AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . rds ]

create-db-instance

Description

Creates a new DB instance.

See also: AWS API Documentation

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis

  create-db-instance
[--db-name <value>]
--db-instance-identifier <value>
[--allocated-storage <value>]
--db-instance-class <value>
--engine <value>
[--master-username <value>]
[--master-user-password <value>]
[--db-security-groups <value>]
[--vpc-security-group-ids <value>]
[--availability-zone <value>]
[--db-subnet-group-name <value>]
[--preferred-maintenance-window <value>]
[--db-parameter-group-name <value>]
[--backup-retention-period <value>]
[--preferred-backup-window <value>]
[--port <value>]
[--multi-az | --no-multi-az]
[--engine-version <value>]
[--auto-minor-version-upgrade | --no-auto-minor-version-upgrade]
[--license-model <value>]
[--iops <value>]
[--option-group-name <value>]
[--character-set-name <value>]
[--nchar-character-set-name <value>]
[--publicly-accessible | --no-publicly-accessible]
[--tags <value>]
[--db-cluster-identifier <value>]
[--storage-type <value>]
[--tde-credential-arn <value>]
[--tde-credential-password <value>]
[--storage-encrypted | --no-storage-encrypted]
[--kms-key-id <value>]
[--domain <value>]
[--copy-tags-to-snapshot | --no-copy-tags-to-snapshot]
[--monitoring-interval <value>]
[--monitoring-role-arn <value>]
[--domain-iam-role-name <value>]
[--promotion-tier <value>]
[--timezone <value>]
[--enable-iam-database-authentication | --no-enable-iam-database-authentication]
[--enable-performance-insights | --no-enable-performance-insights]
[--performance-insights-kms-key-id <value>]
[--performance-insights-retention-period <value>]
[--enable-cloudwatch-logs-exports <value>]
[--processor-features <value>]
[--deletion-protection | --no-deletion-protection]
[--max-allocated-storage <value>]
[--enable-customer-owned-ip | --no-enable-customer-owned-ip]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options

--db-name (string)

The meaning of this parameter differs according to the database engine you use.

MySQL

The name of the database to create when the DB instance is created. If this parameter isn’t specified, no database is created in the DB instance.

Constraints:

  • Must contain 1 to 64 letters or numbers.

  • Must begin with a letter. Subsequent characters can be letters, underscores, or digits (0-9).

  • Can’t be a word reserved by the specified database engine

MariaDB

The name of the database to create when the DB instance is created. If this parameter isn’t specified, no database is created in the DB instance.

Constraints:

  • Must contain 1 to 64 letters or numbers.

  • Must begin with a letter. Subsequent characters can be letters, underscores, or digits (0-9).

  • Can’t be a word reserved by the specified database engine

PostgreSQL

The name of the database to create when the DB instance is created. If this parameter isn’t specified, a database named postgres is created in the DB instance.

Constraints:

  • Must contain 1 to 63 letters, numbers, or underscores.

  • Must begin with a letter. Subsequent characters can be letters, underscores, or digits (0-9).

  • Can’t be a word reserved by the specified database engine

Oracle

The Oracle System ID (SID) of the created DB instance. If you specify null , the default value ORCL is used. You can’t specify the string NULL, or any other reserved word, for DBName .

Default: ORCL

Constraints:

  • Can’t be longer than 8 characters

SQL Server

Not applicable. Must be null.

Amazon Aurora MySQL

The name of the database to create when the primary DB instance of the Aurora MySQL DB cluster is created. If this parameter isn’t specified for an Aurora MySQL DB cluster, no database is created in the DB cluster.

Constraints:

  • It must contain 1 to 64 alphanumeric characters.

  • It can’t be a word reserved by the database engine.

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

The name of the database to create when the primary DB instance of the Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster is created. If this parameter isn’t specified for an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster, a database named postgres is created in the DB cluster.

Constraints:

  • It must contain 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters.

  • It must begin with a letter or an underscore. Subsequent characters can be letters, underscores, or digits (0 to 9).

  • It can’t be a word reserved by the database engine.

--db-instance-identifier (string)

The DB instance identifier. This parameter is stored as a lowercase string.

Constraints:

  • Must contain from 1 to 63 letters, numbers, or hyphens.

  • First character must be a letter.

  • Can’t end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.

Example: mydbinstance

--allocated-storage (integer)

The amount of storage (in gibibytes) to allocate for the DB instance.

Type: Integer

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. Aurora cluster volumes automatically grow as the amount of data in your database increases, though you are only charged for the space that you use in an Aurora cluster volume.

MySQL

Constraints to the amount of storage for each storage type are the following:

  • General Purpose (SSD) storage (gp2): Must be an integer from 20 to 65536.

  • Provisioned IOPS storage (io1): Must be an integer from 100 to 65536.

  • Magnetic storage (standard): Must be an integer from 5 to 3072.

MariaDB

Constraints to the amount of storage for each storage type are the following:

  • General Purpose (SSD) storage (gp2): Must be an integer from 20 to 65536.

  • Provisioned IOPS storage (io1): Must be an integer from 100 to 65536.

  • Magnetic storage (standard): Must be an integer from 5 to 3072.

PostgreSQL

Constraints to the amount of storage for each storage type are the following:

  • General Purpose (SSD) storage (gp2): Must be an integer from 20 to 65536.

  • Provisioned IOPS storage (io1): Must be an integer from 100 to 65536.

  • Magnetic storage (standard): Must be an integer from 5 to 3072.

