MemoryDB / Client / create_cluster

create_cluster#

MemoryDB.Client.create_cluster(**kwargs)#

Creates a cluster. All nodes in the cluster run the same protocol-compliant engine software.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.create_cluster(
    ClusterName='string',
    NodeType='string',
    ParameterGroupName='string',
    Description='string',
    NumShards=123,
    NumReplicasPerShard=123,
    SubnetGroupName='string',
    SecurityGroupIds=[
        'string',
    ],
    MaintenanceWindow='string',
    Port=123,
    SnsTopicArn='string',
    TLSEnabled=True|False,
    KmsKeyId='string',
    SnapshotArns=[
        'string',
    ],
    SnapshotName='string',
    SnapshotRetentionLimit=123,
    Tags=[
        {
            'Key': 'string',
            'Value': 'string'
        },
    ],
    SnapshotWindow='string',
    ACLName='string',
    Engine='string',
    EngineVersion='string',
    AutoMinorVersionUpgrade=True|False,
    DataTiering=True|False
)
Parameters:

  • ClusterName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the cluster. This value must be unique as it also serves as the cluster identifier.

  • NodeType (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The compute and memory capacity of the nodes in the cluster.

  • ParameterGroupName (string) – The name of the parameter group associated with the cluster.

  • Description (string) – An optional description of the cluster.

  • NumShards (integer) – The number of shards the cluster will contain. The default value is 1.

  • NumReplicasPerShard (integer) – The number of replicas to apply to each shard. The default value is 1. The maximum is 5.

  • SubnetGroupName (string) – The name of the subnet group to be used for the cluster.

  • SecurityGroupIds (list) –

    A list of security group names to associate with this cluster.

    • (string) –

  • MaintenanceWindow (string) –

    Specifies the weekly time range during which maintenance on the cluster is performed. It is specified as a range in the format ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi (24H Clock UTC). The minimum maintenance window is a 60 minute period.

    Valid values for ddd are:

    • sun

    • mon

    • tue

    • wed

    • thu

    • fri

    • sat

    Example: sun:23:00-mon:01:30

  • Port (integer) – The port number on which each of the nodes accepts connections.

  • SnsTopicArn (string) – The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) topic to which notifications are sent.

  • TLSEnabled (boolean) – A flag to enable in-transit encryption on the cluster.

  • KmsKeyId (string) – The ID of the KMS key used to encrypt the cluster.

  • SnapshotArns (list) –

    A list of Amazon Resource Names (ARN) that uniquely identify the RDB snapshot files stored in Amazon S3. The snapshot files are used to populate the new cluster. The Amazon S3 object name in the ARN cannot contain any commas.

    • (string) –

  • SnapshotName (string) – The name of a snapshot from which to restore data into the new cluster. The snapshot status changes to restoring while the new cluster is being created.

  • SnapshotRetentionLimit (integer) – The number of days for which MemoryDB retains automatic snapshots before deleting them. For example, if you set SnapshotRetentionLimit to 5, a snapshot that was taken today is retained for 5 days before being deleted.

  • Tags (list) –

    A list of tags to be added to this resource. Tags are comma-separated key,value pairs (e.g. Key=myKey, Value=myKeyValue. You can include multiple tags as shown following: Key=myKey, Value=myKeyValue Key=mySecondKey, Value=mySecondKeyValue.

    • (dict) –

      A tag that can be added to an MemoryDB resource. Tags are composed of a Key/Value pair. You can use tags to categorize and track all your MemoryDB resources. When you add or remove tags on clusters, those actions will be replicated to all nodes in the cluster. A tag with a null Value is permitted. For more information, see Tagging your MemoryDB resources

      • Key (string) –

        The key for the tag. May not be null.

      • Value (string) –

        The tag’s value. May be null.

  • SnapshotWindow (string) –

    The daily time range (in UTC) during which MemoryDB begins taking a daily snapshot of your shard.

    Example: 05:00-09:00

    If you do not specify this parameter, MemoryDB automatically chooses an appropriate time range.

  • ACLName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the Access Control List to associate with the cluster.

  • Engine (string) – The name of the engine to be used for the nodes in this cluster. The value must be set to either Redis or Valkey.

  • EngineVersion (string) – The version number of the engine to be used for the cluster.

  • AutoMinorVersionUpgrade (boolean) – When set to true, the cluster will automatically receive minor engine version upgrades after launch.

  • DataTiering (boolean) – Enables data tiering. Data tiering is only supported for clusters using the r6gd node type. This parameter must be set when using r6gd nodes. For more information, see Data tiering.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Cluster': {
        'Name': 'string',
        'Description': 'string',
        'Status': 'string',
        'PendingUpdates': {
            'Resharding': {
                'SlotMigration': {
                    'ProgressPercentage': 123.0
                }
            },
            'ACLs': {
                'ACLToApply': 'string'
            },
            'ServiceUpdates': [
                {
                    'ServiceUpdateName': 'string',
                    'Status': 'available'|'in-progress'|'complete'|'scheduled'
                },
            ]
        },
        'NumberOfShards': 123,
        'Shards': [
            {
                'Name': 'string',
                'Status': 'string',
                'Slots': 'string',
                'Nodes': [
                    {
                        'Name': 'string',
                        'Status': 'string',
                        'AvailabilityZone': 'string',
                        'CreateTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
                        'Endpoint': {
                            'Address': 'string',
                            'Port': 123
                        }
                    },
                ],
                'NumberOfNodes': 123
            },
        ],
        'AvailabilityMode': 'singleaz'|'multiaz',
        'ClusterEndpoint': {
            'Address': 'string',
            'Port': 123
        },
        'NodeType': 'string',
        'Engine': 'string',
        'EngineVersion': 'string',
        'EnginePatchVersion': 'string',
        'ParameterGroupName': 'string',
        'ParameterGroupStatus': 'string',
        'SecurityGroups': [
            {
                'SecurityGroupId': 'string',
                'Status': 'string'
            },
        ],
        'SubnetGroupName': 'string',
        'TLSEnabled': True|False,
        'KmsKeyId': 'string',
        'ARN': 'string',
        'SnsTopicArn': 'string',
        'SnsTopicStatus': 'string',
        'SnapshotRetentionLimit': 123,
        'MaintenanceWindow': 'string',
        'SnapshotWindow': 'string',
        'ACLName': 'string',
        'AutoMinorVersionUpgrade': True|False,
        'DataTiering': 'true'|'false'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    • Cluster (dict) –

      The newly-created cluster.

