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ApsaraDB for SelectDB:DescribeDBInstanceAttribute

Last Updated:Nov 26, 2025

This operation queries the details of an instance.

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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

selectdb:DescribeDBInstanceAttribute

list

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

DBInstanceId

string

Yes

The instance ID.

selectdb-cn-7213cjv****

RegionId

string

Yes

The region ID.

cn-hangzhou

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Schema of Response

RequestId

string

The request ID.

06758CAB-1204-5852-A471-29C87D5C1D0F

Status

string

The state of the instance. Valid values:

  • CREATING: The instance is being created.

  • ACTIVE: The instance is running.

  • RESOURCE_CHANGING: The instance is being upgraded or downgraded.

  • ORDER_PREPARING: The order is being confirmed.

  • READONLY_RESOURCE_CHANGING: The instance is being upgraded or downgraded and is read-only.

  • DELETING: The instance is being deleted.

ACTIVE

SubDomain

string

The zone.

cn-beijing-h-aliyun

GmtModified

string

The time when the instance was last modified. Operations such as restarting the instance or enabling an Internet endpoint can modify this time. The time is in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmZ format and is displayed in UTC.

2023-08-17T09:58Z

LockMode

integer

The lock mode of the instance. A value of lock indicates that the instance automatically expires or has an overdue payment.

lock

LockReason

string

The reason why the instance is locked.

nolock

ResourceCpu

integer

The number of vCPUs.

8

StorageSize

integer

The storage capacity.

400

ObjectStoreSize

integer

The storage space.

0

MaintainStarttime

string

The start time of the maintenance window.

预留参数,暂不返回

MaintainEndtime

string

The end time of the maintenance window.

预留参数,暂不返回

DBClusterList

array<object>

The information about the clusters to which the instance belongs.

object

The list of clusters.

DbInstanceName

string

The instance name.

实例测试

DbClusterId

string

The cluster ID.

selectdb-cn-h033cjs****-be

DbClusterName

string

The cluster name.

test01

Status

string

The state of the cluster. Valid values:

  • CREATING: The cluster is being created.

  • ACTIVATION: The cluster is running.

  • RESOURCE_CHANGING: The cluster is being upgraded or downgraded.

  • ORDER_PREPARING: The order is being confirmed.

  • READONLY_RESOURCE_CHANGING: The cluster is being upgraded or downgraded and is read-only.

  • DELETING: The cluster is being deleted.

ACTIVATION

CreatedTime

string

The time when the cluster was created.

2023-08-14T09:24:13Z

DbClusterClass

string

The instance class of the cluster. Valid values:

  • selectdb.xlarge: 4 vCPUs, 16 GB memory.

  • selectdb.2xlarge: 8 vCPUs, 32 GB memory.

  • selectdb.4xlarge: 16 vCPUs, 64 GB memory.

  • selectdb.8xlarge: 32 vCPUs, 128 GB memory.

  • selectdb.16xlarge: 64 vCPUs, 256 GB memory.

  • selectdb.24xlarge: 96 vCPUs, 384 GB memory.

  • selectdb.32xlarge: 128 vCPUs, 512 GB memory.

selectdb.2xlarge

CpuCores

integer

The number of vCPUs.

8

Memory

integer

The memory size.

64

CacheStorageType

string

The cache storage type.

cloud_essd

PerformanceLevel

string

The performance level (PL).

PL1

CacheStorageSizeGB

string

The cache storage capacity in GB.

200

StartTime

string

The time when the cluster was started.

2023-08-14T09:24:13Z

ChargeType

string

The billing method of the cluster. Valid values:

  • Postpaid: pay-as-you-go

  • Prepaid: subscription

Prepaid

ModifiedTime

string

The time when the cluster was last modified.

2024-07-02T16:35:44+08:00

ScalingRulesEnable

boolean

Indicates whether a scheduled elastic policy is enabled.

false

ZoneId

string

The zone ID.

cn-hangzhou-k

VSwitchId

string

The vSwitch ID.

vsw-t4n8x7jcc8rknon85tqoa

SubDomain

string

The subdomain.

预留参数,暂不返回。

ClusterBinding

string

The target cluster to which the cluster is attached.

selectdb-cn-7213cjv****-be

ClusterNodeType

string

The type of the cluster nodes. This parameter is valid only for serverless instances.

Valid values:

  • base :

    The ratio of vCPUs to memory is 1:4 for 1 SCU.

base

ClusterNodeCount

integer

The number of cluster nodes. This parameter is valid only for serverless instances.

