POST databases/:database_name/process

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

Authentication

Requires a VerticaAPIKey in the request header.

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"
}