Using Amazon RDS Event Notification

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Amazon RDS uses the Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) to provide notification when an Amazon RDS event occurs. These notifications can be in any notification form supported by Amazon SNS for an AWS region, such as an email, a text message, or a call to an HTTP endpoint.

Amazon RDS groups these events into categories that you can subscribe to so that you can be notified when an event in that category occurs. You can subscribe to an event category for a DB instance, DB snapshot, DB security group, or for a DB parameter group. For example, if you subscribe to the Backup category for a given DB instance, you will be notified whenever a backup-related event occurs that affects the DB instance. If you subscribe to a Configuration Change category for a DB security group, you will be notified when the DB security group is changed. You will also receive notification when an event notification subscription changes.

Event notifications are sent to the addresses you provide when you create the subscription. You may want to create several different subscriptions, such as one subscription receiving all event notifications and another subscription that includes only critical events for your production DB instances. You can easily turn off notification without deleting a subscription by setting the Enabled radio button to No in the Amazon RDS console or by setting the Enabled parameter to false using the CLI or Amazon RDS API.

Note

Amazon RDS event notifications using SMS text messages are currently available for topic ARNs and Amazon RDS resources in the US-East (Northern Virginia) Region. For more information on using text messages with SNS, see Sending and Receiving SMS Notifications Using Amazon SNS.

Amazon RDS uses the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an Amazon SNS topic to identify each subscription. The Amazon RDS console will create the ARN for you when you create the subscription. If you use the CLI or API, you have to create the ARN by using the Amazon SNS console or the Amazon SNS API when you create a subscription.

Billing for Amazon RDS event notification is through the Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS). Amazon SNS fees apply when using event notification; for more information on Amazon SNS billing, see Amazon Simple Notification Service Pricing.

The process for subscribing to Amazon RDS event notification is as follows:

Create an Amazon RDS event notification subscription by using the Amazon RDS console, CLI, or API.
Amazon RDS sends an approval email or SMS message to the addresses you submitted with your subscription. To confirm your subscription, click the link in the notification you were sent.
When you have confirmed the subscription, the status of your subscription is updated in the Amazon RDS console's My Event Subscriptions section.
You will begin to receive event notifications.

The following section lists all categories and events that you can be notified of. It also provides information about subscribing to and working with Amazon RDS event subscriptions.

Amazon RDS Event Categories and Event Messages

Amazon RDS generates a significant number of events in categories that you can subscribe to using the Amazon RDS Console, CLI, or the API. Each category applies to a source type, which can be a DB instance, DB snapshot, DB security group, or DB parameter group.

The following table shows the event category and a list of events when a DB instance is the source type.

