Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeDBParameters

Returns the detailed parameter list for a particular DB parameter group.

Request Parameters

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

DBParameterGroupName

The name of a specific DB parameter group to return details for.

Constraints:

If supplied, must match the name of an existing DBParameterGroup.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Filters.Filter.N

A filter that specifies one or more DB parameters to describe.

The only supported filter is parameter-name. The results list only includes information about the DB parameters with these names.

Type: Array of Filter objects

Required: No

Marker

An optional pagination token provided by a previous DescribeDBParameters request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by MaxRecords.

Type: String

Required: No

MaxRecords

The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified MaxRecords value, a pagination token called a marker is included in the response so that you can retrieve the remaining results.

Default: 100

Constraints: Minimum 20, maximum 100.

Type: Integer

Required: No

Source

The parameter types to return.

Default: All parameter types returned

Valid Values: user | system | engine-default

Type: String

Required: No

Response Elements

The following elements are returned by the service.

Marker

An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by MaxRecords.

Type: String

Parameters.Parameter.N

A list of Parameter values.

Type: Array of Parameter objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

DBParameterGroupNotFound

DBParameterGroupName doesn't refer to an existing DB parameter group.

HTTP Status Code: 404

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of DescribeDBParameters.

Sample Request



https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DescribeDBParameters
   &DBParameterGroupName=oracle-logs
   &MaxRecords=100
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &Version=2014-10-31
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140421/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140421T231357Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=ac9b18d6ae7cab4bf45ed2caa99cd8438101b293c0a84e80c3bab77f7369cc7

Sample Response



<DescribeDBParametersResponse xmlns="http://rds.amazonaws.com/doc/2014-10-31/">
  <DescribeDBParametersResult>
    <Marker>bGlzdGVuZXJfbmV0d29ya3M=</Marker>
    <Parameters>
      <Parameter>
        <DataType>integer</DataType>
        <Source>engine-default</Source>
        <IsModifiable>true</IsModifiable>
        <Description>number of AQ Time Managers to start</Description>
        <ApplyType>dynamic</ApplyType>
        <AllowedValues>0-40</AllowedValues>
        <ParameterName>aq_tm_processes</ParameterName>
      </Parameter>
      <Parameter>
        <ParameterValue>300</ParameterValue>
        <DataType>integer</DataType>
        <Source>system</Source>
        <IsModifiable>false</IsModifiable>
        <Description>Maximum number of seconds of redos the standby could lose</Description>
        <ApplyType>dynamic</ApplyType>
        <ParameterName>archive_lag_target</ParameterName>
      </Parameter>
      <Parameter>
        <ParameterValue>/rdsdbdata/admin/{dbName}/adump</ParameterValue>
        <DataType>string</DataType>
        <Source>system</Source>
        <IsModifiable>false</IsModifiable>
        <Description>Directory in which auditing files are to reside</Description>
        <ApplyType>dynamic</ApplyType>
        <ParameterName>audit_file_dest</ParameterName>
      </Parameter>
      <Parameter>
        <DataType>boolean</DataType>
        <Source>engine-default</Source>
        <IsModifiable>false</IsModifiable>
        <Description>enable sys auditing</Description>
        <ApplyType>static</ApplyType>
        <AllowedValues>TRUE,FALSE</AllowedValues>
        <ParameterName>audit_sys_operations</ParameterName>
      </Parameter>
      <Parameter>
        <DataType>string</DataType>
        <Source>engine-default</Source>
        <IsModifiable>false</IsModifiable>
        <Description>Syslog facility and level</Description>
        <ApplyType>static</ApplyType>
        <ParameterName>audit_syslog_level</ParameterName>
      </Parameter>
      <Parameter>
        <DataType>string</DataType>
        <Source>engine-default</Source>
        <IsModifiable>true</IsModifiable>
        <Description>enable system auditing</Description>
        <ApplyType>static</ApplyType>
        <AllowedValues>DB,OS,NONE,TRUE,FALSE,DB_EXTENDED,XML</AllowedValues>
        <ParameterName>audit_trail</ParameterName>
      </Parameter>
    </Parameters>
  </DescribeDBParametersResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>8c40488f-b9ff-11d3-a15e-7ac49293f4fa</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeDBParametersResponse>