Turning on the Advanced mode of Database Insights for Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database - Amazon Aurora
Turning on the Advanced mode when creating a databaseTurning on the Advanced mode when modifying a database
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Turning on the Advanced mode of Database Insights for Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database

To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights for your Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database, use the following procedures.

Turning on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a DB cluster for Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database

Turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a database for Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database.

Console

In the console, you can turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when you create a DB cluster. Settings for Database Insights apply to all DB instances in your DB cluster.

To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a DB cluster using the console

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/rds/.

  2. Choose Databases.

  3. Choose Create database.

  4. In the Database Insights section, select Advanced mode. Then, choose the following options:

    • Retention – The amount of time to retain Performance Insights data. The retention period must be 15-24 months for the Advanced mode of Database Insights.

    • Amazon KMS key – Specify your KMS key. Performance Insights encrypts all potentially sensitive data using your KMS key. Data is encrypted in flight and at rest. For more information, see Encrypting Amazon Aurora resources.

  5. Choose Create database.

Amazon CLI

To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a DB cluster, call the create-db-cluster Amazon CLI command and supply the following values:

  • --db-cluster-identifier – The identifier for the DB cluster.

  • --database-insights-mode advanced to turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights.

  • --engine – The DB cluster must use the aurora-postgresql DB engine.

  • --engine-version – The DB cluster must use one of the DB engine versions:

    • 16.4-limitless

    • 16.6-limitless

  • --storage-type – The DB cluster must use the aurora-iopt1 DB cluster storage configuration.

  • --cluster-scalability-type – Specifies the scalability mode of the Aurora DB cluster. When set to limitless, the cluster operates as an Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database. When set to standard (the default), the cluster uses normal DB instance creation.

    Note

    You can't modify this setting after you create the DB cluster.

  • --master-username – The name of the master user for the DB cluster.

  • --master-user-password – The password for the master user.

  • --enable-performance-insights to turn on Performance Insights for Database Insights.

  • --performance-insights-retention-period – The retention period for data for your DB cluster. To turn on Database Insights, the retention period must be at least 465 days.

  • --monitoring-interval – The interval, in seconds, between points when Enhanced Monitoring metrics are collected for the DB cluster. This value can't be 0.

  • --monitoring-role-arn – The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the IAM role that permits RDS to send Enhanced Monitoring metrics to Amazon CloudWatch Logs.

  • --enable-cloudwatch-logs-exports – You must export postgresql logs to CloudWatch Logs.

The following example enables the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a DB cluster.

For Linux, macOS, or Unix:

aws rds create-db-cluster \
--db-cluster-identifier my-limitless-cluster \
--database-insights-mode advanced \
--engine aurora-postgresql \
--engine-version 16.6-limitless \
--storage-type aurora-iopt1 \
--cluster-scalability-type limitless \
--master-username myuser \
--master-user-password mypassword \
--enable-performance-insights \
--performance-insights-retention-period 465 \
--monitoring-interval 5 \
--monitoring-role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/EMrole \
--enable-cloudwatch-logs-exports postgresql

For Windows:

aws rds create-db-cluster ^
--db-cluster-identifier my-limitless-cluster ^
--database-insights-mode advanced ^
--engine aurora-postgresql ^
--engine-version 16.6-limitless ^
--storage-type aurora-iopt1 ^
--cluster-scalability-type limitless ^
--master-username myuser ^
--master-user-password mypassword ^
--enable-performance-insights ^
--performance-insights-retention-period 465 ^
--monitoring-interval 5 ^
--monitoring-role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/EMrole ^
--enable-cloudwatch-logs-exports postgresql
RDS API

To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when you create a DB cluster, specify the following parameters for your CreateDBCluster Amazon RDS API operation.

  • DatabaseInsightsMode to advanced

  • Engine to aurora-postgresql

  • EngineVersion to an available engine version for Limitless Database

  • StorageType to aurora-iopt1

  • ClusterScalabilityType to limitless

  • MasterUsername

  • MasterUserPassword

  • EnablePerformanceInsights to True

  • PerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriod to at least 465 days

  • MonitoringInterval to a value that isn't 0

  • MonitoringRoleArn to the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the IAM role that permits RDS to send Enhanced Monitoring metrics to Amazon CloudWatch Logs

Turning on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when modifying a DB cluster for Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database

Turn on Database Insights when modifying a database for Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database.

Note

To enable Database Insights, each DB instance in aDB cluster must have the same Performance Insights and Enhanced Monitoring settings.

Console

In the console, you can turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when you modify a DB cluster. Settings for Database Insights apply to all DB instances in your DB cluster.

To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when modifying a DB cluster using the console

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/rds/.

  2. Choose Databases.

  3. Choose a DB cluster, and choose Modify.

  4. In the Database Insights section, select Advanced mode. Then, choose the following options:

    • Retention – The amount of time to retain Performance Insights data. The retention period must be 15-24 months for the Advanced mode of Database Insights.

    • Amazon KMS key – Specify your KMS key. Performance Insights encrypts all potentially sensitive data using your KMS key. Data is encrypted in flight and at rest. For more information, see Encrypting Amazon Aurora resources.

  5. Choose Continue.

  6. For Scheduling of Modifications, choose Apply immediately. If you choose Apply during the next scheduled maintenance window, your database ignores this setting and turns on the Advanced mode of Database Insights immediately.

  7. Choose Modify cluster.

Amazon CLI

To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when modifying a DB cluster, call the modify-db-cluster Amazon CLI command and supply the following values:

  • --database-insights-mode advanced to turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights.

  • --db-cluster-identifier – The identifier for the DB cluster.

  • --enable-performance-insights to turn on Performance Insights for Database Insights.

  • --performance-insights-retention-period – The retention period for data for your DB cluster. To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights, the retention period must be at least 465 days.

The following example enables the Advanced mode of Database Insights when modifying a DB cluster.

For Linux, macOS, or Unix:

aws rds modify-db-cluster \
    --database-insights-mode advanced \
    --db-cluster-identifier sample-db-identifier \
    --enable-performance-insights \
    --performance-insights-retention-period 465

For Windows:

aws rds modify-db-cluster ^
    --database-insights-mode advanced ^
    --db-cluster-identifier sample-db-identifier ^
    --enable-performance-insights ^
    --performance-insights-retention-period 465
RDS API

To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when you modify a DB cluster, specify the following parameters for your ModifyDBCluster Amazon RDS API operation.

  • DatabaseInsightsMode to advanced

  • EnablePerformanceInsights to True

  • PerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriod to at least 465 days