Categories and Events for the DB Instance Source Type

Category	Amazon RDS Event ID	Description
availability	RDS-EVENT-0006	The DB Instance is restarting and will be unavailable until the restart is complete.
availability	RDS-EVENT-0004	The DB Instance has shut down.
availability	RDS-EVENT-0022	An error has occurred while restarting MySQL or MariaDB.
backup	RDS-EVENT-0001	A backup of the DB instance has started.
backup	RDS-EVENT-0002	A backup of the DB instance is complete.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0009	The DB instance has been added to a security group.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0024	The DB instance is being converted to a Multi-AZ DB instance.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0030	The DB instance is being converted to a Single-AZ DB instance.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0012	The DB instance class for this DB instance is being changed.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0018	The current storage settings for this DB instance is being changed.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0011	A parameter group for this DB instance has changed.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0028	Automatic backups for this DB instance have been disabled.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0032	Automatic backups for this DB instance have been enabled.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0033	There are [count] users that match the master user name. Users not tied to a specific host have been reset.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0025	The DB instance has been converted to a Multi-AZ DB instance.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0029	The DB instance has been converted to a Single-AZ DB instance.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0014	The DB instance class for this DB instance has changed.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0017	The storage settings for this DB instance has changed.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0010	The DB instance has been removed from a security group.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0016	The master password for the DB instance has been reset.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0067	An attempt to reset the master password for the DB instance has failed.
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0078	The Enhanced Monitoring configuration has been changed.
creation	RDS-EVENT-0005	A DB instance is being created.
deletion	RDS-EVENT-0003	The DB instance is being deleted.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0034	Amazon RDS is not attempting a requested failover because a failover recently occurred on the DB instance.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0013	A Multi-AZ failover that resulted in the promotion of a standby instance has started.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0015	A Multi-AZ failover that resulted in the promotion of a standby instance is complete. It may take several minutes for the DNS to transfer to the new primary DB instance.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0065	The instance has recovered from a partial failover.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0049	A Multi-AZ failover has completed.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0050	A Multi-AZ activation has started after a successful instance recovery.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0051	A Multi-AZ activation is complete. Your database should be accessible now.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0031	The DB instance has failed. We recommend that you begin a point-in-time-restore for the DB instance.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0036	The DB instance is in an incompatible network. Some of the specified subnet IDs are invalid or do not exist.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0035	The DB instance has invalid parameters. For example, MySQL could not start because a memory-related parameter is set too high for this instance class, so the customer action would be to modify the memory parameter and reboot the DB instance.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0058	Error while creating Statspack user account PERFSTAT. Please drop the account before adding the Statspack option.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0079	Enhanced Monitoring cannot be enabled without the enhanced monitoring IAM role. For information on creating the enhanced monitoring IAM role, see To create an IAM role for Amazon RDS Enhanced Monitoring.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0080	Enhanced Monitoring was disabled due to an error making the configuration change. It is likely that the enhanced monitoring IAM role is configured incorrectly. For information on creating the enhanced monitoring IAM role, see To create an IAM role for Amazon RDS Enhanced Monitoring.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0081	The IAM role that you use to access your Amazon S3 bucket for SQL Server native backup and restore is configured incorrectly. For more information, see Setting Up for Native Backup and Restore.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0082	Amazon Aurora was unable to copy backup data from an Amazon S3 bucket. It is likely that the permissions for Aurora to access the Amazon S3 bucket are configured incorrectly. For more information, see Migrating Data from MySQL by Using an Amazon S3 Bucket.
maintenance	RDS-EVENT-0026	Offline maintenance of the DB instance is taking place. The DB instance is currently unavailable.
maintenance	RDS-EVENT-0027	Offline maintenance of the DB instance is complete. The DB instance is now available.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0044	Operator-issued notification. For more information, see the event message.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0047	Patching of the DB instance has completed.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0048	Patching of the DB instance has been delayed.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0054	The MySQL storage engine you are using is not InnoDB, which is the recommended MySQL storage engine for Amazon RDS. For information about MySQL storage engines, see Amazon RDS Supported Storage Engines.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0055	The number of tables you have for your DB instance exceeds the recommended best practices for Amazon RDS. Please reduce the number of tables on your DB instance. For information about recommended best practices, see Amazon RDS Basic Operational Guidelines.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0056	The number of databases you have for your DB instance exceeds the recommended best practices for Amazon RDS. Please reduce the number of databases on your DB instance. For information about recommended best practices, see Amazon RDS Basic Operational Guidelines.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0064	The TDE key has been rotated. For more information about Oracle TDE, see Oracle Transparent Data Encryption. For more information about SQL Server TDE, see Microsoft SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption Support.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0084	You attempted to convert a DB instance to Multi-AZ, but it contains in-memory file groups which are not supported for Multi-AZ. For more information, see Multi-AZ Deployments for Microsoft SQL Server with Database Mirroring.
read replica	RDS-EVENT-0045	An error has occurred in the read replication process. For more information, see the event message. For information on troubleshooting Read Replica errors, see Troubleshooting a MySQL or MariaDB Read Replica Problem.
read replica	RDS-EVENT-0046	The Read Replica has resumed replication. This message appears when you first create a Read Replica, or as a monitoring message confirming that replication is functioning properly. If this message follows an RDS-EVENT-0045 notification, then replication has resumed following an error or after replication was stopped.
read replica	RDS-EVENT-0057	Replication on the Read Replica was terminated.
read replica	RDS-EVENT-0062	Replication on the Read Replica was manually stopped.
read replica	RDS-EVENT-0063	Replication on the Read Replica was reset.
recovery	RDS-EVENT-0020	Recovery of the DB instance has started. Recovery time will vary with the amount of data to be recovered.
recovery	RDS-EVENT-0021	Recovery of the DB instance is complete.
recovery	RDS-EVENT-0023	A manual backup has been requested but Amazon RDS is currently in the process of creating a DB snapshot. Submit the request again after Amazon RDS has completed the DB snapshot.
recovery	RDS-EVENT-0052	Recovery of the Multi-AZ instance has started. Recovery time will vary with the amount of data to be recovered.
recovery	RDS-EVENT-0053	Recovery of the Multi-AZ instance is complete.
recovery	RDS-EVENT-0066	The SQL Server DB instance is re-establishing its mirror. Performance will be degraded until the mirror is reestablished. A database was found with non-FULL recovery model. The recovery model was changed back to FULL and mirroring recovery was started. (<dbname>: <recovery model found>[,…])”
restoration	RDS-EVENT-0008	The DB instance has been restored from a DB snapshot.
restoration	RDS-EVENT-0019	The DB instance has been restored from a point-in-time backup.
security	RDS-EVENT-0068	The CloudHSM partition password was decrypted by the system.
low storage	RDS-EVENT-0007	The allocated storage for the DB instance has been exhausted. To resolve this issue, you should allocate additional storage for the DB instance. For more information, see the RDS FAQ. You can monitor the storage space for a DB instance using the Free Storage Space metric. For more information, see Viewing DB Instance Metrics.

