Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DeleteDBCluster

The DeleteDBCluster action deletes a previously provisioned DB cluster. When you delete a DB cluster, all automated backups for that DB cluster are deleted and can't be recovered. Manual DB cluster snapshots of the specified DB cluster are not deleted.

If you're deleting a Multi-AZ DB cluster with read replicas, all cluster members are terminated and read replicas are promoted to standalone instances.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see What is Amazon Aurora? in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

For more information on Multi-AZ DB clusters, see Multi-AZ DB cluster deployments in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Request Parameters

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

DBClusterIdentifier

The DB cluster identifier for the DB cluster to be deleted. This parameter isn't case-sensitive.

Constraints:

Must match an existing DBClusterIdentifier.

Type: String

Required: Yes

DeleteAutomatedBackups

Specifies whether to remove automated backups immediately after the DB cluster is deleted. This parameter isn't case-sensitive. The default is to remove automated backups immediately after the DB cluster is deleted, unless the AWS Backup policy specifies a point-in-time restore rule.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

FinalDBSnapshotIdentifier

The DB cluster snapshot identifier of the new DB cluster snapshot created when SkipFinalSnapshot is disabled.

Note

If you specify this parameter and also skip the creation of a final DB cluster snapshot with the SkipFinalShapshot parameter, the request results in an error.

Constraints:

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

Type: String

Required: No

SkipFinalSnapshot

Specifies whether to skip the creation of a final DB cluster snapshot before RDS deletes the DB cluster. If you set this value to true, RDS doesn't create a final DB cluster snapshot. If you set this value to false or don't specify it, RDS creates a DB cluster snapshot before it deletes the DB cluster. By default, this parameter is disabled, so RDS creates a final DB cluster snapshot.

Note

If SkipFinalSnapshot is disabled, you must specify a value for the FinalDBSnapshotIdentifier parameter.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

DBCluster

Contains the details of an Amazon Aurora DB cluster or Multi-AZ DB cluster.

For an Amazon Aurora DB cluster, this data type is used as a response element in the operations CreateDBCluster, DeleteDBCluster, DescribeDBClusters, FailoverDBCluster, ModifyDBCluster, PromoteReadReplicaDBCluster, RestoreDBClusterFromS3, RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot, RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime, StartDBCluster, and StopDBCluster.

For a Multi-AZ DB cluster, this data type is used as a response element in the operations CreateDBCluster, DeleteDBCluster, DescribeDBClusters, FailoverDBCluster, ModifyDBCluster, RebootDBCluster, RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot, and RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime.

For more information on Amazon Aurora DB clusters, see What is Amazon Aurora? in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

For more information on Multi-AZ DB clusters, see Multi-AZ deployments with two readable standby DB instances in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Type: DBCluster object

Errors

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

DBClusterAutomatedBackupQuotaExceededFault

The quota for retained automated backups was exceeded. This prevents you from retaining any additional automated backups. The retained automated backups quota is the same as your DB cluster quota.

HTTP Status Code: 400

DBClusterNotFoundFault

DBClusterIdentifier doesn't refer to an existing DB cluster.

HTTP Status Code: 404

DBClusterSnapshotAlreadyExistsFault

The user already has a DB cluster snapshot with the given identifier.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidDBClusterSnapshotStateFault

The supplied value isn't a valid DB cluster snapshot state.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidDBClusterStateFault

The requested operation can't be performed while the cluster is in this state.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidGlobalClusterStateFault

The global cluster is in an invalid state and can't perform the requested operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

KMSKeyNotAccessibleFault

An error occurred accessing an AWS KMS key.

HTTP Status Code: 400

SnapshotQuotaExceeded

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

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Deleting an Aurora DB cluster

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteDBCluster.

Sample Request



https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
    ?Action=DeleteDBCluster
    &DBClusterIdentifier=sample-cluster2
    &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
    &SignatureVersion=4
    &Version=2014-10-31
    &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
    &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140725/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
    &X-Amz-Date=20140725T162148Z
    &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
    &X-Amz-Signature=815910f78c5a9813e1c15300fcf206e04da071b3586770169765292dc6aa2ed4

Sample Response




  
    
      aurora5.6
      available
      0
      my-subgroup
      5.6.10a
      sample-cluster2.cluster-cbfvmgb0y5fy.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com
      sample-cluster2
      04:45-05:15
      sat:05:56-sat:06:26
      
      15
      awsuser
    
  
  
    c72118dc-1417-11e4-8c7b-931a6c1fef28

Deleting a Multi-AZ DB cluster

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteDBCluster.

Sample Request



https://rds.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    ?Action=DeleteDBCluster
    &DBClusterIdentifier=my-multi-az-cluster
    &SkipFinalSnapshot=true
    &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
    &SignatureVersion=4
    &Version=2014-10-31
    &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
    &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140725/us-west-2/rds/aws4_request
    &X-Amz-Date=20211027T000821Z
    &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
    &X-Amz-Signature=815910f78c5a9813e1c15300fcf206e04da071b3586770169765292dc6aa2ed4

Sample Response



  
    
      false
      1000
      
      
      
      8.0.26
      admin
      
      false
      3066
      0
      1
      my-multi-az-cluster
      cluster-XDHARXDLDCRL2VZZXKBCFN3RQI
      2021-08-17T23:15:00Z
      available
      22:02-22:32
      false
      my-multi-az-cluster.cluster-123456789012.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com
      provisioned
      mysql
      my-multi-az-cluster.cluster-ro-123456789012.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com
      true
      false
      2021-08-16T23:15:00Z
      2021-08-10T23:02:10.460Z
      false
      false
      
      false
      subnetgroup1
      
        
          sg-6921cc28
          active
        
      
      
      Z3GZ3VYA3PGHTQ
      mon:23:02-mon:23:32
      default.mysql8.0
      io1
      db.r6gd.xlarge
      false
      true
      arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:cluster:my-multi-az-cluster
    
  
  
    08b84e67-7e89-4302-8563-642b34026159