AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . rds ]

delete-db-instance

Description

The DeleteDBInstance action deletes a previously provisioned DB instance. When you delete a DB instance, all automated backups for that instance are deleted and can’t be recovered. Manual DB snapshots of the DB instance to be deleted by DeleteDBInstance are not deleted.

If you request a final DB snapshot the status of the Amazon RDS DB instance is deleting until the DB snapshot is created. The API action DescribeDBInstance is used to monitor the status of this operation. The action can’t be canceled or reverted once submitted.

When a DB instance is in a failure state and has a status of failed , incompatible-restore , or incompatible-network , you can only delete it when you skip creation of the final snapshot with the SkipFinalSnapshot parameter.

If the specified DB instance is part of an Amazon Aurora DB cluster, you can’t delete the DB instance if both of the following conditions are true:

  • The DB cluster is a read replica of another Amazon Aurora DB cluster.

  • The DB instance is the only instance in the DB cluster.

To delete a DB instance in this case, first call the PromoteReadReplicaDBCluster API action to promote the DB cluster so it’s no longer a read replica. After the promotion completes, then call the DeleteDBInstance API action to delete the final instance in the DB cluster.

See also: AWS API Documentation

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis

  delete-db-instance
--db-instance-identifier <value>
[--skip-final-snapshot | --no-skip-final-snapshot]
[--final-db-snapshot-identifier <value>]
[--delete-automated-backups | --no-delete-automated-backups]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options

--db-instance-identifier (string)

The DB instance identifier for the DB instance to be deleted. This parameter isn’t case-sensitive.

Constraints:

  • Must match the name of an existing DB instance.

--skip-final-snapshot | --no-skip-final-snapshot (boolean)

A value that indicates whether to skip the creation of a final DB snapshot before the DB instance is deleted. If skip is specified, no DB snapshot is created. If skip isn’t specified, a DB snapshot is created before the DB instance is deleted. By default, skip isn’t specified, and the DB snapshot is created.

When a DB instance is in a failure state and has a status of ‘failed’, ‘incompatible-restore’, or ‘incompatible-network’, it can only be deleted when skip is specified.

Specify skip when deleting a read replica.

Note

The FinalDBSnapshotIdentifier parameter must be specified if skip isn’t specified.

--final-db-snapshot-identifier (string)

The DBSnapshotIdentifier of the new DBSnapshot created when the SkipFinalSnapshot parameter is disabled.

Note

Specifying this parameter and also specifying to skip final DB snapshot creation in SkipFinalShapshot results in an error.

Constraints:

  • Must be 1 to 255 letters or numbers.

  • First character must be a letter.

  • Can’t end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.

  • Can’t be specified when deleting a read replica.

--delete-automated-backups | --no-delete-automated-backups (boolean)

A value that indicates whether to remove automated backups immediately after the DB instance is deleted. This parameter isn’t case-sensitive. The default is to remove automated backups immediately after the DB instance is deleted.

--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.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples

To delete a DB instance

The following delete-db-instance example deletes the specified DB instance after creating a final DB snapshot named test-instance-final-snap.

aws rds delete-db-instance \
    --db-instance-identifier test-instance \
    --final-db-snapshot-identifier test-instance-final-snap

Output:

{
    "DBInstance": {
        "DBInstanceIdentifier": "test-instance",
        "DBInstanceStatus": "deleting",
        ...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 DescribeDBInstances action.

DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)

Contains a user-supplied database identifier. This identifier is the unique key that identifies a DB instance.

DBInstanceClass -> (string)

Contains the name of the compute and memory capacity class of the DB instance.

Engine -> (string)

The name of the database engine to be used for this DB instance.

DBInstanceStatus -> (string)

Specifies the current state of this database.

For information about DB instance statuses, see DB Instance Status in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

MasterUsername -> (string)

Contains the master username for the DB instance.

DBName -> (string)

The meaning of this parameter differs according to the database engine you use.

MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL

Contains the name of the initial database of this instance that was provided at create time, if one was specified when the DB instance was created. This same name is returned for the life of the DB instance.