The following table shows the event category and a list of events when a DB parameter group is the source type.

Categories and Events for the DB Parameter Group Source Type

Category	RDS Event ID	Description
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0037	The parameter group was modified.

The following tables shows the event category and a list of events when a DB security group is the source type.

Categories and Events for the DB Security Group Source Type

Category	RDS Event ID	Description
configuration change	RDS-EVENT-0038	The security group has been modified.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0039	The Amazon EC2 security group owned by [user] does not exist; authorization for the security group has been revoked.

The following tables shows the event category and a list of events when a DB snapshot is the source type.

Categories and Events for the DB Snapshot Source Type

Category	RDS Event ID	Description
creation	RDS-EVENT-0040	A DB snapshot is being created.
creation	RDS-EVENT-0042	A DB snapshot has been created.
deletion	RDS-EVENT-0041	A DB snapshot has been deleted.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0059	Started the copy of the cross region DB snapshot [DB snapshot name] from source region [region name].
notification	RDS-EVENT-0060	Finished the copy of the cross region DB snapshot [DB snapshot name] from source region [region name] in [time] minutes.
notification	RDS-EVENT-0061	The copy of a cross region DB snapshot failed.
restoration	RDS-EVENT-0043	A DB instance is being restored from a DB snapshot.

The following tables shows the event category and a list of events when a DB cluster is the source type.

Categories and Events for the DB Cluster Source Type

Category	RDS Event ID	Description
failover	RDS-EVENT-0069	A failover for the DB cluster has failed.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0070	A failover for the DB cluster has restarted.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0071	A failover for the DB cluster has finished.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0072	A failover for the DB cluster has begun within the same Availability Zone.
failover	RDS-EVENT-0073	A failover for the DB cluster has begun across Availability Zones.
failure	RDS-EVENT-0083	Amazon Aurora was unable to copy backup data from an Amazon S3 bucket. It is likely that the permissions for Aurora to access the Amazon S3 bucket are configured incorrectly. For more information, see Migrating Data from MySQL by Using an Amazon S3 Bucket.
migration	RDS-EVENT-0076	Migration to an Amazon Aurora DB cluster failed.
migration	RDS-EVENT-0077	An attempt to convert a table from the source database to InnoDB failed during the migration to an Amazon Aurora DB cluster.

The following tables shows the event category and a list of events when a DB cluster snapshot is the source type.

Categories and Events for the DB Cluster Snapshot Source Type

Category	RDS Event ID	Description
backup	RDS-EVENT-0074	Creation of a manual DB cluster snapshot has started.
backup	RDS-EVENT-0075	A manual DB cluster snapshot has been created.

Subscribing to Amazon RDS Event Notification

You can create an Amazon RDS event notification subscription so you can be notified when an event occurs for a given DB instance, DB snapshot, DB security group, or DB parameter group. The simplest way to create a subscription is with the RDS console. If you choose to create event notification subscriptions using the CLI or API, you must create an Amazon Simple Notification Service topic and subscribe to that topic with the Amazon SNS console or Amazon SNS API. You will also need to retain the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the topic because it is used when submitting CLI commands or API actions. For information on creating an SNS topic and subscribing to it, see Getting Started with Amazon SNS.

You can specify the type of source you want to be notified of and the Amazon RDS source that triggers the event. These are defined by the SourceType (type of source) and the SourceIdentifier (the Amazon RDS source generating the event). If you specify both the SourceType and SourceIdentifier, such as SourceType = db-instance and SourceIdentifier = myDBInstance1, you will receive all the DB_Instance events for the specified source. If you specify a SourceType but do not specify a SourceIdentifier, you will receive notice of the events for that source type for all your Amazon RDS sources. If you do not specify either the SourceType nor the SourceIdentifier, you will be notified of events generated from all Amazon RDS sources belonging to your customer account.