Oracle

Constraints to the amount of storage for each storage type are the following:

  • General Purpose (SSD) storage (gp2): Must be an integer from 20 to 65536.

  • Provisioned IOPS storage (io1): Must be an integer from 100 to 65536.

  • Magnetic storage (standard): Must be an integer from 10 to 3072.

SQL Server

Constraints to the amount of storage for each storage type are the following:

  • General Purpose (SSD) storage (gp2):

    • Enterprise and Standard editions: Must be an integer from 200 to 16384.

    • Web and Express editions: Must be an integer from 20 to 16384.

  • Provisioned IOPS storage (io1):

    • Enterprise and Standard editions: Must be an integer from 200 to 16384.

    • Web and Express editions: Must be an integer from 100 to 16384.

  • Magnetic storage (standard):

    • Enterprise and Standard editions: Must be an integer from 200 to 1024.

    • Web and Express editions: Must be an integer from 20 to 1024.

--db-instance-class (string)

The compute and memory capacity of the DB instance, for example, db.m4.large . Not all DB instance classes are available in all AWS Regions, or for all database engines. For the full list of DB instance classes, and availability for your engine, see DB Instance Class in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

--engine (string)

The name of the database engine to be used for this instance.

Not every database engine is available for every AWS Region.

Valid Values:

  • aurora (for MySQL 5.6-compatible Aurora)

  • aurora-mysql (for MySQL 5.7-compatible Aurora)

  • aurora-postgresql

  • mariadb

  • mysql

  • oracle-ee

  • oracle-se2

  • oracle-se1

  • oracle-se

  • postgres

  • sqlserver-ee

  • sqlserver-se

  • sqlserver-ex

  • sqlserver-web

--master-username (string)

The name for the master user.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The name for the master user is managed by the DB cluster.

MariaDB

Constraints:

  • Required for MariaDB.

  • Must be 1 to 16 letters or numbers.

  • Can’t be a reserved word for the chosen database engine.

Microsoft SQL Server

Constraints:

  • Required for SQL Server.

  • Must be 1 to 128 letters or numbers.

  • The first character must be a letter.

  • Can’t be a reserved word for the chosen database engine.

MySQL

Constraints:

  • Required for MySQL.

  • Must be 1 to 16 letters or numbers.

  • First character must be a letter.

  • Can’t be a reserved word for the chosen database engine.

Oracle

Constraints:

  • Required for Oracle.

  • Must be 1 to 30 letters or numbers.

  • First character must be a letter.

  • Can’t be a reserved word for the chosen database engine.

PostgreSQL

Constraints:

  • Required for PostgreSQL.

  • Must be 1 to 63 letters or numbers.

  • First character must be a letter.

  • Can’t be a reserved word for the chosen database engine.

--master-user-password (string)

The password for the master user. The password can include any printable ASCII character except “/”, “””, or “@”.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The password for the master user is managed by the DB cluster.

MariaDB

Constraints: Must contain from 8 to 41 characters.

Microsoft SQL Server

Constraints: Must contain from 8 to 128 characters.

MySQL

Constraints: Must contain from 8 to 41 characters.

Oracle

Constraints: Must contain from 8 to 30 characters.

PostgreSQL

Constraints: Must contain from 8 to 128 characters.

--db-security-groups (list)

A list of DB security groups to associate with this DB instance.

Default: The default DB security group for the database engine.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--vpc-security-group-ids (list)

A list of Amazon EC2 VPC security groups to associate with this DB instance.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The associated list of EC2 VPC security groups is managed by the DB cluster.

Default: The default EC2 VPC security group for the DB subnet group’s VPC.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--availability-zone (string)

The Availability Zone (AZ) where the database will be created. For information on AWS Regions and Availability Zones, see Regions and Availability Zones .

Default: A random, system-chosen Availability Zone in the endpoint’s AWS Region.

Example: us-east-1d

Constraint: The AvailabilityZone parameter can’t be specified if the DB instance is a Multi-AZ deployment. The specified Availability Zone must be in the same AWS Region as the current endpoint.

Note

If you’re creating a DB instance in an RDS on VMware environment, specify the identifier of the custom Availability Zone to create the DB instance in.

For more information about RDS on VMware, see the RDS on VMware User Guide.

--db-subnet-group-name (string)

A DB subnet group to associate with this DB instance.

If there is no DB subnet group, then it is a non-VPC DB instance.

--preferred-maintenance-window (string)

The time range each week during which system maintenance can occur, in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). For more information, see Amazon RDS Maintenance Window .

Format: ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi

The default is a 30-minute window selected at random from an 8-hour block of time for each AWS Region, occurring on a random day of the week.

Valid Days: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun.

Constraints: Minimum 30-minute window.

--db-parameter-group-name (string)

The name of the DB parameter group to associate with this DB instance. If you do not specify a value, then the default DB parameter group for the specified DB engine and version is used.

Constraints:

  • Must be 1 to 255 letters, numbers, or hyphens.

  • First character must be a letter

  • Can’t end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens

--backup-retention-period (integer)

The number of days for which automated backups are retained. Setting this parameter to a positive number enables backups. Setting this parameter to 0 disables automated backups.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The retention period for automated backups is managed by the DB cluster.

Default: 1

Constraints:

  • Must be a value from 0 to 35

  • Can’t be set to 0 if the DB instance is a source to read replicas

--preferred-backup-window (string)

The daily time range during which automated backups are created if automated backups are enabled, using the BackupRetentionPeriod parameter. For more information, see The Backup Window in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The daily time range for creating automated backups is managed by the DB cluster.

