AWS RDS MySQL

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Prerequisites Create AWS RDS MySQL Integration Next Steps

Amazon RDS for MySQL is an open-source relational database management service in the cloud. Through AWS RDS MySQL integration, you will be able to integrate with AWS RDS MySQL:

• Database

• Table

• Role

Prerequisites

• If you already have AWS Apono connector:

  • Make sure the connector's minimum version is 1.5.3.

• If you still don't have AWS Apono connector:

  • Install AWS Account connector on ECS using Terraform.

  • Install AWS Account connector on ECS using CloudFormation.

  • Install AWS Organization connector on ECS using Terraform.

  • Install AWS Organization connector on ECS using CloudFormation.

  • Install AWS Organization connector on EKS using Terraform.

• AWS command-line

• MySQL command-line

Create AWS RDS MySQL Integration

Generate Credentials

Create user and grant permissions:

You can use only one authentication option on the RDS instance at a time.

(MySQL 8.0+) Grant the service account the authority to manage other roles. This enables Apono to create, alter, and drop roles. However, this role does not inherently grant specific database access permissions.

cli

Password Authentication

With password authentication, your database performs all administration of user accounts. You create users with SQL statements such as CREATE USER, with the appropriate clause required by the DB engine for specifying passwords.

1. Get your AWS RDS DB details.

aws rds describe-db-instances \
  --filters "Name=engine,Values=mysql" \
  --query "*[].[Endpoint.Address,Endpoint.Port]"

mysql -h [Endpoint.Address] -P [Endpoint.Port] -u USER_NAME -p

2. Connect RDS MySQL.

mysql -h [Endpoint.Address] -P [Endpoint.Port] -u USER_NAME -p

3. Create a user for the Apono connector. Replace USER_NAME and PASSWORD with your desired credentials.

CREATE USER 'USER_NAME'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';

4. Grant the necessary permissions to the user.

GRANT SHOW DATABASES ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';  
GRANT UPDATE ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT SELECT ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

SHOW DATABASES Allows the user to view all databases in the RDS instance. CREATE USER Grants the ability to create new users. UPDATE Permits updates in the MySQL system database, including user privileges. PROCESS Allows viewing the server's process list, including all executing queries.

IAM Authentication

You can authenticate to your DB instance using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) database authentication. With this authentication method, you don't need to use a password when you connect to a DB instance. Instead, you use an authentication token.

1. Get your AWS RDS DB details.

aws rds describe-db-instances \
  --filters "Name=engine,Values=mysql" \
  --query "*[].[DBInstanceIdentifier,Endpoint.Address,Endpoint.Port]"

2. Enable IAM database authentication.

aws rds modify-db-instance \
    --db-instance-identifier DBInstanceIdentifier \
    --apply-immediately \
    --enable-iam-database-authentication

3. Connect RDS MySQL.

mysql -h [Endpoint.Address] -P [Endpoint.Port] -u USER_NAME -p

4. Create a user for the Apono connector. Replace USER_NAME with your desired credentials.

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

5. Grant the necessary permissions to the user.

GRANT SHOW DATABASES ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';  
GRANT UPDATE ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT SELECT ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

SHOW DATABASES Allows the user to view all databases in the RDS instance. CREATE USER Grants the ability to create new users. UPDATE Permits updates in the MySQL system database, including user privileges. PROCESS Allows viewing the server's process list, including all executing queries.

6. To allow a user or role to connect to your DB instance, create the following IAM policy and attach it to your identity center permissions set or role.

aws iam create-policy --policy-name RDSConnectPolicy --policy-document '{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "rds-db:connect"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:rds-db:*:*:dbuser:*/${SAML:sub}"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "rds:DescribeDBInstances"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:rds:*:*:db:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}'

cmd

Password Authentication

With password authentication, your database performs all administration of user accounts. You create users with SQL statements such as CREATE USER, with the appropriate clause required by the DB engine for specifying passwords.

1. Get your AWS RDS DB details.

aws rds describe-db-instances ^
  --filters "Name=engine,Values=mysql" ^
  --query "*[].[Endpoint.Address,Endpoint.Port]"

mysql -h [Endpoint.Address] -P [Endpoint.Port] -u USER_NAME -p

2. Connect RDS MySQL.

mysql -h [Endpoint.Address] -P [Endpoint.Port] -u USER_NAME -p

3. Create a user for the Apono connector. Replace USER_NAME and PASSWORD with your desired credentials.

CREATE USER 'USER_NAME'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';

4. Grant the necessary permissions to the user.

GRANT SHOW DATABASES ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';  
GRANT UPDATE ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT SELECT ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

SHOW DATABASES Allows the user to view all databases in the RDS instance. CREATE USER Grants the ability to create new users. UPDATE Permits updates in the MySQL system database, including user privileges. PROCESS Allows viewing the server's process list, including all executing queries.

IAM Authentication

You can authenticate to your DB instance using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) database authentication. With this authentication method, you don't need to use a password when you connect to a DB instance. Instead, you use an authentication token.

1. Get your AWS RDS DB details.

aws rds describe-db-instances ^
  --filters "Name=engine,Values=mysql" ^
  --query "*[].[DBInstanceIdentifier,Endpoint.Address,Endpoint.Port]"

2. Enable IAM database authentication.

aws rds modify-db-instance ^
    --db-instance-identifier DBInstanceIdentifier ^
    --apply-immediately ^
    --enable-iam-database-authentication

3. Connect RDS MySQL.

mysql -h [Endpoint.Address] -P [Endpoint.Port] -u USER_NAME -p

4. Create a user for the Apono connector. Replace USER_NAME with your desired credentials.

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

5. Grant the necessary permissions to the user.

GRANT SHOW DATABASES ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';  
GRANT UPDATE ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT SELECT ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

SHOW DATABASES Allows the user to view all databases in the RDS instance. CREATE USER Grants the ability to create new users. UPDATE Permits updates in the MySQL system database, including user privileges. PROCESS Allows viewing the server's process list, including all executing queries.