AWS Management Console

To subscribe to RDS event notification

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.
In the Amazon RDS Console navigation pane, click Event Subscriptions.
In the Event Subscriptions pane, click Create Event Subscription.
In the Create Event Subscription dialog box, do the following:
1. Type a name for the event notification subscription in the Name text box.
2. Select an existing Amazon SNS Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for an Amazon SNS topic in the Send notifications to dropdown menu or click create topic to enter the name of a topic and a list of recipients.
3. Select a source type from the Source Type dropdown menu.
4. Select Yes to enable the subscription. If you want to create the subscription but to not have notifications sent yet, select No.
5. Depending on the source type you selected, select the event categories and sources you want to receive event notifications for.
6. Click Yes, Create.
The Amazon RDS console indicates that the subscription is being created.

CLI

To subscribe to RDS Event Notification, use the AWS CLI create-event-subscription command. Include the following required parameters:

--subscription-name
--sns-topic-arn

Example

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

aws rds create-event-subscription \
    --subscription-name myeventsubscription \
    --sns-topic-arn arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:802#########:myawsuser-RDS \
    --enabled

For Windows:

aws rds create-event-subscription ^
    --subscription-name myeventsubscription ^
    --sns-topic-arn arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:802#########:myawsuser-RDS ^
    --enabled

API

To subscribe to Amazon RDS Event Notification call the Amazon RDS API function CreateEventSubscription. Include the following required parameters:

SubscriptionName
SnsTopicArn

Example

https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=CreateEventSubscription
   &Enabled=true
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SnsTopicArn=arn%3Aaws%3Asns%3Aus-east-1%3A802#########%3Amyawsuser-RDS
   &SourceType=db-security-group
   &SubscriptionName=myeventsubscription
   &Version=2014-09-01
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140425/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140425T214325Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=7045960f6ab15609571fb05278004256e186b7633ab2a3ae46826d7713e0b461

Listing Your Amazon RDS Event Notification Subscriptions

You can list your current Amazon RDS event notification subscriptions.

AWS Management Console

To list your current Amazon RDS event notification subscriptions

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.
In the Amazon RDS Console navigation pane, click Event Subscriptions. The Event Subscriptions pane shows all your event notification subscriptions.

CLI

To list your current Amazon RDS event notification subscriptions, use the AWS CLI describe-event-subscriptions command.

Example

The following example describes all event subscriptions.

aws rds describe-event-subscriptions

The following example describes the myfirsteventsubscription.

aws rds describe-event-subscriptions --subscription-name myfirsteventsubscription

API

To list your current Amazon RDS event notification subscriptions, call the Amazon RDS API DescribeEventSubscriptions action.

Example

The following code example lists up to 100 event subscriptions.

https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DescribeEventSubscriptions
   &MaxRecords=100
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &Version=2014-09-01
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140428/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140428T161907Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=4208679fe967783a1a149c826199080a066085d5a88227a80c6c0cadb3e8c0d4

The following example describes the myfirsteventsubscription.

https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DescribeEventSubscriptions
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SubscriptionName=myfirsteventsubscription
   &Version=2014-09-01
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140428/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140428T161907Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=4208679fe967783a1a149c826199080a066085d5a88227a80c6c0cadb3e8c0d4

Modifying an Amazon RDS Event Notification Subscription

After you have created a subscription, you can change the subscription name, source identifier, categories, or topic ARN.

AWS Management Console

To modify an Amazon RDS event notification subscription

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.
In the Amazon RDS Console navigation pane, click Event Notification.
In the DB Event Notifications pane, select the subscription that you want to modify.
Make your changes to the subscription in the lower pane.
Click Update. The Amazon RDS console indicates that the subscription is being modified.

CLI

To modify an Amazon RDS event notification subscription, use the AWS CLI modify-event-subscription command. Include the following required parameter:

--subscription-name

Example

The following code enables myeventsubscription.

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

aws rds modify-event-subscription \
    --subscription-name myeventsubscription \
    --enabled

For Windows:

aws rds modify-event-subscription ^
    --subscription-name myeventsubscription ^
    --enabled

API

To modify an Amazon RDS Event, call the Amazon RDS APIModifyEventSubscription function. Include the following required parameter:

SubscriptionName

Example

The following code enables myeventsubscription.

https://rds.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=ModifyEventSubscription
   &Enabled=true
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SnsTopicArn=arn%3Aaws%3Asns%3Aus-west-2%3A802#########%3Amy-rds-events
   &SubscriptionName=myeventsubscription
   &Version=2014-09-01
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140428/us-west-2/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140428T183020Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=3d85bdfaf13861e93a9528824d9876ed87e6e01aaf43a962ce6f2a39247cf33a

Adding a Source Identifier to an Amazon RDS Event Notification Subscription

You can add a source identifier (the Amazon RDS source generating the event) to an existing subscription.