Type: String

Oracle

Contains the Oracle System ID (SID) of the created DB instance. Not shown when the returned parameters do not apply to an Oracle DB instance.

Endpoint -> (structure)

Specifies the connection endpoint.

Address -> (string)

Specifies the DNS address of the DB instance.

Port -> (integer)

Specifies the port that the database engine is listening on.

HostedZoneId -> (string)

Specifies the ID that Amazon Route 53 assigns when you create a hosted zone.

AllocatedStorage -> (integer)

Specifies the allocated storage size specified in gibibytes.

InstanceCreateTime -> (timestamp)

Provides the date and time the DB instance was created.

PreferredBackupWindow -> (string)

Specifies the daily time range during which automated backups are created if automated backups are enabled, as determined by the BackupRetentionPeriod .

BackupRetentionPeriod -> (integer)

Specifies the number of days for which automatic DB snapshots are retained.

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:

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RebootDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

  • RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime

DBSecurityGroupName -> (string)

The name of the DB security group.

Status -> (string)

The status of the DB security group.

VpcSecurityGroups -> (list)

Provides a list of VPC security group elements 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)

The name of the VPC security group.

Status -> (string)

The status of the VPC security group.

DBParameterGroups -> (list)

Provides 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:

  • CreateDBInstance

  • CreateDBInstanceReadReplica

  • DeleteDBInstance

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RebootDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

DBParameterGroupName -> (string)

The name of the DB parameter group.

ParameterApplyStatus -> (string)

The status of parameter updates.

AvailabilityZone -> (string)

Specifies the name of the Availability Zone the DB instance is located in.

DBSubnetGroup -> (structure)

Specifies information on the subnet group associated with the DB instance, including the name, description, and subnets in the subnet group.

DBSubnetGroupName -> (string)

The name of the DB subnet group.

DBSubnetGroupDescription -> (string)

Provides the description of the DB subnet group.

VpcId -> (string)

Provides the VpcId of the DB subnet group.

SubnetGroupStatus -> (string)

Provides the status of the DB subnet group.

Subnets -> (list)

Contains a list of Subnet elements.

(structure)

This data type is used as a response element for the DescribeDBSubnetGroups operation.

SubnetIdentifier -> (string)

The identifier of the subnet.

SubnetAvailabilityZone -> (structure)

Contains Availability Zone information.

This data type is used as an element in the OrderableDBInstanceOption data type.

Name -> (string)

The name of the Availability Zone.

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 AWS Outposts in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Arn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.

SubnetStatus -> (string)

The status of the subnet.

DBSubnetGroupArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the DB subnet group.

PreferredMaintenanceWindow -> (string)

Specifies the weekly time range during which system maintenance can occur, in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

PendingModifiedValues -> (structure)

A value that specifies that changes to the DB instance are pending. This element is only included when changes are pending. Specific changes are identified by subelements.

DBInstanceClass -> (string)

The name of the compute and memory capacity class for the DB instance.

AllocatedStorage -> (integer)

The allocated storage size for the DB instance specified in gibibytes .

MasterUserPassword -> (string)

The master credentials for the DB instance.

Port -> (integer)

The port for the DB instance.

BackupRetentionPeriod -> (integer)

The number of days for which automated backups are retained.

MultiAZ -> (boolean)

A value that indicates that the Single-AZ DB instance will change to a Multi-AZ deployment.

EngineVersion -> (string)

The database engine version.

LicenseModel -> (string)

The license model for the DB instance.

Valid values: license-included | bring-your-own-license | general-public-license

Iops -> (integer)

The Provisioned IOPS value for the DB instance.

DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)

The database identifier for the DB instance.

StorageType -> (string)

The storage type of the DB instance.

CACertificateIdentifier -> (string)

The identifier of the CA certificate for the DB instance.

DBSubnetGroupName -> (string)

The DB subnet group for the DB instance.

