Stopping a DB Instance

Scenarios

If you use DB instances only for routine development, you can temporarily stop pay-per-use DB instances to save money. You can stop a DB instance for up to seven days.

Constraints

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
  3. Click Service List. Under Database, click Relational Database Service. The RDS console is displayed.
  4. On the Instances page, locate the primary DB instance that you want to stop and choose More > Stop in the Operation column.
  5. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
  6. Refresh the DB instance list and view the status of the DB instance. If the status is Stopped, the DB instance is stopped successfully.