Databases

You can use these API calls to interact with your database.

You can use these API calls to interact with your database.

GET databases Returns a list of databases, their properties, and current status.
POST databases Creates a new database by supplying a valid set of parameters.
GET databases/:database_name Returns details about a specific database.
PUT databases/:database_name Starts, stops, rebalances, or runs Workload Analyzer on a database.
DELETE databases/:database_name Deletes an existing database.
GET databases/:database_name/configuration Returns the current configuration parameters from the database.
PUT databases/:database_name/configuration Sets one or more configuration parameters in the database.
GET databases/:database_name/hosts Returns hosts details for a specific database.
POST databases/:database_name/hosts Adds a new host to the database.
DELETE databases/:database_name/hosts/:host_id Removes a host from the database.
POST databases/:database_name/hosts/:host_id/process Starts the database process on a specific host.
DELETE databases/:database_name/hosts/:host_id/process Stops the database on a specific host.
POST databases/:database_name/hosts/:host_id/replace_with/:host_id_new Replaces a host with a standby host in the database.
GET databases/:database_name/license Returns the Vertica license that the specified database is using.
PUT databases/:database_name/license Upgrades the license in the database.
GET databases/:database_name/licenses Returns all the feature licenses that the specified database is using.
GET databases/:database_name/nodes Returns a list of nodes for the specified database.
GET databases/:database_name/nodes/:node_id Returns details on a specific node for the specified database.
POST databases/:database_name/process Starts the specified database.
GET databases/:database_name/process Returns the state of the database as either UP or DOWN.
DELETE databases/:database_name/process Stops the specified database on all hosts.
POST databases/:database_name/rebalance/process Rebalances the specified database. This option can have a long run time.
POST databases/:database_name/Workload Analyzer/process Runs the analyze workload action against the specified database.This option can have a long run time.