1

ScaleMax

number

The maximum value for the auto-scaling range of RDS Capacity Units (RCUs) for the instance.

4

ScaleMin

number

The minimum value for the auto-scaling range of RDS Capacity Units (RCUs) for the instance.

0.5

Engine

string

The database engine.

selectdb

EngineVersion

string

The database engine version.

2.4

EngineMinorVersion

string

The minor engine version of the instance.

3.0.1

DBInstanceId

string

The instance ID.

selectdb-cn-7213cjv****

Description

string

The description of the instance.

test

CreateTime

string

The time when the instance was created.

2023-08-14T03:00:42Z

CanUpgradeVersions

array

The versions to which the instance can be upgraded.

string

A list of upgradeable versions.

test

ChargeType

string

The billing method of the instance. Valid values:

  • Postpaid: pay-as-you-go

  • Prepaid: subscription

Prepaid

ExpireTime

string

The time when the instance expires.

2023-09-17T00:00Z

ResourceGroupId

string

The ID of the resource group to which the instance belongs.

rg-aekzbck4asz3dsa

Tags

array<object>

The tags of the instance.

object

The list of tags.

TagKey

string

The tag key.

testKey

TagValue

string

The tag value.

testValue

RegionId

string

The region ID.

cn-beijing

ZoneId

string

The zone ID of the instance.

cn-beijing-h

VpcId

string

The VPC ID of the instance.

vpc-bp175iuvg8nxqraf2****

VSwitchId

string

The vSwitch ID.

vsw-bp18iztwqrs8qj2nc6nyu

DeployScheme

string

The deployment mode of the instance.

multi_az

MultiZone

array<object>

The multi-zone configuration.

Note
  • This parameter is valid only when DeployScheme is set to multi_az.

object

The list of zones in the multi-zone deployment.

ZoneId

string

The zone ID.

cn-hangzhou-k

VSwitchIds

array

The list of vSwitch IDs.

string

The vSwitch ID.

vsw-bp10dbralpn4bzmgkkh8f

Cidr

string

The CIDR block of the prefix list entry.

113.88.14.211/32

AvailableIpCount

integer

The number of available IP addresses in the zone.

4096

Serverless

boolean

Indicates whether the serverless feature is enabled for the instance.

  • A value of true indicates that the serverless feature is enabled.

  • A value of false indicates that the serverless feature is not enabled.

false

SecGroupConnValid

string

Indicates whether the direct connection feature is enabled for the VPC where the instance resides.

  • A value of true indicates that the direct connection feature is enabled.

  • A value of false indicates that the direct connection feature is not enabled.

false

VirtualClusterList

array<object>

The list of virtual clusters.

object

DbClusterId

string

The cluster ID.

selectdb-vcg-33cjs****-be

DbClusterName

string

The cluster name.

vgcdemo

Status

string

The state of the instance. Valid values:

  • CREATING: The instance is being created.

  • RUNNING: The instance is running.

  • DELETING: The instance is being deleted.

  • UPDATING: The instance is being updated.

UPDATING

CreatedTime

string

The time when the instance was created.

2025-05-31T21:01:09Z

ActiveClusterId

string

The ID of the primary cluster.

selectdb-xx78***-be

ActiveClusterName

string

The name of the primary cluster.

test1

StandbyClusterId

string

The ID of the standby cluster.

selectdb-x6u7***-be

StandbyClusterName

string

The name of the standby cluster.