The default is a 30-minute window selected at random from an 8-hour block of time for each AWS Region. To see the time blocks available, see Adjusting the Preferred DB Instance Maintenance Window in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

Constraints:

  • Must be in the format hh24:mi-hh24:mi .

  • Must be in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

  • Must not conflict with the preferred maintenance window.

  • Must be at least 30 minutes.

--port (integer)

The port number on which the database accepts connections.

MySQL

Default: 3306

Valid values: 1150-65535

Type: Integer

MariaDB

Default: 3306

Valid values: 1150-65535

Type: Integer

PostgreSQL

Default: 5432

Valid values: 1150-65535

Type: Integer

Oracle

Default: 1521

Valid values: 1150-65535

SQL Server

Default: 1433

Valid values: 1150-65535 except 1234 , 1434 , 3260 , 3343 , 3389 , 47001 , and 49152-49156 .

Amazon Aurora

Default: 3306

Valid values: 1150-65535

Type: Integer

--multi-az | --no-multi-az (boolean)

A value that indicates whether the DB instance is a Multi-AZ deployment. You can’t set the AvailabilityZone parameter if the DB instance is a Multi-AZ deployment.

--engine-version (string)

The version number of the database engine to use.

For a list of valid engine versions, use the DescribeDBEngineVersions action.

The following are the database engines and links to information about the major and minor versions that are available with Amazon RDS. Not every database engine is available for every AWS Region.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The version number of the database engine to be used by the DB instance is managed by the DB cluster.

MariaDB

See MariaDB on Amazon RDS Versions in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Microsoft SQL Server

See Microsoft SQL Server Versions on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

MySQL

See MySQL on Amazon RDS Versions in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Oracle

See Oracle Database Engine Release Notes in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

PostgreSQL

See Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL versions and extensions in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

--auto-minor-version-upgrade | --no-auto-minor-version-upgrade (boolean)

A value that indicates whether minor engine upgrades are applied automatically to the DB instance during the maintenance window. By default, minor engine upgrades are applied automatically.

--license-model (string)

License model information for this DB instance.

Valid values: license-included | bring-your-own-license | general-public-license

--iops (integer)

The amount of Provisioned IOPS (input/output operations per second) to be initially allocated for the DB instance. For information about valid Iops values, see Amazon RDS Provisioned IOPS Storage to Improve Performance in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

Constraints: For MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL DB instances, must be a multiple between .5 and 50 of the storage amount for the DB instance. For SQL Server DB instances, must be a multiple between 1 and 50 of the storage amount for the DB instance.

--option-group-name (string)

A value that indicates that the DB instance should be associated with the specified option group.

Permanent options, such as the TDE option for Oracle Advanced Security TDE, can’t be removed from an option group. Also, that option group can’t be removed from a DB instance once it is associated with a DB instance

--character-set-name (string)

For supported engines, indicates that the DB instance should be associated with the specified CharacterSet.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The character set is managed by the DB cluster. For more information, see CreateDBCluster .

--nchar-character-set-name (string)

The name of the NCHAR character set for the Oracle DB instance.

--publicly-accessible | --no-publicly-accessible (boolean)

A value that indicates whether the DB instance is publicly accessible.

When the DB instance is publicly accessible, its DNS endpoint resolves to the private IP address from within the DB instance’s VPC, and to the public IP address from outside of the DB instance’s VPC. Access to the DB instance is ultimately controlled by the security group it uses, and that public access is not permitted if the security group assigned to the DB instance doesn’t permit it.

When the DB instance isn’t publicly accessible, it is an internal DB instance with a DNS name that resolves to a private IP address.

Default: The default behavior varies depending on whether DBSubnetGroupName is specified.

If DBSubnetGroupName isn’t specified, and PubliclyAccessible isn’t specified, the following applies:

  • If the default VPC in the target region doesn’t have an Internet gateway attached to it, the DB instance is private.

  • If the default VPC in the target region has an Internet gateway attached to it, the DB instance is public.

If DBSubnetGroupName is specified, and PubliclyAccessible isn’t specified, the following applies:

  • If the subnets are part of a VPC that doesn’t have an Internet gateway attached to it, the DB instance is private.

  • If the subnets are part of a VPC that has an Internet gateway attached to it, the DB instance is public.

--tags (list)

Tags to assign to the DB instance.

(structure)

Metadata assigned to an Amazon RDS resource consisting of a key-value pair.

Key -> (string)

A key is the required name of the tag. The string value can be from 1 to 128 Unicode characters in length and can’t be prefixed with “aws:” or “rds:”. The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘:’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-‘, ‘@’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+-@]*)$”).

Value -> (string)

A value is the optional value of the tag. The string value can be from 1 to 256 Unicode characters in length and can’t be prefixed with “aws:” or “rds:”. The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘:’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-‘, ‘@’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+-@]*)$”).

Shorthand Syntax:

Key=string,Value=string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Key": "string",
    "Value": "string"
  }
  ...
]

--db-cluster-identifier (string)

The identifier of the DB cluster that the instance will belong to.

--storage-type (string)

Specifies the storage type to be associated with the DB instance.

Valid values: standard | gp2 | io1

If you specify io1 , you must also include a value for the Iops parameter.

Default: io1 if the Iops parameter is specified, otherwise gp2

--tde-credential-arn (string)

The ARN from the key store with which to associate the instance for TDE encryption.

--tde-credential-password (string)

The password for the given ARN from the key store in order to access the device.

--storage-encrypted | --no-storage-encrypted (boolean)

A value that indicates whether the DB instance is encrypted. By default, it isn’t encrypted.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The encryption for DB instances is managed by the DB cluster.

--kms-key-id (string)

The AWS KMS key identifier for an encrypted DB instance.

The AWS KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK). To use a CMK in a different AWS account, specify the key ARN or alias ARN.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. The AWS KMS key identifier is managed by the DB cluster. For more information, see CreateDBCluster .

If StorageEncrypted is enabled, and you do not specify a value for the KmsKeyId parameter, then Amazon RDS uses your default CMK. There is a default CMK for your AWS account. Your AWS account has a different default CMK for each AWS Region.

--domain (string)

The Active Directory directory ID to create the DB instance in. Currently, only MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL DB instances can be created in an Active Directory Domain.

For more information, see Kerberos Authentication in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

--copy-tags-to-snapshot | --no-copy-tags-to-snapshot (boolean)

A value that indicates whether to copy tags from the DB instance to snapshots of the DB instance. By default, tags are not copied.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. Copying tags to snapshots is managed by the DB cluster. Setting this value for an Aurora DB instance has no effect on the DB cluster setting.

--monitoring-interval (integer)

The interval, in seconds, between points when Enhanced Monitoring metrics are collected for the DB instance. To disable collecting Enhanced Monitoring metrics, specify 0. The default is 0.

If MonitoringRoleArn is specified, then you must also set MonitoringInterval to a value other than 0.

Valid Values: 0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60

--monitoring-role-arn (string)

The ARN for the IAM role that permits RDS to send enhanced monitoring metrics to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. For example, arn:aws:iam:123456789012:role/emaccess . For information on creating a monitoring role, go to Setting Up and Enabling Enhanced Monitoring in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

If MonitoringInterval is set to a value other than 0, then you must supply a MonitoringRoleArn value.

--domain-iam-role-name (string)

Specify the name of the IAM role to be used when making API calls to the Directory Service.

--promotion-tier (integer)

A value that specifies the order in which an Aurora Replica is promoted to the primary instance after a failure of the existing primary instance. For more information, see Fault Tolerance for an Aurora DB Cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .

Default: 1

Valid Values: 0 - 15

--timezone (string)

The time zone of the DB instance. The time zone parameter is currently supported only by Microsoft SQL Server .

--enable-iam-database-authentication | --no-enable-iam-database-authentication (boolean)

A value that indicates whether to enable mapping of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) accounts to database accounts. By default, mapping is disabled.

This setting doesn’t apply to Amazon Aurora. Mapping AWS IAM accounts to database accounts is managed by the DB cluster.

For more information, see IAM Database Authentication for MySQL and PostgreSQL in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

--enable-performance-insights | --no-enable-performance-insights (boolean)

A value that indicates whether to enable Performance Insights for the DB instance.

For more information, see Using Amazon Performance Insights in the Amazon Relational Database Service User Guide .

--performance-insights-kms-key-id (string)

The AWS KMS key identifier for encryption of Performance Insights data.

The AWS KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK).

If you do not specify a value for PerformanceInsightsKMSKeyId , then Amazon RDS uses your default CMK. There is a default CMK for your AWS account. Your AWS account has a different default CMK for each AWS Region.

--performance-insights-retention-period (integer)

The amount of time, in days, to retain Performance Insights data. Valid values are 7 or 731 (2 years).

--enable-cloudwatch-logs-exports (list)

The list of log types that need to be enabled for exporting to CloudWatch Logs. The values in the list depend on the DB engine being used. For more information, see Publishing Database Logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs in the Amazon Relational Database Service User Guide .

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. CloudWatch Logs exports are managed by the DB cluster.

MariaDB

Possible values are audit , error , general , and slowquery .

Microsoft SQL Server

Possible values are agent and error .

MySQL

Possible values are audit , error , general , and slowquery .

Oracle

Possible values are alert , audit , listener , trace , and oemagent .

PostgreSQL

Possible values are postgresql and upgrade .

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--processor-features (list)

The number of CPU cores and the number of threads per core for the DB instance class of the DB instance.

(structure)

Contains the processor features of a DB instance class.

To specify the number of CPU cores, use the coreCount feature name for the Name parameter. To specify the number of threads per core, use the threadsPerCore feature name for the Name parameter.

You can set the processor features of the DB instance class for a DB instance when you call one of the following actions:

  • CreateDBInstance

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromS3

  • RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime

You can view the valid processor values for a particular instance class by calling the DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions action and specifying the instance class for the DBInstanceClass parameter.

In addition, you can use the following actions for DB instance class processor information:

  • DescribeDBInstances

  • DescribeDBSnapshots

  • DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications

If you call DescribeDBInstances , ProcessorFeature returns non-null values only if the following conditions are met:

  • You are accessing an Oracle DB instance.

  • Your Oracle DB instance class supports configuring the number of CPU cores and threads per core.

  • The current number CPU cores and threads is set to a non-default value.

For more information, see Configuring the Processor of the DB Instance Class in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Name -> (string)

The name of the processor feature. Valid names are coreCount and threadsPerCore .

Value -> (string)

The value of a processor feature name.

Shorthand Syntax:

Name=string,Value=string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Name": "string",
    "Value": "string"
  }
  ...
]

--deletion-protection | --no-deletion-protection (boolean)

A value that indicates whether the DB instance has deletion protection enabled. The database can’t be deleted when deletion protection is enabled. By default, deletion protection is disabled. For more information, see Deleting a DB Instance .

