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AWS RDS MySQL

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:
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.

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.

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

Connect RDS MySQL.

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

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

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

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 *.* 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.

Get your AWS RDS DB details.

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

Enable IAM database authentication.

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

Connect RDS MySQL.

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

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

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

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:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}'

Password Authentication

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

Connect RDS MySQL.

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

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

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

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

IAM Authentication

Get your AWS RDS DB details.

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

Enable IAM database authentication.

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

Connect RDS MySQL.

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

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

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

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:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}'

Password Authentication

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console Amazon RDS console , and choose your DB instance.
Copy the following details:
- Endpoint: The DNS name of the DB instance.
- Port: The port number on which the DB instance accepts connections.
Connect to the DB instance using your SQL client using the copied details.
Create a user for the Apono connector. Replace USER_NAME and PASSWORD with your desired credentials.

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

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

IAM Authentication

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.

2. 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. 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 with your desired credentials.

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

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

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.
In the Catalog page search for and select AWS RDS MySQL.
In Discovery step, select one or multiple AWS RDS MySQL resource types for Apono to discover.
In Apono connector step, select the connector with the required permissions to be used with your AWS RDS MySQL.
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

User cleanup after access is revoked (in days)

i.e.: 90

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

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>\

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

Setting

Description

Credential Rotation

User cleanup after access is revoked (in days)

(Optional) Defines the number of days after access has been revoked that the user should be deleted

Custom Access Details

(Optional) Instructions explaining how to access this integration's resources Upon accessing an integration, a message with these instructions will be displayed to end users in the User Portal. The message may include up to 400 characters. To view the message as it appears to end users, click Preview.

Integration Owner

From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform.
From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups.

NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.

Resource Owner

Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment.
From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated. Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono.

NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.

Next Steps

AWS RDS MySQL

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:
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.

Password Authentication

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

Connect RDS MySQL.

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

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

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

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

IAM Authentication

Get your AWS RDS DB details.

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

Enable IAM database authentication.

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

Connect RDS MySQL.

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

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

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

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:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}'

Password Authentication

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

Connect RDS MySQL.

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

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

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

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

IAM Authentication

Get your AWS RDS DB details.

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

Enable IAM database authentication.

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

Connect RDS MySQL.

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

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

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

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:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}'

Password Authentication

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console Amazon RDS console , and choose your DB instance.
Copy the following details:
- Endpoint: The DNS name of the DB instance.
- Port: The port number on which the DB instance accepts connections.
Connect to the DB instance using your SQL client using the copied details.
Create a user for the Apono connector. Replace USER_NAME and PASSWORD with your desired credentials.

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

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

IAM Authentication

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.

CREATE USER USER_NAME IDENTIFIED WITH AWSAuthenticationPlugin AS 'RDS';

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 *.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'%';

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

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.
In the Catalog page search for and select AWS RDS MySQL.
In Discovery step, select one or multiple AWS RDS MySQL resource types for Apono to discover.
In Apono connector step, select the connector with the required permissions to be used with your AWS RDS MySQL.
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

User cleanup after access is revoked (in days)

i.e.: 90

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

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

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

Setting

Description

Credential Rotation

(Optional) Number of days after which the database credentials must be rotated Learn more about the .

User cleanup after access is revoked (in days)

(Optional) Defines the number of days after access has been revoked that the user should be deleted

Learn more about .

Custom Access Details

Integration Owner

(Optional) Fallback approver if no is found Follow these steps to define one or several integration owners:

From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform.
From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups.

NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.

Resource Owner

(Optional) Group or role responsible for managing access approvals or rejections for the resource Follow these steps to define one or several :

Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment.
From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated. Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono.

NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.

AWS RDS MySQL

In this article

Prerequisites

Create AWS RDS MySQL Integration

Generate Credentials

Create Integration in Apono

Next Steps

AWS RDS MySQL

In this article

Prerequisites

Create AWS RDS MySQL Integration

Generate Credentials

Create Integration in Apono

Next Steps