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:

  • CreateDBInstance

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromS3

  • RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime

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:

  • DescribeDBInstances

  • DescribeDBSnapshots

  • DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications

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 of the DB Instance Class in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Name -> (string)

The name of the processor feature. Valid names are coreCount and threadsPerCore .

Value -> (string)

The value of a processor feature name.

IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled -> (boolean)

Whether mapping of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) accounts to database accounts is enabled.

LatestRestorableTime -> (timestamp)

Specifies the latest time to which a database can be restored with point-in-time restore.

MultiAZ -> (boolean)

Specifies if the DB instance is a Multi-AZ deployment.

EngineVersion -> (string)

Indicates the database engine version.

AutoMinorVersionUpgrade -> (boolean)

A value that indicates that minor version patches are applied automatically.

ReadReplicaSourceDBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)

Contains the identifier of the source DB instance if this DB instance is a read replica.

ReadReplicaDBInstanceIdentifiers -> (list)

Contains one or more identifiers of the read replicas associated with this DB instance.

(string)

ReadReplicaDBClusterIdentifiers -> (list)

Contains one or more 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 MySQL DB instance, the Aurora MySQL DB cluster for the Aurora read replica is shown. This output does not 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)

License model information for this DB instance.

Iops -> (integer)

Specifies the Provisioned IOPS (I/O operations per second) value.

OptionGroupMemberships -> (list)

Provides 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)

The name of the option group that the instance belongs to.

Status -> (string)

The status of the DB instance’s option group membership. Valid values are: in-sync , pending-apply , pending-removal , pending-maintenance-apply , pending-maintenance-removal , applying , removing , and failed .

CharacterSetName -> (string)

If present, specifies the name of the character set that this instance is associated with.

NcharCharacterSetName -> (string)

The name of the NCHAR character set for the Oracle DB instance. This character set specifies the Unicode encoding for data stored in table columns of type NCHAR, NCLOB, or NVARCHAR2.

SecondaryAvailabilityZone -> (string)

If present, specifies the name of the secondary Availability Zone for a DB instance with multi-AZ support.

PubliclyAccessible -> (boolean)

Specifies the accessibility options for the DB instance.

When the DB instance is publicly accessible, its DNS endpoint resolves to the private IP address from within the DB instance’s VPC, and to the public IP address from outside of the DB instance’s VPC. Access to the DB instance is ultimately controlled by the security group it uses, and that public access is not permitted if the security group assigned to the DB instance 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 instance isn’t a read replica, this is blank.

(structure)

Provides a list of status information for a DB instance.

StatusType -> (string)

This value is currently “read replication.”

Normal -> (boolean)

Boolean value that is true if the instance is operating normally, or false if the instance is in an error state.

Status -> (string)

Status of the DB instance. For a StatusType of read replica, the values can be replicating, replication stop point set, replication stop point reached, error, stopped, or terminated.

Message -> (string)

Details of the error if there is an error for the instance. If the instance isn’t in an error state, this value is blank.

StorageType -> (string)

Specifies the storage type associated with DB instance.

TdeCredentialArn -> (string)

The ARN from the key store with which the instance is associated for TDE encryption.

DbInstancePort -> (integer)

Specifies the port that the DB instance listens on. If the DB instance is part of a DB cluster, this can be a different port than the DB cluster port.

DBClusterIdentifier -> (string)

If the DB instance is a member of a DB cluster, contains the name of the DB cluster that the DB instance is a member of.

StorageEncrypted -> (boolean)

Specifies whether the DB instance is encrypted.

KmsKeyId -> (string)

If StorageEncrypted is true, the AWS KMS key identifier for the encrypted DB instance.

The AWS KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK).

DbiResourceId -> (string)

The AWS Region-unique, immutable identifier for the DB instance. This identifier is found in AWS CloudTrail log entries whenever the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK) for the DB instance is accessed.

CACertificateIdentifier -> (string)

The identifier of the CA certificate for this DB instance.

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)

The identifier of the Active Directory Domain.

Status -> (string)

The status of the Active Directory Domain membership for the DB instance or cluster. Values include joined, pending-join, failed, and so on.

