Request Parameters Response Elements Errors See Also

FailoverDBCluster

Forces a failover for a cluster.

A failover for a cluster promotes one of the Amazon DocumentDB replicas (read-only instances) in the cluster to be the primary instance (the cluster writer).

If the primary instance fails, Amazon DocumentDB automatically fails over to an Amazon DocumentDB replica, if one exists. You can force a failover when you want to simulate a failure of a primary instance for testing.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

DBClusterIdentifier

A cluster identifier to force a failover for. This parameter is not case sensitive.

Constraints:

Must match the identifier of an existing DBCluster.

Type: String

Required: No

TargetDBInstanceIdentifier

The name of the instance to promote to the primary instance.

You must specify the instance identifier for an Amazon DocumentDB replica in the cluster. For example, mydbcluster-replica1.

Type: String

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.

DBClusterNotFoundFault

DBClusterIdentifier doesn't refer to an existing cluster.

HTTP Status Code: 404

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