This API is used to restart a running DCS instance.

Data clearance operations cannot be undone on DCS Redis 4.0 and 5.0 instances.

PUT /v1.0/{project_id}/instances/status

Table 1 describes the parameter.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
project_id	String	Yes	Project ID.

Request parameters

Table 2 describes the request parameters.

**Table 2** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
action	String	Yes	Action performed on DCS instances. Options: restart, and flush. NOTE: Only DCS Redis 4.0 and 5.0 instances can be flushed.
instances	Array	Yes	List of DCS instance IDs.

Example request

Request URL:

PUT https://{dcs_endpoint}/v1.0/{project_id}/instances/status

Example:

{
    "action": "restart",
    "instances": [
        "2e803f66-fbb0-47ad-b6cb-fb87f5bed4ef"
    ]
}

Response parameters

Table 3 describes the response parameter.

**Table 3** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
results	Array	Indicates the result of instance modification.

**Table 4** results parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
instance	String	DCS instance ID.
result	String	Instance modification result. Options: success or failed

Example response

{
    "results": [
        {
            "result": "success",
            "instance": "2e803f66-fbb0-47ad-b6cb-fb87f5bed4ef"
        }
    ]
}

Table 5 describes the status code of successful operations. For details about other status codes, see Table 1.

**Table 5** Status code
Status Code	Description
200	Successfully restarted DCS instance or cleared DCS instance data.

Restarting DCS Instances or Clearing DCS Instance Data