FQDN -> (string)

The fully qualified domain name of the Active Directory Domain.

IAMRoleName -> (string)

The name of the IAM role to be used when making API calls to the Directory Service.

CopyTagsToSnapshot -> (boolean)

Specifies whether tags are copied from the DB instance to snapshots of the DB instance.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. 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)

The interval, in seconds, between points when Enhanced Monitoring metrics are collected for the DB instance.

EnhancedMonitoringResourceArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Amazon CloudWatch Logs log stream that receives the Enhanced Monitoring metrics data for the DB instance.

MonitoringRoleArn -> (string)

The ARN for the IAM role that permits RDS to send Enhanced Monitoring metrics to Amazon CloudWatch Logs.

PromotionTier -> (integer)

A value that specifies the order in which an Aurora Replica is promoted to the primary instance after a failure of the existing primary instance. For more information, see Fault Tolerance for an Aurora DB Cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .

DBInstanceArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the DB instance.

Timezone -> (string)

The time zone of the DB instance. In most cases, the Timezone element is empty. Timezone content appears only for Microsoft SQL Server DB instances that were created with a time zone specified.

IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled -> (boolean)

True if mapping of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) accounts to database accounts is enabled, and otherwise false.

IAM database authentication can be enabled for the following database engines

  • For MySQL 5.6, minor version 5.6.34 or higher

  • For MySQL 5.7, minor version 5.7.16 or higher

  • Aurora 5.6 or higher. To enable IAM database authentication for Aurora, see DBCluster Type.

PerformanceInsightsEnabled -> (boolean)

True if Performance Insights is enabled for the DB instance, and otherwise false.

PerformanceInsightsKMSKeyId -> (string)

The AWS KMS key identifier for encryption of Performance Insights data.

The AWS KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK).

PerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriod -> (integer)

The amount of time, in days, to retain Performance Insights data. Valid values are 7 or 731 (2 years).

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 Amazon RDS Database 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:

  • CreateDBInstance

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromS3

  • RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime

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:

  • DescribeDBInstances

  • DescribeDBSnapshots

  • DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications

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 of the DB Instance Class in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Name -> (string)

The name of the processor feature. Valid names are coreCount and threadsPerCore .

Value -> (string)

The value of a processor feature name.

DeletionProtection -> (boolean)

Indicates if the DB instance has deletion protection enabled. The database can’t be deleted when deletion protection is enabled. For more information, see Deleting a DB Instance .

AssociatedRoles -> (list)

The AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles associated with the DB instance.

(structure)

Describes an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that is associated with a DB instance.

RoleArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role that is associated with the DB instance.

FeatureName -> (string)

The name of the feature associated with the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role. For the list of supported feature names, see DBEngineVersion .

Status -> (string)

Describes 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 AWS 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 AWS services on your behalf.

ListenerEndpoint -> (structure)

Specifies the listener connection endpoint for SQL Server Always On.

Address -> (string)

Specifies the DNS address of the DB instance.

Port -> (integer)

Specifies the port that the database engine is listening on.

HostedZoneId -> (string)

Specifies the ID that Amazon Route 53 assigns when you create a hosted zone.

MaxAllocatedStorage -> (integer)

The upper limit to which Amazon RDS can automatically scale the storage of the DB instance.

TagList -> (list)

A list of tags. For more information, see Tagging Amazon RDS Resources in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

(structure)

Metadata assigned to an Amazon RDS resource consisting of a key-value pair.

Key -> (string)

A key is the required name of the tag. The string value can be from 1 to 128 Unicode characters in length and can’t be prefixed with “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)

A value is the optional value of the tag. The string value can be from 1 to 256 Unicode characters in length and can’t be prefixed with “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 AWS Region. They consist of system backups, transaction logs, and database instance properties.

DBInstanceAutomatedBackupsArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the replicated automated backups.

CustomerOwnedIpEnabled -> (boolean)

Specifies 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 AWS Outposts in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

For more information about CoIPs, see Customer-owned IP addresses in the AWS Outposts User Guide .

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