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# Aurora (PostgreSQL) connector overview
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The following table gives an overview of the Amazon Q Business Aurora (PostgreSQL) connector and its supported features.




- ****Security****
  - **Feature:** Authentication type / **Support:** Basic
  - **Feature:** Authentication credentials / **Support:** +  Username of database user <br />+  Password of database user 
  - **Feature:** [Access Control List (ACL)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-authorization) crawling / **Support:** Yes. For more information, see [ACL crawling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/aurora-postgresql-connector.html).
  - **Feature:** Driver version / **Support:** Aurora (PostgreSQL) – 42.3.2
  - **Feature:** Data source version / **Support:** Aurora PostgreSQL 1
  - **Feature:** [Identity crawling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-identity-crawler) / **Support:** No
  - **Feature:** [VPC](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-vpc) / **Support:** Yes

- ****Crawl features****
  - **Feature:** Custom metadata / **Support:** Yes
  - **Feature:** Entities / **Support:** Yes. The following entities are supported: +  Document  Each database row is considered an individual searchable Amazon Q document.  See [What is a document?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-doc-crawl.html) for more details on what each connector crawls as a document.
  - **Feature:** [Field mappings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-field-mappings) / **Support:** Yes. Supports both default and custom field mappings. For more information, see [Field mappings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/aurora-postgresql-field-mappings.html).
  - **Feature:** [Sync mode](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-sync-mode) / **Support:** Supports full and incremental sync.
  - **Feature:** [File types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/doc-types.html) / **Support:** Supports all files supported by Amazon Q.