How does IAM help secure access between EC2 and RDS?

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Narendran Srinivasan · Accepted Answer

IAM secures access by granting EC2 instances least-privilege permissions to access RDS via roles. Using IAM database authentication avoids storing static credentials, improving security.

Narendran Srinivasan · Answer

IAM secures EC2-to-RDS access by assigning roles with least-privilege permissions to EC2 instances. Using IAM database authentication avoids storing static credentials, reducing security risks.

Narendran Srinivasan · Answer

IAM secures EC2-to-RDS access by assigning an IAM role to the EC2 instance with only the required permissions. With IAM database authentication, applications can connect using temporary tokens instead of storing static DB credentials, reducing security risks.

How does IAM help secure access between EC2 and RDS?

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