Connecting to your DB cluster using IAM authentication with the Amazon drivers - Amazon Aurora
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Connecting to your DB cluster using IAM authentication with the Amazon drivers

The Amazon suite of drivers has been designed to provide support for faster switchover and failover times, and authentication with Amazon Secrets Manager, Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Federated Identity. The Amazon drivers rely on monitoring DB cluster status and being aware of the cluster topology to determine the new writer. This approach reduces switchover and failover times to single-digit seconds, compared to tens of seconds for open-source drivers.

For more information on the Amazon drivers, see the corresponding language driver for your Aurora MySQL or Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster.