# InitializeService
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Initialize Elastic Disaster Recovery.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /InitializeService HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 204
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds after which the request should be safe to retry.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.    
 ** quotaCode **   
Quota code.  
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds after which the request should be safe to retry.  
 ** serviceCode **   
Service code.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by the AWS service.    
 ** fieldList **   
A list of fields that failed validation.  
 ** reason **   
Validation exception reason.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/drs-2020-02-26/InitializeService)