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. You can enable or disable deletion protection for the DB cluster. For more information, see CreateDBCluster . DB instances in a DB cluster can be deleted even when deletion protection is enabled for the DB cluster.

--max-allocated-storage (integer)

The upper limit to which Amazon RDS can automatically scale the storage of the DB instance.

For more information about this setting, including limitations that apply to it, see Managing capacity automatically with Amazon RDS storage autoscaling in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

--enable-customer-owned-ip | --no-enable-customer-owned-ip (boolean)

A value that indicates whether to enable a customer-owned IP address (CoIP) for an RDS on Outposts DB instance.

A CoIP provides local or external connectivity to resources in your Outpost subnets through your on-premises network. For some use cases, a CoIP can provide lower latency for connections to the DB instance from outside of its virtual private cloud (VPC) on your local network.

For more information about RDS on Outposts, see Working with Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

For more information about CoIPs, see Customer-owned IP addresses in the AWS Outposts User Guide .

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples

To create a DB instance

The following create-db-instance example uses the required options to launch a new DB instance.

aws rds create-db-instance \
    --db-instance-identifier test-mysql-instance \
    --db-instance-class db.t3.micro \
    --engine mysql \
    --master-username admin \
    --master-user-password secret99 \
    --allocated-storage 20

Output:

{
    "DBInstance": {
        "DBInstanceIdentifier": "test-mysql-instance",
        "DBInstanceClass": "db.t3.micro",
        "Engine": "mysql",
        "DBInstanceStatus": "creating",
        "MasterUsername": "admin",
        "AllocatedStorage": 20,
        "PreferredBackupWindow": "12:55-13:25",
        "BackupRetentionPeriod": 1,
        "DBSecurityGroups": [],
        "VpcSecurityGroups": [
            {
                "VpcSecurityGroupId": "sg-12345abc",
                "Status": "active"
            }
        ],
        "DBParameterGroups": [
            {
                "DBParameterGroupName": "default.mysql5.7",
                "ParameterApplyStatus": "in-sync"
            }
        ],
        "DBSubnetGroup": {
            "DBSubnetGroupName": "default",
            "DBSubnetGroupDescription": "default",
            "VpcId": "vpc-2ff2ff2f",
            "SubnetGroupStatus": "Complete",
            "Subnets": [
                {
                    "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-########",
                    "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                        "Name": "us-west-2c"
                    },
                    "SubnetStatus": "Active"
                },
                {
                    "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-########",
                    "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                        "Name": "us-west-2d"
                    },
                    "SubnetStatus": "Active"
                },
                {
                    "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-########",
                    "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                        "Name": "us-west-2a"
                    },
                    "SubnetStatus": "Active"
                },
                {
                    "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-########",
                    "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                        "Name": "us-west-2b"
                    },
                    "SubnetStatus": "Active"
                }
            ]
        },
        "PreferredMaintenanceWindow": "sun:08:07-sun:08:37",
        "PendingModifiedValues": {
            "MasterUserPassword": "****"
        },
        "MultiAZ": false,
        "EngineVersion": "5.7.22",
        "AutoMinorVersionUpgrade": true,
        "ReadReplicaDBInstanceIdentifiers": [],
        "LicenseModel": "general-public-license",
        "OptionGroupMemberships": [
            {
                "OptionGroupName": "default:mysql-5-7",
                "Status": "in-sync"
            }
        ],
        "PubliclyAccessible": true,
        "StorageType": "gp2",
        "DbInstancePort": 0,
        "StorageEncrypted": false,
        "DbiResourceId": "db-5555EXAMPLE44444444EXAMPLE",
        "CACertificateIdentifier": "rds-ca-2019",
        "DomainMemberships": [],
        "CopyTagsToSnapshot": false,
        "MonitoringInterval": 0,
        "DBInstanceArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:db:test-mysql-instance",
        "IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled": false,
        "PerformanceInsightsEnabled": false,
        "DeletionProtection": false,
        "AssociatedRoles": []
    }
}

For more information, see Creating an Amazon RDS DB Instance in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Output

DBInstance -> (structure)

Contains the details of an Amazon RDS DB instance.

This data type is used as a response element in the DescribeDBInstances action.

DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)

Contains a user-supplied database identifier. This identifier is the unique key that identifies a DB instance.

DBInstanceClass -> (string)

Contains the name of the compute and memory capacity class of the DB instance.

Engine -> (string)

The name of the database engine to be used for this DB instance.

DBInstanceStatus -> (string)

Specifies the current state of this database.

For information about DB instance statuses, see DB Instance Status in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

MasterUsername -> (string)

Contains the master username for the DB instance.

DBName -> (string)

The meaning of this parameter differs according to the database engine you use.

MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL

Contains the name of the initial database of this instance that was provided at create time, if one was specified when the DB instance was created. This same name is returned for the life of the DB instance.

Type: String

Oracle

Contains the Oracle System ID (SID) of the created DB instance. Not shown when the returned parameters do not apply to an Oracle DB instance.

Endpoint -> (structure)

Specifies the connection endpoint.

Address -> (string)

Specifies the DNS address of the DB instance.

Port -> (integer)

Specifies the port that the database engine is listening on.

HostedZoneId -> (string)

Specifies the ID that Amazon Route 53 assigns when you create a hosted zone.

AllocatedStorage -> (integer)

Specifies the allocated storage size specified in gibibytes.

InstanceCreateTime -> (timestamp)

Provides the date and time the DB instance was created.

PreferredBackupWindow -> (string)

Specifies the daily time range during which automated backups are created if automated backups are enabled, as determined by the BackupRetentionPeriod .

BackupRetentionPeriod -> (integer)

Specifies the number of days for which automatic DB snapshots are retained.

DBSecurityGroups -> (list)

A list of DB security group elements containing DBSecurityGroup.Name and DBSecurityGroup.Status subelements.

(structure)

This data type is used as a response element in the following actions:

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RebootDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

  • RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime

DBSecurityGroupName -> (string)

The name of the DB security group.

Status -> (string)

The status of the DB security group.

VpcSecurityGroups -> (list)

Provides a list of VPC security group elements that the DB instance belongs to.

(structure)

This data type is used as a response element for queries on VPC security group membership.

VpcSecurityGroupId -> (string)

The name of the VPC security group.

Status -> (string)

The status of the VPC security group.

DBParameterGroups -> (list)

Provides the list of DB parameter groups applied to this DB instance.

(structure)

The status of the DB parameter group.

This data type is used as a response element in the following actions:

  • CreateDBInstance

  • CreateDBInstanceReadReplica

  • DeleteDBInstance

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RebootDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

DBParameterGroupName -> (string)

The name of the DB parameter group.

ParameterApplyStatus -> (string)

The status of parameter updates.

AvailabilityZone -> (string)

Specifies the name of the Availability Zone the DB instance is located in.

DBSubnetGroup -> (structure)

Specifies information on the subnet group associated with the DB instance, including the name, description, and subnets in the subnet group.

DBSubnetGroupName -> (string)

The name of the DB subnet group.

DBSubnetGroupDescription -> (string)

Provides the description of the DB subnet group.

VpcId -> (string)

Provides the VpcId of the DB subnet group.

SubnetGroupStatus -> (string)

Provides the status of the DB subnet group.

Subnets -> (list)

Contains a list of Subnet elements.

(structure)

This data type is used as a response element for the DescribeDBSubnetGroups operation.

SubnetIdentifier -> (string)

The identifier of the subnet.

SubnetAvailabilityZone -> (structure)

Contains Availability Zone information.

This data type is used as an element in the OrderableDBInstanceOption data type.

Name -> (string)

The name of the Availability Zone.

SubnetOutpost -> (structure)

If the subnet is associated with an Outpost, this value specifies the Outpost.

For more information about RDS on Outposts, see Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Arn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.

SubnetStatus -> (string)

The status of the subnet.

DBSubnetGroupArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the DB subnet group.

PreferredMaintenanceWindow -> (string)

Specifies the weekly time range during which system maintenance can occur, in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

PendingModifiedValues -> (structure)

A value that specifies that changes to the DB instance are pending. This element is only included when changes are pending. Specific changes are identified by subelements.

DBInstanceClass -> (string)

The name of the compute and memory capacity class for the DB instance.

AllocatedStorage -> (integer)

The allocated storage size for the DB instance specified in gibibytes .

MasterUserPassword -> (string)

The master credentials for the DB instance.

Port -> (integer)

The port for the DB instance.

BackupRetentionPeriod -> (integer)

The number of days for which automated backups are retained.

MultiAZ -> (boolean)

A value that indicates that the Single-AZ DB instance will change to a Multi-AZ deployment.

EngineVersion -> (string)

The database engine version.

LicenseModel -> (string)

The license model for the DB instance.

Valid values: license-included | bring-your-own-license | general-public-license

Iops -> (integer)

The Provisioned IOPS value for the DB instance.

DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)

The database identifier for the DB instance.

StorageType -> (string)

The storage type of the DB instance.

CACertificateIdentifier -> (string)

The identifier of the CA certificate for the DB instance.

DBSubnetGroupName -> (string)

The DB subnet group for the DB instance.

PendingCloudwatchLogsExports -> (structure)

A list of the log types whose configuration is still pending. In other words, these log types are in the process of being activated or deactivated.

LogTypesToEnable -> (list)

Log types that are in the process of being deactivated. After they are deactivated, these log types aren’t exported to CloudWatch Logs.

(string)

LogTypesToDisable -> (list)

Log types that are in the process of being enabled. After they are enabled, these log types are exported to CloudWatch Logs.

(string)

ProcessorFeatures -> (list)

The number of CPU cores and the number of threads per core for the DB instance class of the DB instance.

(structure)

Contains the processor features of a DB instance class.

To specify the number of CPU cores, use the coreCount feature name for the Name parameter. To specify the number of threads per core, use the threadsPerCore feature name for the Name parameter.

You can set the processor features of the DB instance class for a DB instance when you call one of the following actions:

  • CreateDBInstance

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromS3

  • RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime

You can view the valid processor values for a particular instance class by calling the DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions action and specifying the instance class for the DBInstanceClass parameter.

In addition, you can use the following actions for DB instance class processor information:

  • DescribeDBInstances

  • DescribeDBSnapshots

  • DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications

If you call DescribeDBInstances , ProcessorFeature returns non-null values only if the following conditions are met:

  • You are accessing an Oracle DB instance.

  • Your Oracle DB instance class supports configuring the number of CPU cores and threads per core.

  • The current number CPU cores and threads is set to a non-default value.

For more information, see Configuring the Processor of the DB Instance Class in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Name -> (string)

The name of the processor feature. Valid names are coreCount and threadsPerCore .

Value -> (string)

The value of a processor feature name.

IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled -> (boolean)

Whether mapping of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) accounts to database accounts is enabled.

LatestRestorableTime -> (timestamp)

Specifies the latest time to which a database can be restored with point-in-time restore.

MultiAZ -> (boolean)

Specifies if the DB instance is a Multi-AZ deployment.