6. To allow a user or role to connect to your DB instance, create the following IAM policy and attach it to your identity center permissions set or role.

aws iam create-policy --policy-name RDSConnectPolicy --policy-document '{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "rds-db:connect"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:rds-db:*:*:dbuser:*/${SAML:sub}"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "rds:DescribeDBInstances"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:rds:*:*:db:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}'

console

Password Authentication

With password authentication, your database performs all administration of user accounts. You create users with SQL statements such as CREATE USER, with the appropriate clause required by the DB engine for specifying passwords.

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console Amazon RDS console , and choose your DB instance.

2. Copy the following details:

   • Endpoint: The DNS name of the DB instance.

   • Port: The port number on which the DB instance accepts connections.

3. Connect to the DB instance using your SQL client using the copied details.

4. Create a user for the Apono connector. Replace USER_NAME and PASSWORD with your desired credentials.

CREATE USER 'USER_NAME'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';

5. Grant the necessary permissions to the user.

GRANT SHOW DATABASES ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';  
GRANT UPDATE ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT SELECT ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

SHOW DATABASES Allows the user to view all databases in the RDS instance. CREATE USER Grants the ability to create new users. UPDATE Permits updates in the MySQL system database, including user privileges. PROCESS Allows viewing the server's process list, including all executing queries.

IAM Authentication

You can authenticate to your DB instance using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) database authentication. With this authentication method, you don't need to use a password when you connect to a DB instance. Instead, you use an authentication token.

1. Enable IAM database authentication

   1. Open the Amazon RDS console.

   2. In the navigation pane, choose Databases.

   3. Choose the DB instance that you want to modify.

   Make sure that the DB instance is compatible with IAM authentication. Check the compatibility requirements in Region and version availability.
   

4. Choose Modify.

5. In the Database authentication section, choose Password and IAM database authentication to enable IAM database authentication. Choose Password authentication or Password and Kerberos authentication to disable IAM authentication.

6. Choose Continue.

7. To apply the changes immediately, choose Immediately in the Scheduling of modifications section.

8. Choose Modify DB instance.

9. Copy the following RDS SQL details:

   • Endpoint: The DNS name of the DB instance.

   • Port: The port number on which the DB instance accepts connections.

10. Connect to the DB instance using your SQL client using the copied details.

11. Create a user for the Apono connector. Replace USER_NAME with your desired credentials.

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

5. Grant the necessary permissions to the user.

GRANT SHOW DATABASES ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';  
GRANT UPDATE ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';
GRANT SELECT ON mysql.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

SHOW DATABASES Allows the user to view all databases in the RDS instance. CREATE USER Grants the ability to create new users. UPDATE Permits updates in the MySQL system database, including user privileges. PROCESS Allows viewing the server's process list, including all executing queries.

6. To allow a user or role to connect to your DB instance, create the following IAM policy and attach it to your identity center permissions set or role.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
        "Action": [
          "rds-db:connect"
        ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:rds-db:*:*:dbuser:*/${SAML:sub}"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
        "Action": [
          "rds:DescribeDBInstances"
        ],
        "Resource": [
          "arn:aws:rds:*:*:db:*"
        ]
      }
  ]
}

Create Integration in Apono

1. In the Apono admin console, go to the Integrations page and click the Add Integration button in the top-left side, or press on the Catalog blade.

2. In the Catalog page search for and select AWS RDS MySQL.

3. In Discovery step, select one or multiple AWS RDS MySQL resource types for Apono to discover.

4. In Apono connector step, select the connector with the required permissions to be used with your AWS RDS MySQL.

5. In Integration config step, provide the following information about your AWS RDS MySQL:

Variable	Value	Required
Integration Name	The integration name.	Yes
Auth Type	The authentication method for connecting to an AWS RDS instance, with options for password (username and password) or iam (IAM-based authentication).	Yes
Region	AWS region where the RDS instance is located.	Yes
Instance ID	The unique identifier of the AWS RDS instance.	Yes
Credentials rotation period (in days)	i.e.: 90	No
User cleanup after access is revoked (in days)	i.e.: 90	No

6. In Secret Store step, provide the connector credentials using one of the following secret store options:

   • AWS

   • KUBERNETES

   • APONO

   • HASHICORP

When using IAM authentication, **a secret does not need to be created**. The service account and its permissions are managed through IAM roles and policies. The service account is used to authenticate the MySQL instance instead of a secret.

For the AWS RDS MySQL integration, use the following secret format: username:<The database username> password:<The user password>\

7. (Optional) In Get more with Apono step, you can set up the following:

Setting	Description
Custom Access Details	Customize the access details message that will be displayed to end users when they access this integration.
Integration Owner	Apono can use the integration owner for access requests approval if no owner is found. Enter one or more users, groups, shifts or attributes. This field is mandatory when using Resource Owners and serves as a fallback approver if no resource owner is found.
Resource Owner	Apono will sync each resource's owner from the source integration. Use this for Resource Owner access requests approval. Enter the tag key that contains owners info, and map it to an attribute in Apono.

Next Steps

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