---
title: "Amazon RDS"
slug: "amazon-rds"
description: "Get your data from any source to Amazon RDS quickly with Dataddo! Secure and reliable data flows in a few steps or automate database replication easily."
tags: ["Data warehouse", "Data destination", "How-to guide"]
updated: 2023-10-31T09:38:21Z
published: 2023-10-31T09:38:21Z
---

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# Amazon RDS

**Amazon RDS** (Relational Database Service) is a managed database service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows users to easily set up, operate, and scale relational databases in the cloud without the need for extensive administrative tasks, enabling them to focus on building and deploying their applications.

## Prerequisites

          
          

- You have configured AWS VPC.
- You have configured your [RDS instance](/docs/amazon-rds#create-rds-instance) and set the network rules by [configuring security groups](/docs/amazon-rds#create-rds-instance).

## Authorize Connection to Amazon RDS

### Create RDS Instance

1. In the AWS Management Console navigate to **RDS service** and click on **Create Database**.
2. Select the database engine of your choice and configure the settings including **DB Instance Identifier**, master **username** and **password**.

#### Configure Security Group

1. On the RDS dashboard, go to the **Security groups** section.
2. Click on **Create Security Group**, give it a name and a description, and select the correct VPC for your database.
3. In the inbound rules, select "Add Rule". For each [Dataddo IP](/docs/network-acl) set Custom TCP Rule. Use CIDR notation (e.g. 52.17.68.150/32).

### In Dataddo

Create a new destination by continuing with database engine specific configuration using the following guides:

- [MySQL](/docs/mysql-destination)
- [SQL Server](/docs/universal-sql-server)
- [PostgreSQL](/docs/postgres)

## Create a New Amazon RDS Destination in Dataddo

1. On the **Destinations** page, click on the [**Create Destination**](https://app.dataddo.com/destinations) button and select the destination from the list.
2. Select your ***authorizer*** from the drop-down menu.
3. Name your ***destination*** and click on **Save**.

          Need to authorize another connection?

          

Click on **Add new Account** in drop-down menu during ***authorizer*** selection and follow the on-screen prompts. You can also go to the **Authorizers** tab and click on [**Add New Service**](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new).

## Create a Flow to Amazon RDS

1. Navigate to **Flows** and click on [**Create Flow**](https://app.dataddo.com/flow/new).
2. Click on **Connect Your Data** to add your ***source(s)***.
3. Click on **Connect Your Data Destination** to add the ***destination***.
4. Choose the [write mode](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-storages#write-modes) and fill in the other required information.
5. Check the **Data Preview** to see if your configuration is correct.
6. **Name** your flow and click on **Create Flow** to finish the setup.

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