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Enable IAM Database Authentication​

To enable IAM Database Authentication for an existing AWS RDS instance, update the instance configuration to allow authentication using IAM-generated tokens.

From Command Line​

Run the following command to enable IAM database authentication for the specified DB instance:

aws rds modify-db-instance \
    --db-instance-identifier {{instance-id}} \
    --enable-iam-database-authentication \
    --apply-immediately

By default, configuration changes are applied during the next scheduled maintenance window. Using the --apply-immediately parameter forces the change to take effect as soon as possible and may result in a brief service interruption.