---
title: "POST /#Action=StartDBInstance"
method: POST
path: "/#Action=StartDBInstance"
---

# POST /#Action=StartDBInstance

`POST /#Action=StartDBInstance`

Starts an Amazon RDS DB instance that was stopped using the Amazon Web Services console, the stop-db-instance CLI command, or the StopDBInstance action.

For more information, see [Starting an Amazon RDS DB instance That Was Previously Stopped](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_StartInstance.html) in the _Amazon RDS User Guide._

This command doesn't apply to RDS Custom, Aurora MySQL, and Aurora PostgreSQL. For Aurora DB clusters, use `StartDBCluster` instead.

## Query parameters

- `Action` 'StartDBInstance', required
- `Version` '2014-10-31', required

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `480` — DBInstanceNotFoundFault
- `481` — InvalidDBInstanceStateFault
- `482` — InsufficientDBInstanceCapacityFault
- `483` — DBSubnetGroupNotFoundFault
- `484` — DBSubnetGroupDoesNotCoverEnoughAZs
- `485` — InvalidDBClusterStateFault
- `486` — InvalidSubnet
- `487` — InvalidVPCNetworkStateFault
- `488` — DBClusterNotFoundFault
- `489` — AuthorizationNotFoundFault
- `490` — KMSKeyNotAccessibleFault

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