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PolarDB:DescribeParameterGroups

Last Updated:Dec 11, 2025

This operation queries the parameter templates in a specified region.

Operation description

Parameter templates allow you to manage cluster parameters in batches and quickly apply them to PolarDB clusters. For more information, see Use parameter templates.

Note

This feature is available only for PolarDB for MySQL clusters.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

polardb:DescribeParameterGroups

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

Yes

The ID of the region.

Note

Call the DescribeRegions operation to query the information about all available regions of your account, including the region IDs.

cn-hangzhou

DBType

string

No

The database engine type. Only MySQL is supported.

MySQL

DBVersion

string

No

The version of the database engine. Valid values:

  • 5.6

  • 5.7

  • 8.0

8.0

ResourceGroupId

string

No

The ID of the resource group.

rg-************

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Schema of Response

RequestId

string

The request ID.

944CED46-A6F7-40C6-B6DC-C6E5CC******

ParameterGroups

array<object>

The list of parameter templates.

object

DBType

string

The type of the database engine.

MySQL

DBVersion

string

The version of the database engine.

8.0

ParameterGroupName

string

The name of the parameter template.

test

ForceRestart

string

Indicates whether a cluster restart is required for the parameter template to take effect. Valid values:

  • 0: A restart is not required.

  • 1: A restart is required.

1

ParameterGroupType

string

The type of the parameter template. Valid values:

  • 0: system default template

  • 1: user-defined template

  • 2: automatic backup template (The system automatically backs up the previous parameter settings as a template after you apply a new template.)

1

ParameterCounts

integer

The number of parameters in the parameter template.

2

ParameterGroupDesc

string

The description of the parameter template.

testgroup

CreateTime

string

The time when the parameter template was created. The time is in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. The time is displayed in UTC.

2023-03-10T08:40:39Z

ParameterGroupId

string

The ID of the parameter template.

pcpg-**************

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "944CED46-A6F7-40C6-B6DC-C6E5CC******",
  "ParameterGroups": [
    {
      "DBType": "MySQL",
      "DBVersion": "8.0",
      "ParameterGroupName": "test",
      "ForceRestart": "1",
      "ParameterGroupType": "1",
      "ParameterCounts": 2,
      "ParameterGroupDesc": "testgroup",
      "CreateTime": "2023-03-10T08:40:39Z",
      "ParameterGroupId": "pcpg-**************"
    }
  ]
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidRegionId.Malformed The specified parameter RegionId is not valid. The specified RegionId parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidEngine.Unsupported The specified Engine does not support this feature. This feature is not supported by the specified engine.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.