EngineVersion -> (string)

Indicates the database engine version.

AutoMinorVersionUpgrade -> (boolean)

A value that indicates that minor version patches are applied automatically.

ReadReplicaSourceDBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)

Contains the identifier of the source DB instance if this DB instance is a read replica.

ReadReplicaDBInstanceIdentifiers -> (list)

Contains one or more identifiers of the read replicas associated with this DB instance.

(string)

ReadReplicaDBClusterIdentifiers -> (list)

Contains one or more identifiers of Aurora DB clusters to which the RDS DB instance is replicated as a read replica. For example, when you create an Aurora read replica of an RDS MySQL DB instance, the Aurora MySQL DB cluster for the Aurora read replica is shown. This output does not contain information about cross region Aurora read replicas.

Note

Currently, each RDS DB instance can have only one Aurora read replica.

(string)

ReplicaMode -> (string)

The open mode of an Oracle read replica. The default is open-read-only . For more information, see Working with Oracle Read Replicas for Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

Note

This attribute is only supported in RDS for Oracle.

LicenseModel -> (string)

License model information for this DB instance.

Iops -> (integer)

Specifies the Provisioned IOPS (I/O operations per second) value.

OptionGroupMemberships -> (list)

Provides the list of option group memberships for this DB instance.

(structure)

Provides information on the option groups the DB instance is a member of.

OptionGroupName -> (string)

The name of the option group that the instance belongs to.

Status -> (string)

The status of the DB instance’s option group membership. Valid values are: in-sync , pending-apply , pending-removal , pending-maintenance-apply , pending-maintenance-removal , applying , removing , and failed .

CharacterSetName -> (string)

If present, specifies the name of the character set that this instance is associated with.

NcharCharacterSetName -> (string)

The name of the NCHAR character set for the Oracle DB instance. This character set specifies the Unicode encoding for data stored in table columns of type NCHAR, NCLOB, or NVARCHAR2.

SecondaryAvailabilityZone -> (string)

If present, specifies the name of the secondary Availability Zone for a DB instance with multi-AZ support.

PubliclyAccessible -> (boolean)

Specifies the accessibility options for the DB instance.

When the DB instance is publicly accessible, its DNS endpoint resolves to the private IP address from within the DB instance’s VPC, and to the public IP address from outside of the DB instance’s VPC. Access to the DB instance is ultimately controlled by the security group it uses, and that public access is not permitted if the security group assigned to the DB instance doesn’t permit it.

When the DB instance isn’t publicly accessible, it is an internal DB instance with a DNS name that resolves to a private IP address.

For more information, see CreateDBInstance .

StatusInfos -> (list)

The status of a read replica. If the instance isn’t a read replica, this is blank.

(structure)

Provides a list of status information for a DB instance.

StatusType -> (string)

This value is currently “read replication.”

Normal -> (boolean)

Boolean value that is true if the instance is operating normally, or false if the instance is in an error state.

Status -> (string)

Status of the DB instance. For a StatusType of read replica, the values can be replicating, replication stop point set, replication stop point reached, error, stopped, or terminated.

Message -> (string)

Details of the error if there is an error for the instance. If the instance isn’t in an error state, this value is blank.

StorageType -> (string)

Specifies the storage type associated with DB instance.

TdeCredentialArn -> (string)

The ARN from the key store with which the instance is associated for TDE encryption.

DbInstancePort -> (integer)

Specifies the port that the DB instance listens on. If the DB instance is part of a DB cluster, this can be a different port than the DB cluster port.

DBClusterIdentifier -> (string)

If the DB instance is a member of a DB cluster, contains the name of the DB cluster that the DB instance is a member of.

StorageEncrypted -> (boolean)

Specifies whether the DB instance is encrypted.

KmsKeyId -> (string)

If StorageEncrypted is true, the AWS KMS key identifier for the encrypted DB instance.

The AWS KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK).

DbiResourceId -> (string)

The AWS Region-unique, immutable identifier for the DB instance. This identifier is found in AWS CloudTrail log entries whenever the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK) for the DB instance is accessed.

CACertificateIdentifier -> (string)

The identifier of the CA certificate for this DB instance.

DomainMemberships -> (list)

The Active Directory Domain membership records associated with the DB instance.

(structure)

An Active Directory Domain membership record associated with the DB instance or cluster.

Domain -> (string)

The identifier of the Active Directory Domain.

Status -> (string)

The status of the Active Directory Domain membership for the DB instance or cluster. Values include joined, pending-join, failed, and so on.

FQDN -> (string)

The fully qualified domain name of the Active Directory Domain.

IAMRoleName -> (string)

The name of the IAM role to be used when making API calls to the Directory Service.

CopyTagsToSnapshot -> (boolean)

Specifies whether tags are copied from the DB instance to snapshots of the DB instance.

Amazon Aurora

Not applicable. Copying tags to snapshots is managed by the DB cluster. Setting this value for an Aurora DB instance has no effect on the DB cluster setting. For more information, see DBCluster .

MonitoringInterval -> (integer)

The interval, in seconds, between points when Enhanced Monitoring metrics are collected for the DB instance.

EnhancedMonitoringResourceArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Amazon CloudWatch Logs log stream that receives the Enhanced Monitoring metrics data for the DB instance.

MonitoringRoleArn -> (string)

The ARN for the IAM role that permits RDS to send Enhanced Monitoring metrics to Amazon CloudWatch Logs.

