# Scaleway Database Instances API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-database-instances-api/  
**Provider:** Scaleway — https://apis.io/providers/scaleway/  
**Documentation:** https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/instances/

Scaleway Database Instances API is one of 74 APIs that [Scaleway](https://apis.io/providers/scaleway/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Database Instances. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

A Database Instance is made up of one or multiple dedicated compute nodes running a single database engine. Two node settings are available: **High-Availability (HA)**, with a main node and one replica, and **standalone** with a main node. The HA standby node is linked to the main node, using synchronous replication. Synchronous replication offers the ability to confirm that all changes intended by a transaction have been transferred and applied to the synchronous replica node, providing durability to the data. **Note**: HA standby nodes are not accessible to users unless the main node becomes unavailable and the standby takes over. If you wish to run queries on a read-only node, you can use [Read Replicas](#path-read-replicas-create-a-read-replica) Read Replicas can be used for certain read-only workflows such as Business Intelligence, or for a read-only scaling of your application. Read Replicas use asynchronous replication to replicate data from the main node.

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/scaleway/refs/heads/main/openapi/scaleway-database-instances-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/instances/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/kubernetes/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/iam/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/load-balancer/zoned-api/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/managed-databases-for-postgresql-and-mysql/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/vpc/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/serverless-containers/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/serverless-functions/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/secret-manager/
- **Documentation** — https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/transactional-email/

## Other Scaleway APIs (12)

- [Scaleway Generative APIs](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-generative-apis/)
- [Scaleway Access Control List API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-access-control-list-api/)
- [Scaleway ACLs API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-acls-api/)
- [Scaleway Alert Subscribers API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-alert-subscribers-api/)
- [Scaleway API Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-api-keys-api/)
- [Scaleway Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-applications-api/)
- [Scaleway Backends API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-backends-api/)
- [Scaleway Backups API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-backups-api/)
- [Scaleway Blocklist API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-blocklist-api/)
- [Scaleway Certificate API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-certificate-api/)
- [Scaleway Cluster types API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-cluster-types-api/)
- [Scaleway Clusters API](https://apis.io/apis/scaleway/scaleway-clusters-api/)

## Tags

Database Instances

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