test2

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "06758CAB-1204-5852-A471-29C87D5C1D0F",
  "Status": "ACTIVE",
  "SubDomain": "cn-beijing-h-aliyun",
  "GmtModified": "2023-08-17T09:58Z",
  "LockMode": 0,
  "LockReason": "nolock",
  "ResourceCpu": 8,
  "StorageSize": 400,
  "ObjectStoreSize": 0,
  "MaintainStarttime": "预留参数,暂不返回",
  "MaintainEndtime": "预留参数,暂不返回\n",
  "DBClusterList": [
    {
      "DbInstanceName": "实例测试",
      "DbClusterId": "selectdb-cn-h033cjs****-be",
      "DbClusterName": "test01",
      "Status": "ACTIVATION",
      "CreatedTime": "2023-08-14T09:24:13Z",
      "DbClusterClass": "selectdb.2xlarge",
      "CpuCores": 8,
      "Memory": 64,
      "CacheStorageType": "cloud_essd",
      "PerformanceLevel": "PL1",
      "CacheStorageSizeGB": "200",
      "StartTime": "2023-08-14T09:24:13Z",
      "ChargeType": "Prepaid",
      "ModifiedTime": "2024-07-02T16:35:44+08:00",
      "ScalingRulesEnable": false,
      "ZoneId": "cn-hangzhou-k",
      "VSwitchId": "vsw-t4n8x7jcc8rknon85tqoa",
      "SubDomain": "预留参数,暂不返回。",
      "ClusterBinding": "selectdb-cn-7213cjv****-be",
      "ClusterNodeType": "base",
      "ClusterNodeCount": 1,
      "ScaleMax": 4,
      "ScaleMin": 0.5
    }
  ],
  "Engine": "selectdb",
  "EngineVersion": "2.4",
  "EngineMinorVersion": "3.0.1",
  "DBInstanceId": "selectdb-cn-7213cjv****",
  "Description": "test",
  "CreateTime": "2023-08-14T03:00:42Z",
  "CanUpgradeVersions": [
    "test"
  ],
  "ChargeType": "Prepaid",
  "ExpireTime": "2023-09-17T00:00Z",
  "ResourceGroupId": "rg-aekzbck4asz3dsa",
  "Tags": [
    {
      "TagKey": "testKey",
      "TagValue": "testValue"
    }
  ],
  "RegionId": "cn-beijing",
  "ZoneId": "cn-beijing-h",
  "VpcId": "vpc-bp175iuvg8nxqraf2****",
  "VSwitchId": "vsw-bp18iztwqrs8qj2nc6nyu",
  "DeployScheme": "multi_az",
  "MultiZone": [
    {
      "ZoneId": "cn-hangzhou-k",
      "VSwitchIds": [
        "vsw-bp10dbralpn4bzmgkkh8f"
      ],
      "Cidr": "113.88.14.211/32",
      "AvailableIpCount": 4096
    }
  ],
  "Serverless": false,
  "SecGroupConnValid": "false",
  "VirtualClusterList": [
    {
      "DbClusterId": "selectdb-vcg-33cjs****-be",
      "DbClusterName": "vgcdemo",
      "Status": "UPDATING",
      "CreatedTime": "2025-05-31T21:01:09Z",
      "ActiveClusterId": "selectdb-xx78***-be",
      "ActiveClusterName": "test1",
      "StandbyClusterId": "selectdb-x6u7***-be\n",
      "StandbyClusterName": "test2"
    }
  ]
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 DocumentConvertFailed.ExceedFileSizeLimit The conversion has been failed, exceed file size limit. english description1
400 Forbidden User not authorized to operate on the specified resource, or this API does not support RAM. english description1
400 InvalidDBName The specified database name is not allowed. english description1
400 CreateOrderFailed Failed to create order. Failed to create order.
400 InvalidDBName.Duplicate Specified DB name already exists in the This instance. New Cluster Name
403 DBClusterNotSupported The requested operation can not be performed while the cluster is not sale. The requested operation cannot be performed while the cluster is not running.
403 IncorrectDBInstanceState Current DB instance state does not support this operation. english description1
403 InstanceEngineType.NotSupport The instance engine and type does not support operations. english description1
403 InvalidDBInstanceState.NotSupport The specified instance state does't support this operation. The instance is in a state that does not support the current operation.
403 MoneyLessThan100 The Account Monet less Than 100. english description1
403 OperationDenied.DBNameAndAccountPrivilegeCount The operation is not permitted due to count of database or account privilege. english description1
403 InsufficientResourceCapacity The resource is out of usage. Not enough resources, please try again later.
404 InvalidDBInstanceId.NotFound The DBInstanceId provided does not exist in our records. Instance does not exist.
404 InvalidClusterInstance.NotFound Specified cluster instance does not exist. SelectDB instance does not exist.
404 DBInstanceLocked The current instance lock mode does not support this operation. english description1
404 IncorrectVswitchId The specified parameter VSwitchId is not valid. english description1
404 InvalidApi.NotFound Specified api is not found, please check your url and method.
404 InvalidDBInstance.NotFound The specified instance is not found. english description1
404 InvalidDBInstanceClass.NotFound The specified instance classic does not exist. english description1
404 InvalidRegionId.NotFound The provided RegionId does not exist in our records. english description1
404 QueryPrice.Failed The inquiry failed. Contact Alibaba Cloud customer service representatives. english description1

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.