Turning on the Advanced mode of Database Insights for Amazon RDS
To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights for Amazon RDS, use the following procedures.
Turning on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster
Turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a database for Amazon RDS.
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In the console, you can turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when you create a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster.
To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster using the console
Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/rds/
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Choose Databases.
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Choose Create database.
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In the Database Insights section, select Advanced mode. Then, choose the following options:
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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.
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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 RDS resources.
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Choose Create database.
- Amazon CLI
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To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster, call the create-db-instance or create-db-cluster Amazon CLI command and supply the following values:
--database-insights-mode advancedto turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights.--engine– The database engine for the DB instance.-
--db-instance-identifier– The identifier for the DB instance or--db-cluster-identifier– The identifier for the Multi-AZ DB cluster. -
--enable-performance-insightsto turn on Performance Insights for Database Insights. --performance-insights-retention-period– The retention period for data for your DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster. To turn on Database Insights, the retention period must be at least 465 days.
The following example enables the Advanced mode of Database Insights when creating a DB instance.
For Linux, macOS, or Unix:
aws rds create-db-instance \ --database-insights-mode advanced \ --engine postgresql \ --db-instance-identifier sample-db-identifier \ --enable-performance-insights \ --performance-insights-retention-period 465For Windows:
aws rds create-db-instance ^ --database-insights-mode advanced ^ --engine postgresql ^ --db-instance-identifier sample-db-identifier ^ --enable-performance-insights ^ --performance-insights-retention-period 465 - RDS API
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To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when you create a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster, specify the following parameters for your CreateDBInstance or CreateDBCluster Amazon RDS API operation.
DatabaseInsightsModetoadvancedEnablePerformanceInsightstoTruePerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriodto at least 465 days
Turning on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when modifying a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster
Turn on Database Insights when modifying a database for Amazon RDS.
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To enable Database Insights, each DB instance in a Multi-AZ DB cluster must have the same Performance Insights and Enhanced Monitoring settings.
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In the console, you can turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when you modify a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster.
To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when modifying a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster using the console
Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/rds/
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Choose Databases.
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Choose a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster, and choose Modify.
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In the Database Insights section, select Advanced mode. Then, choose the following options:
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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.
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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 RDS resources.
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Choose Continue.
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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.
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Choose Modify instance.
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To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when modifying a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster, call the modify-db-instance or modify-db-cluster Amazon CLI command and supply the following values:
--database-insights-mode advancedto turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights.-
--db-instance-identifier– The identifier for the DB instance or--db-cluster-identifier– The identifier for the Multi-AZ DB cluster. -
--enable-performance-insightsto turn on Performance Insights for Database Insights. --performance-insights-retention-period– The retention period for data for your DB instance. 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 instance.
For Linux, macOS, or Unix:
aws rds modify-db-instance \ --database-insights-mode advanced \ --db-instance-identifier sample-db-identifier \ --enable-performance-insights \ --performance-insights-retention-period 465For Windows:
aws rds modify-db-instance ^ --database-insights-mode advanced ^ --db-instance-identifier sample-db-identifier ^ --enable-performance-insights ^ --performance-insights-retention-period 465 - RDS API
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To turn on the Advanced mode of Database Insights when you modify a DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster, specify the following parameters for your ModifyDBInstance or ModifyDBCluster Amazon RDS API operation.
DatabaseInsightsModetoadvancedEnablePerformanceInsightstoTruePerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriodto at least 465 days