Amazon RDS Proxy enables secure and scalable connections from external applications to Amazon RDS instances or Aurora clusters over the internet, facilitated through AWS Secrets Manager, Network Load Balancer, SSL/TLS encryption, VPC networking controls, and AWS Shield DDoS protection.

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<p>This article explains how to securely connect external applications to an Amazon RDS instance using Amazon RDS Proxy, Network Load Balancer, AWS Secrets Manager, and other AWS services.</p>
<p>Specifically, the article covers:</p>
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<li>Creating a database user with appropriate privileges</li>
<li>Creating a Secrets Manager secret</li>
<li>Creating an RDS Proxy</li>
<li>Creating a Network Load Balancer</li>
<li>Updating network ACL and security groups</li>
<li>Testing connectivity</li>
<li>Cleaning up resources</li>
<li>Conclusion</li>
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Connect external applications to an Amazon RDS instance using Amazon RDS Proxy

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