start-db-instance
Description
Starts an Amazon RDS DB instance that was stopped using the Amazon Web Services console, the stop-db-instance CLI command, or the StopDBInstance operation.
For more information, see Starting an Amazon RDS DB instance That Was Previously Stopped in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Note
This command doesn’t apply to RDS Custom, Aurora MySQL, and Aurora PostgreSQL. For Aurora DB clusters, useStartDBCluster instead.See also: AWS API Documentation
Synopsis
start-db-instance
--db-instance-identifier <value>
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
Options
--db-instance-identifier (string)
--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.
Global Options
--debug (boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url (string)
Override command’s default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl (boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate (boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output (string)
The formatting style for command output.
- json
- text
- table
- yaml
- yaml-stream
--query (string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile (string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region (string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version (string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color (string)
Turn on/off color output.
- on
- off
- auto
--no-sign-request (boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle (string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout (int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout (int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-binary-format (string)
The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.
- base64
- raw-in-base64-out
--no-cli-pager (boolean)
Disable cli pager for output.
--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
Examples
Note
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
To start a DB instance
The following start-db-instance example starts the specified DB instance.
aws rds start-db-instance \
--db-instance-identifier test-instance
Output:
{
"DBInstance": {
"DBInstanceStatus": "starting",
...some output truncated...
}
}
Output
DBInstance -> (structure)
Contains the details of an Amazon RDS DB instance.
This data type is used as a response element in the operations CreateDBInstance , CreateDBInstanceReadReplica , DeleteDBInstance , DescribeDBInstances , ModifyDBInstance , PromoteReadReplica , RebootDBInstance , RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot , RestoreDBInstanceFromS3 , RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime , StartDBInstance , and StopDBInstance .
DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)
DBInstanceClass -> (string)
Engine -> (string)
DBInstanceStatus -> (string)
The current state of this database.
For information about DB instance statuses, see Viewing DB instance status in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
AutomaticRestartTime -> (timestamp)
MasterUsername -> (string)
DBName -> (string)
Endpoint -> (structure)
The connection endpoint for the DB instance.
Note
The endpoint might not be shown for instances with the status ofcreating .Address -> (string)
Port -> (integer)
HostedZoneId -> (string)
AllocatedStorage -> (integer)
InstanceCreateTime -> (timestamp)
PreferredBackupWindow -> (string)
BackupRetentionPeriod .BackupRetentionPeriod -> (integer)
DBSecurityGroups -> (list)
A list of DB security group elements containing DBSecurityGroup.Name and DBSecurityGroup.Status subelements.
(structure)
This data type is used as a response element in the following actions:
ModifyDBInstanceRebootDBInstanceRestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshotRestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime
DBSecurityGroupName -> (string)
Status -> (string)
VpcSecurityGroups -> (list)
The list of Amazon EC2 VPC security groups that the DB instance belongs to.
(structure)
This data type is used as a response element for queries on VPC security group membership.
VpcSecurityGroupId -> (string)
Status -> (string)
The membership status of the VPC security group.
Currently, the only valid status is active .
DBParameterGroups -> (list)
The list of DB parameter groups applied to this DB instance.
(structure)
The status of the DB parameter group.
This data type is used as a response element in the following actions:
CreateDBInstanceCreateDBInstanceReadReplicaDeleteDBInstanceModifyDBInstanceRebootDBInstanceRestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot
DBParameterGroupName -> (string)
ParameterApplyStatus -> (string)
The status of parameter updates. Valid values are:
-
applying: The parameter group change is being applied to the database. -
failed-to-apply: The parameter group is in an invalid state. -
in-sync: The parameter group change is synchronized with the database. -
pending-database-upgrade: The parameter group change will be applied after the DB instance is upgraded. -
pending-reboot: The parameter group change will be applied after the DB instance reboots.
AvailabilityZone -> (string)
DBSubnetGroup -> (structure)
Information about the subnet group associated with the DB instance, including the name, description, and subnets in the subnet group.
