Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Kerberos authentication with self-managed Active Directory
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This article announces that Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Kerberos authentication with self-managed Microsoft Active Directory domains.
- Join RDS for Oracle instances directly to self-managed AD without AWS Managed Microsoft AD
- Self-managed AD can run on premises, on Amazon EC2, or with other cloud providers
- Users authenticate to RDS for Oracle using Kerberos credentials
- No additional directory setup or trust relationships required
- Available in all commercial AWS Regions where RDS for Oracle is supported
- No additional charges for using self-managed AD
This simplifies Kerberos authentication for RDS for Oracle by allowing direct integration with existing self-managed Active Directory infrastructure.
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