Learn about the advanced configuration options available for Cloud Databases through the OVHcloud Control Panel and via API.
Managed Databases (also called Cloud Databases) are managed services, which means that they are not fully configurable. For example, it is not possible to modify pg_hba.conf.
- Cassandra
- Grafana® 1
- Kafka
- Kafka Connect
- MySQL
- OpenSearch
- PostgreSQL
- Caching
Requirements
- a Public Cloud project in your OVHcloud account
- a database running on your OVHcloud Cloud Databases (this guide can help you to meet this requirement)
- access to your OVHcloud Control Panel or the OVHcloud API.
Instructions
See the Checking section below.
Using the OVHcloud Control Panel
To change the advanced configuration, you first need to log in to your OVHcloud Control Panel and open your Public Cloud
project. In the left-hand navigation bar, under Databases & Analytics, select Databases
, Data Streaming
, or Data Analysis
. Select your engine instance then the Advanced configuration
tab.
Select the key of the advanced setting you want to define, then set its value.
When ready, click on Update advanced configuration
.
Using API
Get your service and cluster IDs
You first need to identify the service and the cluster to which you want to apply the changes.
Get the desired service ID
Execute the following API call:
From the resulting list, select and copy the service identifier corresponding to the desired service, also known as serviceName.
Get the desired cluster ID
Open the following API call, paste your service ID into the serviceName
input field and click Execute
:
From the resulting list, select and copy the cluster ID, also known as clusterId.
Get the existing advanced configuration
Open the following API call, paste the corresponding inputs (serviceName, clusterId), and click Execute
:
Advanced configuration settings list
Open the following API call, paste the corresponding inputs (serviceName, clusterId), and click Execute
:
Change advanced configuration
Open the following API call and paste the corresponding inputs (serviceName, clusterId):
Now, according to the settings you chose, set the different values into the string arrays, such as in the example below:
When ready, click on Execute
to update the advanced configuration.
Checking
You can check the changes in different ways such as:
Using API
Using pgAdmin
Follow this guide to learn more about pgAdmin.
Go further
For more information and tutorials, please see our other Cloud Databases support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.
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