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1. **Enable IAM authentication on the Postgres DB instance or Aurora Postgres Cluster**

**Terraform:**

Set iam\_database\_authentication\_enabled = true within the Instance or the Cluster resource and apply.

**Console:**

* 1. Enable IAM Authentication on the DB Instance
1. Go to **RDS Console** → Select your **DB instance or the Cluster**.
2. Choose **Modify**.
3. Scroll to **Database Authentication**.
4. Set **IAM DB authentication** to **Enabled**.
5. Click **Continue****Apply Immediately** or during the next maintenance window.
6. This allows the DB instance to accept IAM token-based logins

**CLI:**

aws rds modify-db-instance \
--db-instance-identifier <your-db-instance-identifier> \
--enable-iam-database-authentication \
--apply-immediately

aws rds modify-db-cluster \
--db-cluster-identifier your-aurora-cluster-identifier \
--enable-iam-database-authentication \
--apply-immediately

1. **Create IAM User/Role and assign IAM Policy (Please Confirm with Matt Morgan from SCT - INC000003161057)**

Policy:

For RDS:

{
"Version" : "2012-10-17",
"Statement" :
[
{
"Effect" : "Allow",
"Action" : ["rds-db:connect"],
"Resource" : ["arn:aws:rds-db:us-east-1:123456789012:dbuser:db-ABCDEFGHIJKL01234/mydbuser"]
}
]
}
For Aurora:

{
"Version" : "2012-10-17",
"Statement" :
[
{
"Effect" : "Allow",
"Action" : ["rds-db:connect"],
"Resource" : ["arn:aws:rds-db:us-east-1:123456789012:dbuser:cluster-ABCDEFGHIJKL01234/mydbuser"]
}
]
}

1. **Enable IAM authentication for the database JBID user**

Grant rds\_iam to <JBID>;

1. Launch the URL from production network to access AWS Console using Identity Center

<https://start.us-gov-east-1.us-gov-home.awsapps.com/directory/d-c2672d0b4e#/>

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Once verified via the phone Okta verify app, successfully logged in.

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Retrieve the Access keys:

![](images/image_4.png)

Generate DB token after setting the keys in Power shell or Command prompt.

![](images/image_5.png)

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Copy the token and paste in the password box in PGADMIN or DBeaver tools.

Token can be obtained only after getting authenticated with MFA.

Login should be successful.
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