Modify Cluster Attributes

Once the PostgreSQL cluster is up and running, you can customize several attributes. For the first public release, you can alter the displayName attribute. You can also arrange the maintenanceWindow and change network connections.

Note: The sample UUID is 498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e

Quick Links:	Quick Links:
Renaming the database cluster	Increasing cluster storage size
Upgrading the cluster version in-place	Scaling a cluster vertically (RAM, CPU)
Setting maintenance windows	Scaling a cluster horizontally (replicas)
Changing the connection

Renaming the database cluster

With the PATCH request, you can change the name of your database cluster.

curl --include \
    --request PATCH \
    --user "[e-mail]:Mb2.r5oHf-0t" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-binary '{
      "metadata": {},
      "properties": {
        "displayName": "an even better name!",
      }
    }' \
    https://api.ionos.com/databases/postgresql/clusters/498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e

Response

{
  "type": "cluster",
  "id": "498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e",
  "metadata": {
    "state": "AVAILABLE",
    "createdDate": "2020-12-10T12:37:50.000Z",
    "createdBy": "[e-mail]",
    "createdByUserId": "012342f-411f-1eeb-9d07-046c59cc737e",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2020-12-18T21:37:50.000Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "[e-mail]",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "012342f-411f-1eeb-9d07-046c59cc737e"
  },
  "properties": {
  "displayName": "an even better name!",
  "location": "DE/FRA",
  ...
  }
}

Upgrading the cluster version in-place

DBaaS supports upgrading Postgres to a higher major version in-place. To do so, simply issue a PATCH request containing the target Postgres version:

curl --include \
    --request PATCH \
    --user "[e-mail]:Mb2.r5oHf-0t" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-binary '{
    --data-binary '{
      "metadata": {},
      "properties": {
        "postgresVersion": "15",
      }
    }' \
    https://api.ionos.com/databases/postgresql/clusters/498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e

The upgrade procedure is efficient and should only take a few minutes (even for large databases). The database will be unavailable (potentially multiple times) until the upgrade is complete. Once the upgrade is done, the creation of a new backup is triggered.

Once the upgrade is triggered it cannot be undone. If the upgrade fails or causes unexpected behaviors for the application then the old state can be restored by creating a new database from the previous backup. A in-place restore will only apply the old data and not roll back to the older Postgres version.

Caution: Executing in-place upgrades drops objects and extensions from the database that could be incompatible with the new version. If you are unsure whether your application is affected by the changes then try the upgrade on a clone first.

Increasing cluster storage size in-place

DBaaS supports increasing the storage size of your cluster in-place. To do so, simply issue a PATCH request containing the new storage size:

curl --include \
    --request PATCH \
    --user "[e-mail]:Mb2.r5oHf-0t" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-binary '{
      "metadata": {},
      "properties": {
        "storageSize": 50000,
      }
    }' \
    https://api.ionos.com/databases/postgresql/clusters/498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e

The resizing happens online without interruptions.

Caution: Decreasing the storage size is not supported with this method.

Scaling a cluster vertically (RAM, CPU)

DBaaS supports increasing and decreasing the size of your database instances. To do so, simply issue a PATCH request containing the new size (you can also specify only one of cores or ram, if you don't want to change both):

curl --include \
    --request PATCH \
    --user "[e-mail]:Mb2.r5oHf-0t" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-binary '{
      "metadata": {},
      "properties": {
        "cores": 4,
        "ram": 4096,
      }
    }' \
    https://api.ionos.com/databases/postgresql/clusters/498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e

Caution: This change requires for the underlying nodes to be replaced and therefore will cause one failover.

Scaling a cluster horizontally (replicas)

DBaaS supports increasing and decreasing the amount of your database replicas. To do so, simply issue a PATCH request containing the new replica count (between 1 and 5):

curl --include \
    --request PATCH \
    --user "[e-mail]:Mb2.r5oHf-0t" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-binary '{
      "metadata": {},
      "properties": {
        "instances": 3,
      }
    }' \
    https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/databases/postgres/clusters/498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e

Caution: Scaling down may cause one or more failovers and interrupt open connections.

Setting maintenance windows

If you do not provide a window during the creation of your database, a random window will be assigned for the database. You can update the window at any time, as shown in the example below.

curl --include \
    --request PATCH \
    --user "[e-mail]:Mb2.r5oHf-0t" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-binary '{
      "metadata": {},
      "properties": {
        "maintenanceWindow": {
          "dayOfTheWeek": "Sunday",
          "time": "03:30:00"
        }
      }
    }' \
    https://api.ionos.com/databases/postgresql/clusters/498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e

When your cluster only contains one replica you might experience a short down-time during this maintenance window, while your database instance is being updated. In a replicated cluster, we only update standbys, but we might perform a switchover, in order to change the leader node.

Changing the connection

After creating your database you can change the connection to your private LAN or temporarily remove it completely. You can change it to either be connected to a different LAN, or simply update the IP. However, you always have to include all properties of the connections list for the request, even if you only want to update the database IP address. The newly provided LAN has to be in the same location as the database cluster. Updating the IP address also updates the record of the DNS name of the database.

Note: When you change the connection to a new LAN, the database will no longer be reachable in the old network almost immediately. However, the new connection will only be established, after your dedicated VMs are updated, which can take a couple of minutes, depending on the number of instances you specified.

curl --include \
    --request PATCH \
    --user "[e-mail]:Mb2.r5oHf-0t" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-binary '{
      "properties": {
        "connections": [
          {
            "datacenterId": "b4f86015-9918-443d-be14-aa2eb7529f40",
            "lanId": "2",
            "cidr": "192.168.1.100/24"
          }
        ]
      }
    }' \
    https://api.ionos.com/databases/postgresql/clusters/498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e

In order to remove the connection, you have to specify an empty list in the request body:

{
  "properties": {
    "connections": []
  }
}