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Performing a Major Version Upgrade Pre-Check for a DB Instance (RDS for PostgreSQL)

Function

This API is used to perform a health check before a major version upgrade.

• Before calling an API, you need to understand the API in Authentication.
• Before calling this API, obtain the required region and endpoint.

Constraints

• This API is available to RDS for PostgreSQL only.
• This operation cannot be performed when the DB instance is in any of the following statuses: creating, changing instance specifications, changing port, frozen, or abnormal.
• Major version upgrades are available to the following versions:
  • RDS for PostgreSQL 12: 12.7 or later
  • RDS for PostgreSQL 13: 13.3 or later
  • RDS for PostgreSQL 14: 14.4 or later
  • Major version upgrades are unavailable to RDS for PostgreSQL 11.
• Due to OS restrictions, some instances do not support major version upgrades. To learn which versions your instance can be upgraded to, see the list of available versions on the Querying the Target Version to Which a DB Instance Can Be Upgraded (RDS for PostgreSQL).
• Before a major version upgrade, perform an upgrade check. If there is no successful upgrade check in the validity period, a major version upgrade is not allowed.

URI

• URI format

  POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/major-version/inspection

• Parameter description

  Table 1 Parameter description

  Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	String	Yes	Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain it, refer to Obtaining a Project ID.
  instance_id	String	Yes	Instance ID.

Request

• Request parameters

  Table 2 Parameter description

  Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
  target_version	String	Yes	Target version of database.

• URI example

  https://{Endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/3aa441c4c98a4b36b100a7e3e87d17cein03/major-version/inspection
  {
      "target_version": "14.9.0"
  }

Response

• Normal response

  Table 3 Parameter description

  Name	Type	Description
  report_id	String	Check report ID.

• Example normal response

  {
           "report_id": "f7a8e35e-a14c-4e5e-b1f0-d3764e8ed8a8"
  }

• Abnormal response

  For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

• Normal

  200

• Abnormal

  For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Upgrading a Major Version