Supported Regions and DB engines for IAM database authentication in Amazon RDS
By using IAM database authentication in Amazon RDS, you can authenticate without a password when you connect to a DB instance. Instead, you use an authentication token. For more information, see IAM database authentication for MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
IAM database authentication isn't available with the following engines:
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RDS for Db2
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RDS for Oracle
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RDS for SQL Server
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IAM database authentication with RDS for MariaDB
The following Regions and engine versions are available for IAM database authentication with RDS for MariaDB.
| Region | RDS for MariaDB 11.8 | RDS for MariaDB 11.4 | RDS for MariaDB 10.11 | RDS for MariaDB 10.6 | RDS for MariaDB 10.5 | RDS for MariaDB 10.4 |
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| US East (N. Virginia) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| US East (Ohio) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| US West (N. California) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| US West (Oregon) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Africa (Cape Town) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Canada (Central) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Canada West (Calgary) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| China (Beijing) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| China (Ningxia) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Europe (Frankfurt) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Europe (Ireland) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Europe (London) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Europe (Milan) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Europe (Paris) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Europe (Spain) | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Europe (Stockholm) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Europe (Zurich) | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Mexico (Central) | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Middle East (UAE) | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| South America (São Paulo) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Amazon GovCloud (US-East) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Amazon GovCloud (US-West) | All available versions | All available versions | All available versions | Not available | Not available | Not available |
IAM database authentication with RDS for MySQL
IAM database authentication with RDS for MySQL is available in all Regions for the following versions:
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RDS for MySQL 8.4 – All available versions
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RDS for MySQL 8.0 – All available versions
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RDS for MySQL 5.7 – All available versions
IAM database authentication with RDS for PostgreSQL
IAM database authentication with RDS for PostgreSQL is available in all Regions for the following versions:
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RDS for PostgreSQL 17 – All available versions
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RDS for PostgreSQL 16 – All available versions
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RDS for PostgreSQL 15 – All available versions
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RDS for PostgreSQL 14 – All available versions
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RDS for PostgreSQL 13 – All available versions
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RDS for PostgreSQL 12 – All available versions
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RDS for PostgreSQL 11 – All available versions
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RDS for PostgreSQL 10 – All available versions