AWS Database Blog
Avoid shared database accounts with federated IAM authentication
In this post, you will learn how to integrate Okta with AWS IAM Identity Center and implement Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) authentication to create a unified authentication flow. You configure attribute-based access control (ABAC) that automatically maps user identities from your IdP to database permissions, supporting interactive user sessions and helping you avoid shared accounts. By the end, you have a working system where database authentication works exactly like your application authentication.
Migrate data from Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL to Amazon MemoryDB for Redis using AWS DMS
A common challenge customers face as their business grows is providing the same level of service to their end-users. Most often, databases become bottlenecks as usage outgrows capacity. Caching strategies may help improve performance by offloading frequently used data to a cache like Redis. This requires additional overhead in keeping your cache up to date. […]
Debug AWS DMS tasks using Time Travel
In this post, we deep dive into AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) Time Travel, a feature that was introduced with DMS version 3.4.6 to make troubleshooting simple and secure. With Time Travel, you can now troubleshoot data discrepancies between source and target by retrieving and logging the SQL statements. We’ll discuss the steps to […]
Scale your Amazon ElastiCache for Redis clusters with Auto Scaling
Caching is an integral part of today’s modern architecture. A cache is designed to store your most frequently used data to improve your application’s performance, and reduce burden on your primary data store. You can use a cache layer in a multitude of use cases, including web caching, session management, database caching, and more. As […]
Replicate your data from Amazon Aurora MySQL to Amazon ElastiCache for Redis using AWS DMS
Caching enables the best user experience for real-time applications. You can build applications that provide sub-millisecond response times by storing the most frequently requested data in an in-memory cache like Redis. On August 30, 2021, we announced the support for migrating your data from supported sources to Redis, Amazon ElastiCache for Redis, and Amazon MemoryDB […]
Create an AWS DMS endpoint to a trusted third-party account via AWS Secrets Manager integration
When configuring AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) endpoints, you previously had to maintain the source and target credentials, including auditing, updating, and rotating the database credentials themselves. On December 22, 2020, we announced the integration of AWS DMS and AWS Secrets Manager, which now allows you to manage and automatically rotate the source and […]