PromotionTier -> (integer)

A value that specifies the order in which an Aurora Replica is promoted to the primary instance after a failure of the existing primary instance. For more information, see Fault Tolerance for an Aurora DB Cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .

DBInstanceArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the DB instance.

Timezone -> (string)

The time zone of the DB instance. In most cases, the Timezone element is empty. Timezone content appears only for Microsoft SQL Server DB instances that were created with a time zone specified.

IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled -> (boolean)

True if mapping of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) accounts to database accounts is enabled, and otherwise false.

IAM database authentication can be enabled for the following database engines

  • For MySQL 5.6, minor version 5.6.34 or higher

  • For MySQL 5.7, minor version 5.7.16 or higher

  • Aurora 5.6 or higher. To enable IAM database authentication for Aurora, see DBCluster Type.

PerformanceInsightsEnabled -> (boolean)

True if Performance Insights is enabled for the DB instance, and otherwise false.

PerformanceInsightsKMSKeyId -> (string)

The AWS KMS key identifier for encryption of Performance Insights data.

The AWS KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the AWS KMS customer master key (CMK).

PerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriod -> (integer)

The amount of time, in days, to retain Performance Insights data. Valid values are 7 or 731 (2 years).

EnabledCloudwatchLogsExports -> (list)

A list of log types that this DB instance is configured to export to CloudWatch Logs.

Log types vary by DB engine. For information about the log types for each DB engine, see Amazon RDS Database Log Files in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

(string)

ProcessorFeatures -> (list)

The number of CPU cores and the number of threads per core for the DB instance class of the DB instance.

(structure)

Contains the processor features of a DB instance class.

To specify the number of CPU cores, use the coreCount feature name for the Name parameter. To specify the number of threads per core, use the threadsPerCore feature name for the Name parameter.

You can set the processor features of the DB instance class for a DB instance when you call one of the following actions:

  • CreateDBInstance

  • ModifyDBInstance

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot

  • RestoreDBInstanceFromS3

  • RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime

You can view the valid processor values for a particular instance class by calling the DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions action and specifying the instance class for the DBInstanceClass parameter.

In addition, you can use the following actions for DB instance class processor information:

  • DescribeDBInstances

  • DescribeDBSnapshots

  • DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications

If you call DescribeDBInstances , ProcessorFeature returns non-null values only if the following conditions are met:

  • You are accessing an Oracle DB instance.

  • Your Oracle DB instance class supports configuring the number of CPU cores and threads per core.

  • The current number CPU cores and threads is set to a non-default value.

For more information, see Configuring the Processor of the DB Instance Class in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Name -> (string)

The name of the processor feature. Valid names are coreCount and threadsPerCore .

Value -> (string)

The value of a processor feature name.

DeletionProtection -> (boolean)

Indicates if the DB instance has deletion protection enabled. The database can’t be deleted when deletion protection is enabled. For more information, see Deleting a DB Instance .

AssociatedRoles -> (list)

The AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles associated with the DB instance.

(structure)

Describes an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that is associated with a DB instance.

RoleArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role that is associated with the DB instance.

FeatureName -> (string)

The name of the feature associated with the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role. For the list of supported feature names, see DBEngineVersion .

Status -> (string)

Describes the state of association between the IAM role and the DB instance. The Status property returns one of the following values:

  • ACTIVE - the IAM role ARN is associated with the DB instance and can be used to access other AWS services on your behalf.

  • PENDING - the IAM role ARN is being associated with the DB instance.

  • INVALID - the IAM role ARN is associated with the DB instance, but the DB instance is unable to assume the IAM role in order to access other AWS services on your behalf.

ListenerEndpoint -> (structure)

Specifies the listener connection endpoint for SQL Server Always On.

Address -> (string)

Specifies the DNS address of the DB instance.

Port -> (integer)

Specifies the port that the database engine is listening on.

HostedZoneId -> (string)

Specifies the ID that Amazon Route 53 assigns when you create a hosted zone.

MaxAllocatedStorage -> (integer)

The upper limit to which Amazon RDS can automatically scale the storage of the DB instance.

TagList -> (list)

A list of tags. For more information, see Tagging Amazon RDS Resources in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

(structure)

Metadata assigned to an Amazon RDS resource consisting of a key-value pair.

Key -> (string)

A key is the required name of the tag. The string value can be from 1 to 128 Unicode characters in length and can’t be prefixed with “aws:” or “rds:”. The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘:’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-‘, ‘@’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+-@]*)$”).

Value -> (string)

A value is the optional value of the tag. The string value can be from 1 to 256 Unicode characters in length and can’t be prefixed with “aws:” or “rds:”. The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘:’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-‘, ‘@’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+-@]*)$”).

DBInstanceAutomatedBackupsReplications -> (list)

The list of replicated automated backups associated with the DB instance.

(structure)

Automated backups of a DB instance replicated to another AWS Region. They consist of system backups, transaction logs, and database instance properties.

DBInstanceAutomatedBackupsArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the replicated automated backups.

CustomerOwnedIpEnabled -> (boolean)

Specifies whether a customer-owned IP address (CoIP) is enabled for an RDS on Outposts DB instance.

A CoIP provides local or external connectivity to resources in your Outpost subnets through your on-premises network. For some use cases, a CoIP can provide lower latency for connections to the DB instance from outside of its virtual private cloud (VPC) on your local network.

For more information about RDS on Outposts, see Working with Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts in the Amazon RDS User Guide .

For more information about CoIPs, see Customer-owned IP addresses in the AWS Outposts User Guide .

AwsBackupRecoveryPointArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the recovery point in AWS Backup.

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