# Getting the status of a database activity stream
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You can get the status of an activity stream using the console or AWS CLI.

## Console
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**To get the status of a database activity stream**

1. Open the Amazon RDS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Databases**, and then choose the DB cluster link.

1. Choose the **Configuration** tab, and check **Database activity stream** for status.

## AWS CLI
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You can get the activity stream configuration for a DB cluster as the response to a [describe-db-clusters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/describe-db-clusters.html) CLI request.

The following example describes *my-cluster*.

```
aws rds --region my-region describe-db-clusters --db-cluster-identifier my-cluster
```

The following example shows a JSON response. The following fields are shown:
+ `ActivityStreamKinesisStreamName`
+ `ActivityStreamKmsKeyId`
+ `ActivityStreamStatus`
+ `ActivityStreamMode`
+ 

These fields are the same for Aurora PostgreSQL and Aurora MySQL, except that `ActivityStreamMode` is always `async` for Aurora MySQL, while for Aurora PostgreSQL it might be `sync` or `async`.

```
{
    "DBClusters": [
        {
      "DBClusterIdentifier": "my-cluster",
            ...
            "ActivityStreamKinesisStreamName": "aws-rds-das-cluster-A6TSYXITZCZXJHIRVFUBZ5LTWY",
            "ActivityStreamStatus": "starting",
            "ActivityStreamKmsKeyId": "12345678-abcd-efgh-ijkl-bd041f170262",
            "ActivityStreamMode": "async",
            "DbClusterResourceId": "cluster-ABCD123456"
            ...
        }
    ]
}
```

## RDS API
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You can get the activity stream configuration for a DB cluster as the response to a [DescribeDBClusters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusters.html) operation.