DBSubnetGroupName -> (string)
DBSubnetGroupDescription -> (string)
VpcId -> (string)
SubnetGroupStatus -> (string)
Subnets -> (list)
Contains a list of Subnet elements.
(structure)
This data type is used as a response element for the DescribeDBSubnetGroups operation.
SubnetIdentifier -> (string)
SubnetAvailabilityZone -> (structure)
Contains Availability Zone information.
This data type is used as an element in the OrderableDBInstanceOption data type.
Name -> (string)
SubnetOutpost -> (structure)
If the subnet is associated with an Outpost, this value specifies the Outpost.
For more information about RDS on Outposts, see Amazon RDS on Amazon Web Services Outposts in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Arn -> (string)
SubnetStatus -> (string)
DBSubnetGroupArn -> (string)
SupportedNetworkTypes -> (list)
The network type of the DB subnet group.
Valid values:
IPV4DUAL
A DBSubnetGroup can support only the IPv4 protocol or the IPv4 and the IPv6 protocols (DUAL ).
For more information, see Working with a DB instance in a VPC in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
(string)
PreferredMaintenanceWindow -> (string)
PendingModifiedValues -> (structure)
Information about pending changes to the DB instance. This information is returned only when there are pending changes. Specific changes are identified by subelements.
DBInstanceClass -> (string)
AllocatedStorage -> (integer)
MasterUserPassword -> (string)
Port -> (integer)
BackupRetentionPeriod -> (integer)
MultiAZ -> (boolean)
EngineVersion -> (string)
LicenseModel -> (string)
The license model for the DB instance.
Valid values: license-included | bring-your-own-license | general-public-license
Iops -> (integer)
DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)
StorageType -> (string)
CACertificateIdentifier -> (string)
The identifier of the CA certificate for the DB instance.
For more information, see Using SSL/TLS to encrypt a connection to a DB instance in the Amazon RDS User Guide and Using SSL/TLS to encrypt a connection to a DB cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .
DBSubnetGroupName -> (string)
PendingCloudwatchLogsExports -> (structure)
A list of the log types whose configuration is still pending. In other words, these log types are in the process of being activated or deactivated.
LogTypesToEnable -> (list)
Log types that are in the process of being deactivated. After they are deactivated, these log types aren’t exported to CloudWatch Logs.
(string)
LogTypesToDisable -> (list)
Log types that are in the process of being enabled. After they are enabled, these log types are exported to CloudWatch Logs.
(string)
ProcessorFeatures -> (list)
The number of CPU cores and the number of threads per core for the DB instance class of the DB instance.
(structure)
Contains the processor features of a DB instance class.
To specify the number of CPU cores, use the coreCount feature name for the Name parameter. To specify the number of threads per core, use the threadsPerCore feature name for the Name parameter.
You can set the processor features of the DB instance class for a DB instance when you call one of the following actions:
CreateDBInstanceModifyDBInstanceRestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshotRestoreDBInstanceFromS3RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime
You can view the valid processor values for a particular instance class by calling the DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions action and specifying the instance class for the DBInstanceClass parameter.
In addition, you can use the following actions for DB instance class processor information:
DescribeDBInstancesDescribeDBSnapshotsDescribeValidDBInstanceModifications
If you call DescribeDBInstances , ProcessorFeature returns non-null values only if the following conditions are met:
- You are accessing an Oracle DB instance.
- Your Oracle DB instance class supports configuring the number of CPU cores and threads per core.
- The current number CPU cores and threads is set to a non-default value.
For more information, see Configuring the processor for a DB instance class in RDS for Oracle in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Name -> (string)
coreCount and threadsPerCore .Value -> (string)
IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled -> (boolean)
AutomationMode -> (string)
full or all-paused . If full , the DB instance automates monitoring and instance recovery. If all-paused , the instance pauses automation for the duration set by --resume-full-automation-mode-minutes .ResumeFullAutomationModeTime -> (timestamp)
StorageThroughput -> (integer)
Engine -> (string)
DedicatedLogVolume -> (boolean)
MultiTenant -> (boolean)
LatestRestorableTime -> (timestamp)
MultiAZ -> (boolean)
EngineVersion -> (string)
AutoMinorVersionUpgrade -> (boolean)
Indicates whether minor version patches are applied automatically.
