--- updatedAt: 2026-08-18T13:22:17.000Z agentTools: siteIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/llms.txt projectIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/llms.txt --- # Get Valkey Managed Database credentials __Limited availability__ Displays the root username and password for an accessible Valkey Managed Database. The database's status can't be `suspended`. **Permissions and scopes** To call this operation, you need the following: - **Identity and access permissions**. Your user needs these roles assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/identity-access-cm-available-roles). - Roles: `database_viewer` - **OAuth scopes**. Your user needs these scopes assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth). - Scopes: `databases:read_only` # OpenAPI definition ```json { "components": { "securitySchemes": { "oauth": { "flows": { "authorizationCode": { "authorizationUrl": "https://login.linode.com/oauth/authorize", "scopes": { "account:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about your account.", "account:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your account.", "child_account:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about deprecated parent/child operations.", "child_account:read_write": "Allows access to deprecated parent/child operations.", "databases:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about databases.", "databases:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to databases.", "domains:read_only": "Allows access to GET Domains on your account.", "domains:read_write": "Allows access to all Domain endpoints.", "events:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Events.", "events:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Events.", "firewall:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about your Firewalls.", "firewall:read_write": "Allows access to all Firewall endpoints.", "images:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Images.", "images:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Images.", "ips:read_only": "Allows access to GET your ips.", "ips:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your ips.", "linodes:read_only": "Allows access to GET Linodes on your account.", "linodes:read_write": "Allow access to all endpoints related to your Linodes.", "lke:read_only": "Allows access to GET LKE Clusters on your account.", "lke:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to LKE Clusters on your account.", "longview:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Longview Clients.", "longview:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Longview Clients.", "monitor:read_only": "Allows access to Monitor (Akamai Cloud Pulse) data.", "monitor:read_write": "Allows access to GET Monitor (Akamai Cloud Pulse) data.", "nodebalancers:read_only": "Allows access to GET NodeBalancers on your account.", "nodebalancers:read_write": "Allows access to all NodeBalancer endpoints.", "object_storage:read_only": "Allows access to GET information related to your Object Storage.", "object_storage:read_write": "Allows access to all Object Storage endpoints.", "stackscripts:read_only": "Allows access to GET your StackScripts.", "stackscripts:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your StackScripts.", "volumes:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Volumes.", "volumes:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Volumes.", "vpc:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to VPC and Subnet creation, updating, and deletion." }, "tokenUrl": "https://login.linode.com/oauth/token" } }, "type": "oauth2" }, "personalAccessToken": { "scheme": "bearer", "type": "http" } } }, "externalDocs": { "description": "See documentation for Akamai's Linode API", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference" }, "info": { "description": "\"[Read the API documentation](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/api).\"", "license": { "name": "Apache 2.0", "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html" }, "title": "Databases", "version": "4.229.1" }, "openapi": "3.0.1", "paths": { "/{apiVersion}/databases/valkey/instances/{valkeyInstanceId}/credentials": { "get": { "description": "__Limited availability__ Displays the root username and password for an accessible Valkey Managed Database. The database's status can't be `suspended`.\n\n\n**Permissions and scopes**\n\nTo call this operation, you need the following:\n\n- **Identity and access permissions**. Your user needs these roles assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/identity-access-cm-available-roles).\n - Roles: `database_viewer`\n- **OAuth scopes**. Your user needs these scopes assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth).\n\n - Scopes: `databases:read_only`", "externalDocs": { "description": "See documentation for this operation in Akamai's Linode API", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-databases-valkey-instance-credentials" }, "operationId": "get-databases-valkey-instance-credentials", "responses": { "200": { "content": { "application/json": { "example": { "password": "s3cur3P@ssw0rd", "username": "adevi" }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Managed Database object for database credentials.", "properties": { "password": { "description": "__Read-only__ The randomly generated root password for the Managed Database instance.", "example": "s3cur3P@ssw0rd", "readOnly": true, "type": "string", "x-linode-cli-display": 2 }, "username": { "description": "__Read-only__ The root username for the Managed Database instance.", "example": "linroot", "readOnly": true, "type": "string", "x-linode-cli-display": 1 } }, "type": "object", "x-akamai": { "file-path": "schemas/database-credentials.yaml" } } } }, "description": "Valkey Managed Database root username and password." }, "default": { "content": { "application/json": { "example": { "errors": [ { "reason": "Invalid JSON" } ] }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "errors": { "description": "Any warnings associated with a response.", "items": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "An object for describing a single error that occurred during the processing of a request.", "properties": { "field": { "description": "The field in the request that caused this error. This may be a path, separated by periods in the case of nested fields. In some cases this may come back as `null` if the error is not specific to any single element of the request.", "example": "fieldname", "type": "string" }, "reason": { "description": "What happened to cause this error. In most cases, this can be fixed immediately by changing the data you sent in the request, but in some cases you will be instructed to [Open a support ticket](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-ticket) or perform some other action before you can complete the request successfully.", "example": "fieldname must be a valid value", "type": "string" } }, "type": "object", "x-akamai": { "file-path": "schemas/error-object.yaml" } }, "type": "array" } }, "type": "object" } } }, "description": "See [Errors](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/errors) for the range of possible error response codes." } }, "security": [ { "personalAccessToken": [] }, { "oauth": [ "databases:read_only" ] } ], "summary": "Get Valkey Managed Database credentials", "tags": [ "Valkey" ], "x-akamai": { "status": "LA" }, "x-linode-cli-action": "valkey-creds-view", "x-linode-grant": "read_only", "x-linode-iam": [ { "roles": [ "database_viewer" ] } ] }, "parameters": [ { "description": "__Enum__ Call either the `v4` URL, or `v4beta` for operations still in Beta.", "in": "path", "name": "apiVersion", "required": true, "schema": { "enum": [ "v4", "v4beta" ], "example": "v4", "type": "string" }, "x-akamai": { "file-path": "parameters/api-version-path.yaml" } }, { "description": "The unique identifier for a Valkey Managed Database. Run the [List Valkey Managed Databases](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-databases-valkey-instances) operation and store the `id` for the desired one.", "in": "path", "name": "valkeyInstanceId", "required": true, "schema": { "example": 123458, "type": "integer" }, "x-akamai": { "file-path": "parameters/valkey-instance-id-path.yaml" } } ], "x-akamai": { "file-path": "paths/valkey-credentials.yaml", "path-info": "/{apiVersion}/databases/valkey/instances/{valkeyInstanceId}/credentials" }, "x-linode-cli-command": "databases" } }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.linode.com" } ], "tags": [ { "description": "Managed Databases is Akamai's fully-managed, high-performance database service. Use these operations to create and manage clusters for Valkey engine databases.", "name": "Valkey" } ], "x-akamai": { "auth-type": "OAUTH", "file-path": "databases.yaml" }, "x-readme": { "apply-tag-changes": true, "explorer-enabled": false, "samples-languages": [ "curl", "python", "node" ] } } ``` # Sibling pages * [List Valkey Managed Database advanced parameters](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-databases-valkey-config.md) * [Create or restore a Valkey Managed Database](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-databases-valkey-instances.md) * [List Valkey Managed Databases](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-databases-valkey-instances.md) * [Get a Valkey Managed Database](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-databases-valkey-instance.md) * [Update a Valkey Managed Database](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/put-databases-valkey-instance.md) * [Delete a Valkey Managed Database](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/delete-databases-valkey-instance.md) * [Reset Valkey Managed Database credentials](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-databases-valkey-instance-credentials-reset.md) * [Patch a Valkey Managed Database](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-databases-valkey-instance-patch.md) * [Resume a Valkey Managed Database](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/resume-databases-valkey-instance.md) * [Get a Valkey Managed Database SSL certificate](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-databases-valkey-instance-ssl.md) * [Suspend a Valkey Managed Database](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/suspend-databases-valkey-instance.md)