# Amazon RDS (AWS)

[<mark style="color:blue;">Amazon RDS</mark>](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks, such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups.

Route detailed alerts from Amazon RDS to the right users in Squadcast.

### How to integrate Amazon RDS with Squadcast

1. Navigate to **Services** -> **Service Overview** -> select or search for your Service. Expand the accordion -> In the Alert Sources section, click **Add**.

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2\. Select **Amazon RDS.** Copy the displayed **Webhook URL** to [configure](#in-aws-configure-sns-endpoint) it within **Amazon RDS**. Finish by clicking **Add Alert Source** -> **Done**.

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{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Important**</mark>**:**

When an alert source turns <mark style="color:green;">Active</mark>, it’ll show up under Configured Alert Sources. You can either generate a test alert from the integration or wait for a real-time alert to be generated by the Alert Source.\
\
An Alert Source is <mark style="color:green;">active</mark> if there is a recorded incident via that Alert Source for the Service.
{% endhint %}

### In AWS: Configure SNS Endpoint

**(1)** Log in to your AWS account and proceed to **SNS**

**(2)** Click on **Create topic**

**(3)** Within the dialogue box, fill in the details as per your requirements and then click on **Create topic**

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**(4)** Inside the topic, click on **Create subscription**

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**(5)** Select the protocol as **HTTPS** and in the endpoint enter the URL you obtained from the previous step

**(6)** Finally, click on **Create subscription** to create the subscription

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{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important:**

The **Subscription ID** for the subscription should immediately change to **Confirmed** from **PendingConfirmation**. Click on the refresh button to verify the same.
{% endhint %}

### In AWS: Configure Amazon RDS

**(1)** Headover to your RDS dashboard and navigate to **Event Subscriptions**

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**(2)** Click on **Create event subscription**

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**(3)** Enter a suitable **Name**

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**(4)** Next, select **Target** as **Amazon Resource Name (ARN)** and select the previously created ARN from the drop-down

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**(5)** Select the appropriate **Source type** from the drop-down and click on **Create**

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That's it, you are good to go! Your Amazon RDS integration is complete. Now, whenever an event is triggered by Amazon RDS, an incident will be created in Squadcast for it.

*Have any questions?* [*Ask the community*](https://community.squadcast.com/view/home)*.*


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