For more information about automatic minor version upgrades, see Automatically upgrading the minor engine version .
ReadReplicaSourceDBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)
ReadReplicaDBInstanceIdentifiers -> (list)
The identifiers of the read replicas associated with this DB instance.
(string)
ReadReplicaDBClusterIdentifiers -> (list)
The identifiers of Aurora DB clusters to which the RDS DB instance is replicated as a read replica. For example, when you create an Aurora read replica of an RDS for MySQL DB instance, the Aurora MySQL DB cluster for the Aurora read replica is shown. This output doesn’t contain information about cross-Region Aurora read replicas.
Note
Currently, each RDS DB instance can have only one Aurora read replica.(string)
ReplicaMode -> (string)
The open mode of an Oracle read replica. The default is open-read-only . For more information, see Working with Oracle Read Replicas for Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide .
Note
This attribute is only supported in RDS for Oracle.LicenseModel -> (string)
Iops -> (integer)
OptionGroupMemberships -> (list)
The list of option group memberships for this DB instance.
(structure)
Provides information on the option groups the DB instance is a member of.
OptionGroupName -> (string)
Status -> (string)
in-sync , pending-apply , pending-removal , pending-maintenance-apply , pending-maintenance-removal , applying , removing , and failed .CharacterSetName -> (string)
NcharCharacterSetName -> (string)
SecondaryAvailabilityZone -> (string)
PubliclyAccessible -> (boolean)
Indicates whether the DB instance is publicly accessible.
When the DB instance is publicly accessible and you connect from outside of the DB instance’s virtual private cloud (VPC), its Domain Name System (DNS) endpoint resolves to the public IP address. When you connect from within the same VPC as the DB instance, the endpoint resolves to the private IP address. Access to the DB cluster is ultimately controlled by the security group it uses. That public access isn’t permitted if the security group assigned to the DB cluster doesn’t permit it.
When the DB instance isn’t publicly accessible, it is an internal DB instance with a DNS name that resolves to a private IP address.
For more information, see CreateDBInstance .
StatusInfos -> (list)
The status of a read replica. If the DB instance isn’t a read replica, the value is blank.
(structure)
Provides a list of status information for a DB instance.
StatusType -> (string)
Normal -> (boolean)
Status -> (string)
Message -> (string)
StorageType -> (string)
TdeCredentialArn -> (string)
DbInstancePort -> (integer)
DBClusterIdentifier -> (string)
StorageEncrypted -> (boolean)
KmsKeyId -> (string)
If StorageEncrypted is enabled, the Amazon Web Services KMS key identifier for the encrypted DB instance.
The Amazon Web Services KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the KMS key.
DbiResourceId -> (string)
CACertificateIdentifier -> (string)
The identifier of the CA certificate for this DB instance.
For more information, see Using SSL/TLS to encrypt a connection to a DB instance in the Amazon RDS User Guide and Using SSL/TLS to encrypt a connection to a DB cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .
DomainMemberships -> (list)
The Active Directory Domain membership records associated with the DB instance.
(structure)
An Active Directory Domain membership record associated with the DB instance or cluster.
Domain -> (string)
Status -> (string)
joined , pending-join , failed , and so on.FQDN -> (string)
IAMRoleName -> (string)
OU -> (string)
AuthSecretArn -> (string)
DnsIps -> (list)
The IPv4 DNS IP addresses of the primary and secondary Active Directory domain controllers.
(string)
CopyTagsToSnapshot -> (boolean)
Indicates whether tags are copied from the DB instance to snapshots of the DB instance.
This setting doesn’t apply to Amazon Aurora DB instances. Copying tags to snapshots is managed by the DB cluster. Setting this value for an Aurora DB instance has no effect on the DB cluster setting. For more information, see DBCluster .