      • Name (string) –

        The user-supplied name of the cluster. This identifier is a unique key that identifies a cluster.

      • Description (string) –

        A description of the cluster

      • Status (string) –

        The status of the cluster. For example, Available, Updating, Creating.

      • PendingUpdates (dict) –

        A group of settings that are currently being applied.

        • Resharding (dict) –

          The status of an online resharding operation.

          • SlotMigration (dict) –

            The status of the online resharding slot migration

            • ProgressPercentage (float) –

              The percentage of the slot migration that is complete.

        • ACLs (dict) –

          A list of ACLs associated with the cluster that are being updated

          • ACLToApply (string) –

            A list of ACLs pending to be applied.

        • ServiceUpdates (list) –

          A list of service updates being applied to the cluster

          • (dict) –

            Update action that has yet to be processed for the corresponding apply/stop request

            • ServiceUpdateName (string) –

              The unique ID of the service update

            • Status (string) –

              The status of the service update

      • NumberOfShards (integer) –

        The number of shards in the cluster

      • Shards (list) –

        A list of shards that are members of the cluster.

        • (dict) –

          Represents a collection of nodes in a cluster. One node in the node group is the read/write primary node. All the other nodes are read-only Replica nodes.

          • Name (string) –

            The name of the shard

          • Status (string) –

            The current state of this replication group - creating, available, modifying, deleting.

          • Slots (string) –

            The keyspace for this shard.

          • Nodes (list) –

            A list containing information about individual nodes within the shard

            • (dict) –

              Represents an individual node within a cluster. Each node runs its own instance of the cluster’s protocol-compliant caching software.

              • Name (string) –

                The node identifier. A node name is a numeric identifier (0001, 0002, etc.). The combination of cluster name, shard name and node name uniquely identifies every node used in a customer’s Amazon account.

              • Status (string) –

                The status of the service update on the node

              • AvailabilityZone (string) –

                The Availability Zone in which the node resides

              • CreateTime (datetime) –

                The date and time when the node was created.

              • Endpoint (dict) –

                The hostname for connecting to this node.

                • Address (string) –

                  The DNS hostname of the node.

                • Port (integer) –

                  The port number that the engine is listening on.

          • NumberOfNodes (integer) –

            The number of nodes in the shard

      • AvailabilityMode (string) –

        Indicates if the cluster has a Multi-AZ configuration (multiaz) or not (singleaz).

      • ClusterEndpoint (dict) –

        The cluster’s configuration endpoint

        • Address (string) –

          The DNS hostname of the node.

        • Port (integer) –

          The port number that the engine is listening on.

      • NodeType (string) –

        The cluster’s node type

      • Engine (string) –

        The Redis OSS or Valkey engine used by the cluster.

      • EngineVersion (string) –

        The Redis engine version used by the cluster

      • EnginePatchVersion (string) –

        The engine patch version used by the cluster

      • ParameterGroupName (string) –

        The name of the parameter group used by the cluster

      • ParameterGroupStatus (string) –

        The status of the parameter group used by the cluster, for example ‘active’ or ‘applying’.

      • SecurityGroups (list) –

        A list of security groups used by the cluster

        • (dict) –

          Represents a single security group and its status.

          • SecurityGroupId (string) –

            The identifier of the security group.

          • Status (string) –

            The status of the security group membership. The status changes whenever a security group is modified, or when the security groups assigned to a cluster are modified.

      • SubnetGroupName (string) –

        The name of the subnet group used by the cluster

      • TLSEnabled (boolean) –

        A flag to indicate if In-transit encryption is enabled

      • KmsKeyId (string) –

        The ID of the KMS key used to encrypt the cluster

      • ARN (string) –

        The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the cluster.

      • SnsTopicArn (string) –

        The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the SNS notification topic

      • SnsTopicStatus (string) –

        The SNS topic must be in Active status to receive notifications

      • SnapshotRetentionLimit (integer) –

        The number of days for which MemoryDB retains automatic snapshots before deleting them. For example, if you set SnapshotRetentionLimit to 5, a snapshot that was taken today is retained for 5 days before being deleted.

      • MaintenanceWindow (string) –

        Specifies the weekly time range during which maintenance on the cluster is performed. It is specified as a range in the format ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi (24H Clock UTC). The minimum maintenance window is a 60 minute period.

      • SnapshotWindow (string) –

        The daily time range (in UTC) during which MemoryDB begins taking a daily snapshot of your shard. Example: 05:00-09:00 If you do not specify this parameter, MemoryDB automatically chooses an appropriate time range.

      • ACLName (string) –

        The name of the Access Control List associated with this cluster.

      • AutoMinorVersionUpgrade (boolean) –

        When set to true, the cluster will automatically receive minor engine version upgrades after launch.

      • DataTiering (string) –

        Enables data tiering. Data tiering is only supported for clusters using the r6gd node type. This parameter must be set when using r6gd nodes. For more information, see Data tiering.

Exceptions