AWS Management Console

You can easily add or remove source identifiers using the Amazon RDS console by selecting or deselecting them when modifying a subscription. See the topic Modifying an Amazon RDS Event Notification Subscription for more information.

CLI

To add a source identifier to an Amazon RDS event notification subscription, use the AWS CLI add-source-identifier-to-subscription command. Include the following required parameters:

--subscription-name
--source-identifier

Example

The following example adds the source identifier mysqldb to the myrdseventsubscription. subscription.

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

aws rds add-source-identifier-to-subscription \
    --subscription-name myrdseventsubscription \
    --source-identifier mysqldb

For Windows:

aws rds add-source-identifier-to-subscription ^
    --subscription-name myrdseventsubscription ^
    --source-identifier mysqldb

API

To add a source identifier to an Amazon RDS event notification subscription, call the Amazon RDS API AddSourceIdentifierToSubscription. Include the following required parameters:

SubscriptionName
SourceIdentifier

Example

https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=AddSourceIdentifierToSubscription
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SourceIdentifier=mysqldb
   &SubscriptionName=myrdseventsubscription
   &Version=2014-09-01
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140422/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140422T230442Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=347d5e788e809cd06c50214b12750a3c39716bf65b239bb6f7ee8ff5374e2df9

Removing a Source identifier from an Amazon RDS Event Notification Subscription

You can remove a source identifier (the Amazon RDS source generating the event) from a subscription if you no longer want to be notified of events for that source.

AWS Management Console

CLI

To remove a source identifier from an Amazon RDS event notification subscription, use the AWS CLI remove-source-identifier-from-subscription command. Include the following required parameters:

--subscription-name
--source-identifier

Example

The following example removes the source identifier mysqldb from the myrdseventsubscription subscription.

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

aws rds remove-source-identifier-from-subscription \
    --subscription-name myrdseventsubscription \
    --source-identifier mysqldb

For Windows:

aws rds remove-source-identifier-from-subscription ^
    --subscription-name myrdseventsubscription ^
    --source-identifier mysqldb

API

To remove a source identifier from an Amazon RDS event notification subscription, use the Amazon RDS API RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription command. Include the following required parameters:

SubscriptionName
SourceIdentifier

Example

The following example removes the source identifier mysqldb from the myrdseventsubscription subscription.

https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SourceIdentifier=mysqldb
   &SubscriptionName=myrdseventsubscription
   &Version=2014-09-01
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140428/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140428T222718Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=4419f0015657ee120d781849ffdc6642eeafeee42bf1d18c4b2ed8eb732f7bf8

Listing the Amazon RDS Event Notification Categories

All events for a resource type are grouped into categories. To view the list of categories available, use the following procedures.

AWS Management Console

When you create or modify an event notification subscription, the event categories are displayed in the Amazon RDS console. See the topic Modifying an Amazon RDS Event Notification Subscription for more information.

CLI

To list the Amazon RDS event notification categories, use the AWS CLI describe-event-categories command. This command has no required parameters.

Example

aws rds describe-event-categories

API

To list the Amazon RDS event notification categories, use the Amazon RDS API DescribeEventCategories command. This command has no required parameters.

Example

https://rds.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DescribeEventCategories
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &Version=2014-09-01
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140421/us-west-2/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140421T194732Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=6e25c542bf96fe24b28c12976ec92d2f856ab1d2a158e21c35441a736e4fde2b

Deleting an Amazon RDS Event Notification Subscription

You can delete a subscription when you no longer need it. All subscribers to the topic will no longer receive event notifications specified by the subscription.

AWS Management Console

To delete an Amazon RDS event notification subscription

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.
In the Amazon RDS Console navigation pane, click DB Event Subscriptions.
In the My DB Event Subscriptions pane, click the subscription that you want to delete.
Click Delete.
The Amazon RDS console indicates that the subscription is being deleted.

CLI

To delete an Amazon RDS event notification subscription, use the AWS CLI delete-event-subscription command. Include the following required parameter:

--subscription-name

Example

The following example deletes the subscription myrdssubscription.

delete-event-subscription --subscription-name myrdssubscription

API

To delete an Amazon RDS event notification subscription, use the RDS API DeleteEventSubscription command. Include the following required parameter:

SubscriptionName

Example

The following example deletes the subscription myrdssubscription.

https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DeleteEventSubscription
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256 
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SubscriptionName=myrdssubscription
   &Version=2014-09-01
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140423/us-east-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140423T203337Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=05aa834e364a9e1a279d44cc955694518fc96fff638c74faa2be45783102e785

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