CreateDBCluster
Creates a new Amazon DocumentDB cluster.
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- DBClusterIdentifier
-
The cluster identifier. This parameter is stored as a lowercase string.
Constraints:
-
Must contain from 1 to 63 letters, numbers, or hyphens.
-
The first character must be a letter.
-
Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.
Example:
my-cluster
Type: String
Required: Yes
-
- Engine
-
The name of the database engine to be used for this cluster.
Valid values:
docdb
Type: String
Required: Yes
- AvailabilityZones.AvailabilityZone.N
-
A list of Amazon EC2 Availability Zones that instances in the cluster can be created in.
Type: Array of strings
Required: No
- BackupRetentionPeriod
-
The number of days for which automated backups are retained. You must specify a minimum value of 1.
Default: 1
Constraints:
-
Must be a value from 1 to 35.
Type: Integer
Required: No
-
- DBClusterParameterGroupName
-
The name of the cluster parameter group to associate with this cluster.
Type: String
Required: No
- DBSubnetGroupName
-
A subnet group to associate with this cluster.
Constraints: Must match the name of an existing
DBSubnetGroup
. Must not be default.Example:
mySubnetgroup
Type: String
Required: No
- DeletionProtection
-
Specifies whether this cluster can be deleted. If
DeletionProtection
is enabled, the cluster cannot be deleted unless it is modified andDeletionProtection
is disabled.DeletionProtection
protects clusters from being accidentally deleted.Type: Boolean
Required: No
- EnableCloudwatchLogsExports.member.N
-
A list of log types that need to be enabled for exporting to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. You can enable audit logs or profiler logs. For more information, see Auditing Amazon DocumentDB Events and Profiling Amazon DocumentDB Operations.
Type: Array of strings
Required: No
- EngineVersion
-
The version number of the database engine to use. The
--engine-version
will default to the latest major engine version. For production workloads, we recommend explicitly declaring this parameter with the intended major engine version.Type: String
Required: No
- GlobalClusterIdentifier
-
The cluster identifier of the new global cluster.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.
Pattern:
[A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-:._]*
Required: No
- KmsKeyId
-
The AWS KMS key identifier for an encrypted cluster.
The AWS KMS key identifier is the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the AWS KMS encryption key. If you are creating a cluster using the same AWS account that owns the AWS KMS encryption key that is used to encrypt the new cluster, you can use the AWS KMS key alias instead of the ARN for the AWS KMS encryption key.
If an encryption key is not specified in
KmsKeyId
:-
If the
StorageEncrypted
parameter istrue
, Amazon DocumentDB uses your default encryption key.
AWS KMS creates the default encryption key for your AWS account. Your AWS account has a different default encryption key for each AWS Regions.
Type: String
Required: No
-
- MasterUsername
-
The name of the master user for the cluster.
Constraints:
-
Must be from 1 to 63 letters or numbers.
-
The first character must be a letter.
-
Cannot be a reserved word for the chosen database engine.
Type: String
Required: No
-
- MasterUserPassword
-
The password for the master database user. This password can contain any printable ASCII character except forward slash (/), double quote ("), or the "at" symbol (@).
Constraints: Must contain from 8 to 100 characters.
Type: String
Required: No
- Port
-
The port number on which the instances in the cluster accept connections.
Type: Integer
Required: No
- PreferredBackupWindow
-
The daily time range during which automated backups are created if automated backups are enabled using the
BackupRetentionPeriod
parameter.The default is a 30-minute window selected at random from an 8-hour block of time for each AWS Region.
Constraints:
-
Must be in the format
hh24:mi-hh24:mi
. -
Must be in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
-
Must not conflict with the preferred maintenance window.
-
Must be at least 30 minutes.
Type: String
Required: No
-
- PreferredMaintenanceWindow
-
The weekly time range during which system maintenance can occur, in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
Format:
ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi
The default is a 30-minute window selected at random from an 8-hour block of time for each AWS Region, occurring on a random day of the week.
Valid days: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Constraints: Minimum 30-minute window.
Type: String
Required: No
- PreSignedUrl
-
Not currently supported.
Type: String
Required: No
- StorageEncrypted
-
Specifies whether the cluster is encrypted.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- StorageType
-
The storage type to associate with the DB cluster.
For information on storage types for Amazon DocumentDB clusters, see Cluster storage configurations in the Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide.
Valid values for storage type -
standard | iopt1
Default value is
standard
Note
When you create a DocumentDB DB cluster with the storage type set to
iopt1
, the storage type is returned in the response. The storage type isn't returned when you set it tostandard
.Type: String
Required: No
- Tags.Tag.N
-
The tags to be assigned to the cluster.
Type: Array of Tag objects
Required: No
- VpcSecurityGroupIds.VpcSecurityGroupId.N
-
A list of EC2 VPC security groups to associate with this cluster.
Type: Array of strings
Required: No
Response Elements
The following element is returned by the service.
- DBCluster
-
Detailed information about a cluster.
Type: DBCluster object
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- DBClusterAlreadyExistsFault
-
You already have a cluster with the given identifier.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- DBClusterNotFoundFault
-
DBClusterIdentifier
doesn't refer to an existing cluster.HTTP Status Code: 404
- DBClusterParameterGroupNotFound
-
DBClusterParameterGroupName
doesn't refer to an existing cluster parameter group.HTTP Status Code: 404
- DBClusterQuotaExceededFault
-
The cluster can't be created because you have reached the maximum allowed quota of clusters.
HTTP Status Code: 403
- DBInstanceNotFound
-
DBInstanceIdentifier
doesn't refer to an existing instance.HTTP Status Code: 404
- DBSubnetGroupDoesNotCoverEnoughAZs
-
Subnets in the subnet group should cover at least two Availability Zones unless there is only one Availability Zone.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- DBSubnetGroupNotFoundFault
-
DBSubnetGroupName
doesn't refer to an existing subnet group.HTTP Status Code: 404
- GlobalClusterNotFoundFault
-
The
GlobalClusterIdentifier
doesn't refer to an existing global cluster.HTTP Status Code: 404
- InsufficientStorageClusterCapacity
-
There is not enough storage available for the current action. You might be able to resolve this error by updating your subnet group to use different Availability Zones that have more storage available.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidDBClusterStateFault
-
The cluster isn't in a valid state.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidDBInstanceState
-
The specified instance isn't in the available state.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidDBSubnetGroupStateFault
-
The subnet group can't be deleted because it's in use.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidGlobalClusterStateFault
-
The requested operation can't be performed while the cluster is in this state.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidSubnet
-
The requested subnet is not valid, or multiple subnets were requested that are not all in a common virtual private cloud (VPC).
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidVPCNetworkStateFault
-
The subnet group doesn't cover all Availability Zones after it is created because of changes that were made.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- KMSKeyNotAccessibleFault
-
An error occurred when accessing an AWS KMS key.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- StorageQuotaExceeded
-
The request would cause you to exceed the allowed amount of storage available across all instances.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: