Amazon RDS

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What is this integration?

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What Monk manages

• DB instance, subnet group, security group

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What the Agent can do and how to use it

• Database Creation: Provision MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and SQL Server instances
• Backup & Recovery: Configure automated backups, point-in-time recovery, and manual snapshots
• Scaling: Modify instance types, storage, and enable read replicas for scaling
• High Availability: Set up Multi-AZ deployments for automatic failover
• Security: Configure VPC isolation, security groups, and encryption at rest
• Maintenance: Schedule and manage automated maintenance windows
• Monitoring: Enable Enhanced Monitoring and Performance Insights
• Parameter Groups: Customize database engine parameters and configurations

1. Ensure AWS provider is added: monk cluster provider add -p aws
2. monk update <namespace>/<name>

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Auth

• Uses AWS provider credentials configured via monk cluster provider add -p aws

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Getting Started

1. Ensure AWS provider is added:

monk cluster provider add -p aws

2. Define an RDS instance (save as rds.yaml):

namespace: my-app

my-mysql-db:
  defines: aws-rds/rds-instance
  region: us-east-1
  db_instance_identifier: my-mysql-instance
  db_instance_class: db.t3.micro
  engine: mysql
  master_username: admin
  password_secret_ref: my-mysql-db-password

3. Create/update:

monk update my-app/my-mysql-db
monk describe my-app/my-mysql-db