Optimize AWS KMS decryption costs for Database Activity Streams
Database Blog
This article discusses optimizing the costs associated with using AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for decrypting the database activity stream logs from Amazon Aurora and RDS. Specifically, it covers:
- Solution overview using services like Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, AWS Lambda, and AWS KMS
- Prerequisites like creating a KMS key and starting the database activity stream
- Creating a Lambda function to cache the KMS data encryption key
- Validating the solution using Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail
- Findings on the potential cost savings
- Security considerations and best practices
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