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StopDBCluster

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StopDBCluster - Amazon DocumentDB

Stops the running cluster that is specified by DBClusterIdentifier. The cluster must be in the available state. For more information, see Stopping and Starting an Amazon DocumentDB Cluster.

Request Parameters

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

DBClusterIdentifier

The identifier of the cluster to stop. Example: docdb-2019-05-28-15-24-52

Type: String

Required: Yes

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

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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