subscription billing method.
VSwitchId	String	vsw-bp1e7clcw529l773d****	The ID of the vSwitch.
NodeType	String	double	The node type. Valid values: double: The instance contains a master node and a replica node. single: The instance contains only a master node. This node type is phrased out.
Connections	Long	20000	The maximum number of connections supported by the instance.
ResourceGroupId	String	rg-acfmyiu4ekp****	The ID of the resource group to which the instance belongs.
ZoneId	String	cn-hangzhou-b	The zone ID of the instance.
InstanceStatus	String	Normal	The state of the instance. Valid values: Normal: The instance is normal. Creating: The instance is being created. Changing: The configurations of the instance are being changed. Inactive: The instance is disabled. Flushing: The instance is being released. Released: The instance is released. Transforming: The instance is being transformed. Unavailable: The instance is suspended. Error: The instance cannot be created. Migrating: The instance is being migrated. BackupRecovering: The instance is being restored from a backup. MinorVersionUpgrading: The minor version of the instance is being updated. NetworkModifying: The network type of the instance is being changed. SSLModifying: The SSL certificate of the instance is being changed. MajorVersionUpgrading: The major version of the instance is being upgraded. The instance remains available during the upgrade.
CloudType	String	cloudbox	This parameter is displayed only when the instance is in a cloud box.
EditionType	String	Enterprise	The edition of the instance. Valid values: Community: Community Edition Enterprise: Enhance Edition (Tair)
Tags	Array of Tag		Details about the tags.
Tag
Key	String	key1	The key of the tag.
Value	String	value1	The value of the tag.

Examples

Sample requests

https://r-kvstore.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeInstances
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<DescribeInstancesResponse>
    <Instances>
        <KVStoreInstance>
            <Connections>10000</Connections>
            <ResourceGroupId>rg-acfmyiu4ekp****</ResourceGroupId>
            <Config>{&quot;EvictionPolicy&quot;:&quot;volatile-lru&quot;,&quot;hash-max-ziplist-entries&quot;:512,&quot;zset-max-ziplist-entries&quot;:128,&quot;list-max-ziplist-entries&quot;:512,&quot;list-max-ziplist-value&quot;:64,&quot;zset-max-ziplist-value&quot;:64,&quot;set-max-intset-entries&quot;:512,&quot;hash-max-ziplist-value&quot;:64}</Config>
            <Port>6379</Port>
            <HasRenewChangeOrder>false</HasRenewChangeOrder>
            <ConnectionDomain>r-bp1wcw2rlw76acc5k****.redis.rds.aliyuncs.com</ConnectionDomain>
            <Capacity>1024</Capacity>
            <QPS>80000</QPS>
            <PrivateIp>172.16.49.***</PrivateIp>
            <InstanceStatus>Normal</InstanceStatus>
            <NetworkType>VPC</NetworkType>
            <Bandwidth>10</Bandwidth>
            <PackageType>standard</PackageType>
            <InstanceType>Redis</InstanceType>
            <Tags>
                <Tag>
                    <Value>Community Edition</Value>
                    <Key>Type</Key>
                </Tag>
            </Tags>
            <ArchitectureType>standard</ArchitectureType>
            <UserName>r-bp1wcw2rlw76ac****</UserName>
            <EngineVersion>5.0</EngineVersion>
            <ZoneId>cn-hangzhou-f</ZoneId>
            <InstanceId>r-bp1wcw2rlw76ac****</InstanceId>
            <VSwitchId>vsw-bp1w9ouei2nm66qlz****</VSwitchId>
            <CreateTime>2020-03-31T06:56:22Z</CreateTime>
            <InstanceClass>redis.master.small.default</InstanceClass>
            <IsRds>true</IsRds>
            <InstanceName>Master-replica instances of the Community Edition 50</InstanceName>
            <VpcId>vpc-bp1opxu1zkhn00gzv****</VpcId>
            <ChargeType>PostPaid</ChargeType>
            <NodeType>double</NodeType>
            <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
        </KVStoreInstance>
    </Instances>
    <TotalCount>1</TotalCount>
    <RequestId>78DDAA9A-B09E-4BE0-AEAE-10A22924****</RequestId>
    <PageSize>30</PageSize>
    <PageNumber>1</PageNumber>
</DescribeInstancesResponse>

JSON format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "Instances" : {
    "KVStoreInstance" : [ {
      "Connections" : 10000,
      "ResourceGroupId" : "rg-acfmyiu4ekp****",
      "Config" : "{\"EvictionPolicy\":\"volatile-lru\",\"hash-max-ziplist-entries\":512,\"zset-max-ziplist-entries\":128,\"list-max-ziplist-entries\":512,\"list-max-ziplist-value\":64,\"zset-max-ziplist-value\":64,\"set-max-intset-entries\":512,\"hash-max-ziplist-value\":64}",
      "Port" : 6379,
      "HasRenewChangeOrder" : false,
      "ConnectionDomain" : "r-bp1wcw2rlw76acc5k****.redis.rds.aliyuncs.com",
      "Capacity" : 1024,
      "QPS" : 80000,
      "PrivateIp" : "172.16.49.***",
      "InstanceStatus" : "Normal",
      "NetworkType" : "VPC",
      "Bandwidth" : 10,
      "PackageType" : "standard",
      "InstanceType" : "Redis",
      "Tags" : {
        "Tag" : [ {
          "Value" : "Community Edition",
          "Key" : "Type"
        } ]
      },
      "ArchitectureType" : "standard",
      "UserName" : "r-bp1wcw2rlw76ac****",
      "EngineVersion" : "5.0",
      "ZoneId" : "cn-hangzhou-f",
      "InstanceId" : "r-bp1wcw2rlw76ac****",
      "VSwitchId" : "vsw-bp1w9ouei2nm66qlz****",
      "CreateTime" : "2020-03-31T06:56:22Z",
      "InstanceClass" : "redis.master.small.default",
      "IsRds" : true,
      "InstanceName" : "Master-replica instances of the Community Edition 50",
      "VpcId" : "vpc-bp1opxu1zkhn00gzv****",
      "ChargeType" : "PostPaid",
      "NodeType" : "double",
      "RegionId" : "cn-hangzhou"
    } ]
  },
  "TotalCount" : 1,
  "RequestId" : "78DDAA9A-B09E-4BE0-AEAE-10A22924****",
  "PageSize" : 30,
  "PageNumber" : 1
}

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