Using SSL/TLS to encrypt a connection to a DB instance

You can use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) from your application to encrypt a connection to a DB instance running MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.

SSL/TLS connections provide one layer of security by encrypting data that moves between your client and a DB instance. Using a server certificate provides an extra layer of security by validating that the connection is being made to an Amazon RDS DB instance. It does so by checking the server certificate that is automatically installed on all DB instances that you provision.

Each DB engine has its own process for implementing SSL/TLS. To learn how to implement SSL/TLS for your DB instance, use the link following that corresponds to your DB engine:

• Using SSL/TLS with a MariaDB DB instance

• Using SSL with a Microsoft SQL Server DB instance

• Using SSL/TLS with a MySQL DB instance

• Encrypting client connections with SSL

• Using SSL with a PostgreSQL DB instance

Note

All certificates are only available for download using SSL/TLS connections.

To get a certificate bundle that contains both the intermediate and root certificates for all AWS Regions, download from https://truststore.pki.rds.amazonaws.com/global/global-bundle.pem.

If your application is on Microsoft Windows and requires a PKCS7 file, you can download the PKCS7 certificate bundle. This bundle contains both the intermediate and root certificates at https://truststore.pki.rds.amazonaws.com/global/global-bundle.p7b.

Note

Amazon RDS Proxy uses certificates from the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). If you are using RDS Proxy, you don't need to download Amazon RDS certificates or update applications that use RDS Proxy connections. For more information about using TLS/SSL with RDS Proxy, see Using TLS/SSL with RDS Proxy.

Certificate bundles for AWS Regions

To get a certificate bundle that contains both the intermediate and root certificates for an AWS Region, download from the link for the AWS Region in the following table.

AWS Region	Certificate bundle (PEM)	Certificate bundle (PKCS7)
US East (N. Virginia)	us-east-1-bundle.pem	us-east-1-bundle.p7b
US East (Ohio)	us-east-2-bundle.pem	us-east-2-bundle.p7b
US West (N. California)	us-west-1-bundle.pem	us-west-1-bundle.p7b
US West (Oregon)	us-west-2-bundle.pem	us-west-2-bundle.p7b
Africa (Cape Town)	af-south-1-bundle.pem	af-south-1-bundle.p7b
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ap-east-1-bundle.pem	ap-east-1-bundle.p7b
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)	ap-southeast-3-bundle.pem	ap-southeast-3-bundle.p7b
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ap-south-1-bundle.pem	ap-south-1-bundle.p7b
Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ap-northeast-3-bundle.pem	ap-northeast-3-bundle.p7b
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ap-northeast-1-bundle.pem	ap-northeast-1-bundle.p7b
Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ap-northeast-2-bundle.pem	ap-northeast-2-bundle.p7b
Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ap-southeast-1-bundle.pem	ap-southeast-1-bundle.p7b
Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ap-southeast-2-bundle.pem	ap-southeast-2-bundle.p7b
Canada (Central)	ca-central-1-bundle.pem	ca-central-1-bundle.p7b
Europe (Frankfurt)	eu-central-1-bundle.pem	eu-central-1-bundle.p7b
Europe (Ireland)	eu-west-1-bundle.pem	eu-west-1-bundle.p7b
Europe (London)	eu-west-2-bundle.pem	eu-west-2-bundle.p7b
Europe (Milan)	eu-south-1-bundle.pem	eu-south-1-bundle.p7b
Europe (Paris)	eu-west-3-bundle.pem	eu-west-3-bundle.p7b
Europe (Stockholm)	eu-north-1-bundle.pem	eu-north-1-bundle.p7b
Middle East (Bahrain)	me-south-1-bundle.pem	me-south-1-bundle.p7b
South America (São Paulo)	sa-east-1-bundle.pem	sa-east-1-bundle.p7b

AWS GovCloud (US) certificates

To get a certificate bundle that contains both the intermediate and root certificates for the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, download from https://truststore.pki.us-gov-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com/global/global-bundle.pem.

If your application is on Microsoft Windows and requires a PKCS7 file, you can download the PKCS7 certificate bundle. This bundle contains both the intermediate and root certificates at https://truststore.pki.us-gov-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com/global/global-bundle.p7b.

To get a certificate bundle that contains both the intermediate and root certificates for an AWS GovCloud (US) Region, download from the link for the AWS GovCloud (US) Region in the following table.

AWS GovCloud (US) Region	Certificate bundle (PEM)	Certificate bundle (PKCS7)
AWS GovCloud (US-East)	us-gov-east-1-bundle.pem	us-gov-east-1-bundle.p7b
AWS GovCloud (US-West)	us-gov-west-1-bundle.pem	us-gov-west-1-bundle.p7b