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Connect to your Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster

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Connect to your Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster
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Are you trying to connect to your Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition DB cluster? Review these handpicked resources to find ways to connect and troubleshoot your connectivity issues.
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AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 years ago6.5K views

Connect to your DB cluster

To authenticate to your Aurora MySQL-Compatible DB cluster, you can use either MySQL username and password authentication or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) database authentication.

Access Control and Account Management

For more information on using MySQL user name and password authentication, see this resource on MySQL documentation.

IAM database authentication

For more information on using IAM database authentication, see this tutorial.

Connecting to an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster

For information on connecting to your cluster and connection utilities, see this tutorial.

Aurora connection management

For detailed guidance on connecting to an Aurora MySQL DB cluster, see this handbook

Connecting to the MySQL Server Using Command Options

To establish connections to the MySQL Server, for clients such as mysql or mysqldump, use the command-line options listed in the MySQL documentation.

MySQL Connectors

To download standards-based drivers for JDBC, ODBC, and .NET, see this guide in the MySQL documentation.

Use Amazon RDS Proxy to connect to an Amazon RDS MySQL DB instance or Aurora MySQL DB cluster

How do I use Amazon RDS Proxy to connect to my Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance or Aurora MySQL-Compatible DB cluster?

Connection Pooling with Connector/J

Connection pooling can greatly increase the performance of your Java application, while reducing overall resource usage.

Work with a DB cluster in an Amazon VPC

Here is some information on how you can work with your database cluster in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)

Working with a DB cluster in a VPC

Here are some tips on working with a DB cluster in a VPC.

Scenarios for accessing a DB cluster in a VPC

For a list of scenarios about using Amazon Aurora DB clusters in an Amazon VPC, see this tutorial.

Controlling access with security groups

VPC security groups control the access that traffic has in and out of a DB cluster.

Diagnose communication errors and connection failures

Check this section to diagnose and self-service common errors and failures.

Troubleshoot problems connecting to Aurora clusters or instances

How do I troubleshoot problems connecting to Amazon Aurora?

Communication errors and aborted connections

To troubleshoot a connection problem with your Aurora MySQL DB cluster, review Communication errors and aborted connections in the MySQL documentation.

MySQL server has gone away

To diagnose the SERVER GONE error code, see this tutorial in the MySQL documentation.

Lost connection to MySQL server

To troubleshoot a lost connection to the server, see this tutorial in the MySQL documentation.

Resolve "Too Many Connections" error when connecting to Amazon Aurora MySQL instance

Why am I getting a "Too Many Connections" error when connecting to my Amazon Aurora MySQL instance?

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AWS JDBC Driver for MySQL

AWS JDBC Driver for MySQL allows an application to take advantage of the features of clustered MySQL databases.
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