DescribeSourceRegions
Returns a list of the source AWS Regions where the current AWS Region can create a read replica, copy a DB snapshot from, or replicate automated backups from.
Use this operation to determine whether cross-Region features are supported between other Regions and your current Region. This operation supports pagination.
To return information about the Regions that are enabled for your account, or all Regions,
use the EC2 operation DescribeRegions
. For more information, see
DescribeRegions in the Amazon EC2 API Reference.
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- Filters.Filter.N
-
This parameter isn't currently supported.
Type: Array of Filter objects
Required: No
- Marker
-
An optional pagination token provided by a previous
DescribeSourceRegions
request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified byMaxRecords
.Type: String
Required: No
- MaxRecords
-
The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified
MaxRecords
value, a pagination token called a marker is included in the response so you can retrieve the remaining results.Default: 100
Constraints: Minimum 20, maximum 100.
Type: Integer
Required: No
- RegionName
-
The source AWS Region name. For example,
us-east-1
.Constraints:
-
Must specify a valid AWS Region name.
Type: String
Required: No
-
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- Marker
-
An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by
MaxRecords
.Type: String
- SourceRegions.SourceRegion.N
-
A list of
SourceRegion
instances that contains each source AWS Region that the current AWS Region can get a read replica or a DB snapshot from.Type: Array of SourceRegion objects
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
Examples
Example
This example illustrates one usage of DescribeSourceRegions.
Sample Request
https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
?Action=DescribeSourceRegions
&MaxRecords=10
&SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
&SignatureVersion=4
&Version=2014-10-31
&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
&X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140429/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
&X-Amz-Date=20140429T175351Z
&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
&X-Amz-Signature=9164337efa99caf850e874a1cb7ef62f3cea29d0b448b9e0e7c53b288ddffed2
Sample Response
<DescribeSourceRegionsResponse xmlns="http://rds.amazonaws.com/doc/2014-10-31/">
<DescribeSourceRegionsResult>
<SourceRegions>
<SourceRegion>
<RegionName>ap-northeast-1</RegionName>
<EndPoint>https://rds.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com</EndPoint>
<Status>available</Status>
</SourceRegion>
<SourceRegion>
<RegionName>ap-southeast-2</RegionName>
<EndPoint>https://rds.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com</EndPoint>
<Status>available</Status>
</SourceRegion>
</SourceRegions>
</DescribeSourceRegionsResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>01b2685a-b978-11d3-f272-7cd6cce12cc5</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeSourceRegionsResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: