CreateRCImage - ApsaraDB RDS - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Creates a custom image for an RDS Custom instance.

Operation description

Supported database engines

RDS MySQL
RDS SQL Server

References

Usage

Method 1: Create a custom image by using a snapshot generated from the system disk. In this case, specify the SnapshotId and ImageName parameters at the same time in the request.
Method 2: Create a custom image by using an RDS Custom instance. In this case, specify the InstanceId and ImageName parameters at the same time in the request.

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.

Operation	Access level	Resource type	Condition key	Associated operation
rds:CreateRCImage	none	All Resources ``	none	none

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
RegionId	string	No	The region ID. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.	cn-beijing
SnapshotId	string	No	The ID of the snapshot from which to create the custom image. You can call the DescribeRCSnapshots operation to query the snapshot ID.	rcds-c9bjdl79vz5dx********
ImageName	string	No	The name of the custom image.	Created_from_rc-vma9w5z699x9********
InstanceId	string	No	The ID of the RDS Custom instance.	rc-vma9w5z699x93204****

Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	object	The response parameters.
RequestId	string	The request ID.	F8D78AED-5050-113C-A46E-7B346*******

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "F8D78AED-5050-113C-A46E-7B346*******"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	InvalidInstanceId.NotFound	InstanceId is invalid, not found.	Invalid InstanceId, no valid instance data found

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

Change history

Change time	Summary of changes	Operation
2026-02-05	The Error code has changed	View Change Details
2026-01-14	Add Operation	View Change Details