Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CopyDBParameterGroup

Copies the specified DB parameter group.

Request Parameters

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

SourceDBParameterGroupIdentifier

The identifier or ARN for the source DB parameter group. For information about creating an ARN, see Constructing an ARN for Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Constraints:

Must specify a valid DB parameter group.

Type: String

Required: Yes

TargetDBParameterGroupDescription

A description for the copied DB parameter group.

Type: String

Required: Yes

TargetDBParameterGroupIdentifier

The identifier for the copied DB parameter group.

Constraints:

Can't be null, empty, or blank
Must contain from 1 to 255 letters, numbers, or hyphens
First character must be a letter
Can't end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens

Example: my-db-parameter-group

Type: String

Required: Yes

Tags.Tag.N

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

Type: Array of Tag objects

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

DBParameterGroup

Contains the details of an Amazon RDS DB parameter group.

This data type is used as a response element in the DescribeDBParameterGroups action.

Type: DBParameterGroup object

Errors

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

DBParameterGroupAlreadyExists

A DB parameter group with the same name exists.

HTTP Status Code: 400

DBParameterGroupNotFound

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

HTTP Status Code: 404

DBParameterGroupQuotaExceeded

The request would result in the user exceeding the allowed number of DB parameter groups.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of CopyDBParameterGroup.

Sample Request



https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=CopyDBParameterGroup
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SourceDBParameterGroupIdentifier=arn%3Aaws%3Ards%3Aus-west-2%3A815981987263%3pg%3Amy-remote-param-group
   &TargetDBParameterGroupIdentifier=new-local-param-group
   &TargetDBParameterGroupDescription=description
   &Version=2014-10-31
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140429/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140429T175351Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=9164337efa99caf850e874a1cb7ef62f3cea29d0b448b9e0e7c53b288ddffed2

Sample Response



<CopyDBParameterGroupResponse xmlns="http://rds.amazonaws.com/doc/2014-10-31/">
  <CopyDBParameterGroupResult>
    <DBParameterGroup>
      <DBParameterGroupFamily>mysql5.6</DBParameterGroupFamily>
      <Description>description</Description>
      <DBParameterGroupName>new-local-param-group</DBParameterGroupName>
    </DBParameterGroup>
  </CopyDBParameterGroupResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>2928d60e-beb6-11d3-8e5c-3ccda5460c46</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</CopyDBParameterGroupResponse>