Amazon RDS IAM Authentication

Amazon RDS IAM Authentication (Sep 2018)

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.html

• Password authentication
• Password and IAM authentication
• Password and Kerberos authentication

• Terraform argument: iam_database_authentication_enabled

Related

• rds_iam
• Terraform resource: aws db instance, argument iam_database_authentication_enabled
• IAM database authentication for MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL

News

• Sep 2018 Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports IAM Authentication

See also

• AWS RDS, Amazon RDS IAM Authentication
• IAM: AWS IAM Identity Center, AWS Identity and Access Management, Google Cloud IAM, Azure IAM, SailPoint, CyberArk, CIAM, ForgeRock, iam:ChangePassword, aws iam, AdministratorAccess, Context keys, IAM Access Analyzer, AWS policy, AWS managed policies, IAMUserChangePassword, AWS Roles, List of AWS policies, Resource-based policy, aws-iam-authenticator, IRSA, RDS Authentication, AccessDenied, AWS Authentication, AWS IAM external access analyzer
• Authentication, AAA, MFA, OpenID, OAuth, OATH, PAM, Personal access token, CWE: Broken Access Control, PAT, Mutual authentication, Federated authentication, IdP, Amazon Cognito, Phone to sign in, Firebase Authentication, Auth0, WebAuthn, Web3auth, Challenge-response, Passwordless authentication, HMAC, HOTP, TOTP, OATH

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-rds-postgresql-now-supports-iam-authentication/

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-rds-postgresql-now-supports-iam-authentication/