MonitoringInterval -> (integer)
EnhancedMonitoringResourceArn -> (string)
MonitoringRoleArn -> (string)
PromotionTier -> (integer)
DBInstanceArn -> (string)
Timezone -> (string)
Timezone element is empty. Timezone content appears only for RDS for Db2 and RDS for SQL Server DB instances that were created with a time zone specified.IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled -> (boolean)
Indicates whether mapping of Amazon Web Services Identity and Access Management (IAM) accounts to database accounts is enabled for the DB instance.
For a list of engine versions that support IAM database authentication, see IAM database authentication in the Amazon RDS User Guide and IAM database authentication in Aurora in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .
DatabaseInsightsMode -> (string)
PerformanceInsightsEnabled -> (boolean)
PerformanceInsightsKMSKeyId -> (string)
The Amazon Web Services KMS key identifier for encryption of Performance Insights data.
The Amazon Web Services KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the KMS key.
PerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriod -> (integer)
The number of days to retain Performance Insights data.
Valid Values:
7-
month * 31, where month is a number of months from 1-23. Examples:
93(3 months * 31),341(11 months * 31),589(19 months * 31) 731
Default: 7 days
EnabledCloudwatchLogsExports -> (list)
A list of log types that this DB instance is configured to export to CloudWatch Logs.
Log types vary by DB engine. For information about the log types for each DB engine, see Monitoring Amazon RDS log files in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
(string)
ProcessorFeatures -> (list)
The number of CPU cores and the number of threads per core for the DB instance class of the DB instance.
(structure)
Contains the processor features of a DB instance class.
To specify the number of CPU cores, use the coreCount feature name for the Name parameter. To specify the number of threads per core, use the threadsPerCore feature name for the Name parameter.
You can set the processor features of the DB instance class for a DB instance when you call one of the following actions:
CreateDBInstanceModifyDBInstanceRestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshotRestoreDBInstanceFromS3RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime
You can view the valid processor values for a particular instance class by calling the DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions action and specifying the instance class for the DBInstanceClass parameter.
In addition, you can use the following actions for DB instance class processor information:
DescribeDBInstancesDescribeDBSnapshotsDescribeValidDBInstanceModifications
If you call DescribeDBInstances , ProcessorFeature returns non-null values only if the following conditions are met:
- You are accessing an Oracle DB instance.
- Your Oracle DB instance class supports configuring the number of CPU cores and threads per core.
- The current number CPU cores and threads is set to a non-default value.
For more information, see Configuring the processor for a DB instance class in RDS for Oracle in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Name -> (string)
coreCount and threadsPerCore .Value -> (string)
DeletionProtection -> (boolean)
AssociatedRoles -> (list)
The Amazon Web Services Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles associated with the DB instance.
(structure)
Information about an Amazon Web Services Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that is associated with a DB instance.
RoleArn -> (string)
FeatureName -> (string)
DBEngineVersion .Status -> (string)
Information about the state of association between the IAM role and the DB instance. The Status property returns one of the following values:
-
ACTIVE- the IAM role ARN is associated with the DB instance and can be used to access other Amazon Web Services services on your behalf. -
PENDING- the IAM role ARN is being associated with the DB instance. -
INVALID- the IAM role ARN is associated with the DB instance, but the DB instance is unable to assume the IAM role in order to access other Amazon Web Services services on your behalf.
ListenerEndpoint -> (structure)
The listener connection endpoint for SQL Server Always On.
Address -> (string)
Port -> (integer)
HostedZoneId -> (string)
MaxAllocatedStorage -> (integer)
TagList -> (list)
A list of tags.
For more information, see Tagging Amazon RDS resources in the Amazon RDS User Guide or Tagging Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS resources in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .
(structure)
Metadata assigned to an Amazon RDS resource consisting of a key-value pair.
For more information, see Tagging Amazon RDS resources in the Amazon RDS User Guide or Tagging Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS resources in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .
