GET

/#Action=StartDBInstance

http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=StartDBInstance

Starts an Amazon RDS DB instance that was stopped using the Amazon Web Services console, the stop-db-instance CLI command, or the StopDBInstance action. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_StartInstance.html"> Starting an Amazon RDS DB instance That Was Previously Stopped</a> in the Amazon RDS User Guide. <note> This command doesn't apply to RDS Custom, Aurora MySQL, and Aurora PostgreSQL. For Aurora DB clusters, use <code>StartDBCluster</code> instead. </note>

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

DBInstanceIdentifierstringrequired

The user-supplied instance identifier.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=StartDBInstance' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}