POST databases/:database_name/process

Creates a job to start the database identified by :database_name.

Creates a job to start the database identified by :database_name. The :database_name is the value of the name field that the GET databases command returns.

Returns a job ID that can be used to determine the status of the job. See GET jobs.

Resource URL

https://<NODE>:5444/databases/:database_name/process

The API key must have restricted level security or higher.

Parameters

epoch Start the database from this epoch.
include Include only these hosts when starting the database. Use a comma-separated list of hostnames.

Example request

POST https://<NODE>:5444/databases/:testDB/process

An example of the full request using cURL:

curl -d "epoch=epoch_number&include=host1,host2" -X POST -H "VerticaApiKey: ValidAPIKey" https://<NODE>:5444/:testDB/process

Response:

{
    "id": "StartDatabase-testDB-2014-07-20 12:41:46.061408",
    "url": "/jobs/StartDatabase-testDB-2014-07-20 12:41:46.061408"
}