Connecting to a DB instance running the MariaDB database engine
After Amazon RDS provisions your DB instance, you can use any standard MariaDB client application or utility to connect to the instance. In the connection string, you specify the Domain Name System (DNS) address from the DB instance endpoint as the host parameter. You also specify the port number from the DB instance endpoint as the port parameter.
You can connect to an Amazon RDS for MariaDB DB instance by using tools like the MySQL command-line
client. For more information on using the MySQL command-line client, see mysql command-line
client
Most Linux distributions include the MariaDB client instead of the Oracle MySQL client. To install the MySQL command-line client on Amazon Linux 2023, run the following command:
sudo dnf install mariadb105
To install the MySQL command-line client on Amazon Linux 2, run the following command:
sudo yum install mariadb
To install the MySQL command-line client on most DEB-based Linux distributions, run the following command.
apt-get install mariadb-client
To check the version of your MySQL command-line client, run the following command.
mysql --version
To read the MySQL documentation for your current client version, run the following command.
man mysql
To connect to a DB instance from outside of a virtual private cloud (VPC) based on Amazon VPC, the DB instance must be publicly accessible. Also, access must be granted using the inbound rules of the DB instance's security group, and other requirements must be met. For more information, see Can't connect to Amazon RDS DB instance.
You can use SSL encryption on connections to a MariaDB DB instance. For information, see SSL/TLS support for MariaDB DB instances on Amazon RDS.
To find and connect to a RDS for MariaDB DB instance, see the following topics.
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