POST databases/:database_name/rebalance/process

Creates a job to run a rebalance on the database identified by host 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 you can use to determine the status of the job. See GET jobs.

Resource URL

https://<NODE>:5444/databases/:database_name/rebalance/process

Authentication

Requires a VerticaAPIKey in the request header.

The API key must have restricted level security or higher.

Parameters

user_id
 A database username. 
passwd
 A password for the username.

Example Request

POST 
https://<NODE>:5444/databases/testDB/rebalance/process?user_id=username&passwd=username_password

Response: 

{
    "id": "RebalanceData-testDB-2014-07-20 21:42:45.731038",
    "url": "/jobs/RebalanceData-testDB-2014-07-20 21:42:45.731038"
}