Key -> (string)
aws: or rds: . The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘:’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-’, ‘@’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]*)$”).Value -> (string)
aws: or rds: . The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘:’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-’, ‘@’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]*)$”).DBInstanceAutomatedBackupsReplications -> (list)
The list of replicated automated backups associated with the DB instance.
(structure)
Automated backups of a DB instance replicated to another Amazon Web Services Region. They consist of system backups, transaction logs, and database instance properties.
DBInstanceAutomatedBackupsArn -> (string)
CustomerOwnedIpEnabled -> (boolean)
Indicates whether a customer-owned IP address (CoIP) is enabled for an RDS on Outposts DB instance.
A CoIP provides local or external connectivity to resources in your Outpost subnets through your on-premises network. For some use cases, a CoIP can provide lower latency for connections to the DB instance from outside of its virtual private cloud (VPC) on your local network.
For more information about RDS on Outposts, see Working with Amazon RDS on Amazon Web Services Outposts in the Amazon RDS User Guide .
For more information about CoIPs, see Customer-owned IP addresses in the Amazon Web Services Outposts User Guide .
AwsBackupRecoveryPointArn -> (string)
ActivityStreamStatus -> (string)
ActivityStreamKmsKeyId -> (string)
ActivityStreamKinesisStreamName -> (string)
ActivityStreamMode -> (string)
ActivityStreamEngineNativeAuditFieldsIncluded -> (boolean)
AutomationMode -> (string)
full or all paused . If full , the DB instance automates monitoring and instance recovery. If all paused , the instance pauses automation for the duration set by --resume-full-automation-mode-minutes .ResumeFullAutomationModeTime -> (timestamp)
CustomIamInstanceProfile -> (string)
The instance profile associated with the underlying Amazon EC2 instance of an RDS Custom DB instance. The instance profile must meet the following requirements:
- The profile must exist in your account.
- The profile must have an IAM role that Amazon EC2 has permissions to assume.
- The instance profile name and the associated IAM role name must start with the prefix
AWSRDSCustom.
For the list of permissions required for the IAM role, see Configure IAM and your VPC in the Amazon RDS User Guide .
BackupTarget -> (string)
NetworkType -> (string)
The network type of the DB instance.
The network type is determined by the DBSubnetGroup specified for the DB instance. A DBSubnetGroup can support only the IPv4 protocol or the IPv4 and the IPv6 protocols (DUAL ).
For more information, see Working with a DB instance in a VPC in the Amazon RDS User Guide and Working with a DB instance in a VPC in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.
Valid Values: IPV4 | DUAL
ActivityStreamPolicyStatus -> (string)
StorageThroughput -> (integer)
The storage throughput for the DB instance.
This setting applies only to the gp3 storage type.
DBSystemId -> (string)
MasterUserSecret -> (structure)
The secret managed by RDS in Amazon Web Services Secrets Manager for the master user password.
For more information, see Password management with Amazon Web Services Secrets Manager in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
SecretArn -> (string)
SecretStatus -> (string)
The status of the secret.
The possible status values include the following:
-
creating- The secret is being created. -
active- The secret is available for normal use and rotation. -
rotating- The secret is being rotated. -
impaired- The secret can be used to access database credentials, but it can’t be rotated. A secret might have this status if, for example, permissions are changed so that RDS can no longer access either the secret or the KMS key for the secret. When a secret has this status, you can correct the condition that caused the status. Alternatively, modify the DB instance to turn off automatic management of database credentials, and then modify the DB instance again to turn on automatic management of database credentials.
KmsKeyId -> (string)
CertificateDetails -> (structure)
The details of the DB instance’s server certificate.
CAIdentifier -> (string)
ValidTill -> (timestamp)
ReadReplicaSourceDBClusterIdentifier -> (string)
PercentProgress -> (string)
DedicatedLogVolume -> (boolean)
IsStorageConfigUpgradeAvailable -> (boolean)
MultiTenant -> (boolean)
EngineLifecycleSupport -> (string)
The lifecycle type for the DB instance.
For more information, see CreateDBInstance.
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