# Getting the status of a database activity stream
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You can get the status of an activity stream for your Amazon RDS database instance 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 instance 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 database instance as the response to a [describe-db-instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/describe-db-instances.html) CLI request.

The following example describes *my-instance*.

```
aws rds --region my-region describe-db-instances --db-instance-identifier my-db
```

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



```
{
    "DBInstances": [
        {
            ...
            "Engine": "oracle-ee",
            ...
            "ActivityStreamStatus": "starting",
            "ActivityStreamKmsKeyId": "ab12345e-1111-2bc3-12a3-ab1cd12345e",
            "ActivityStreamKinesisStreamName": "aws-rds-das-db-AB1CDEFG23GHIJK4LMNOPQRST",
            "ActivityStreamMode": "async",
            "ActivityStreamEngineNativeAuditFieldsIncluded": true, 
            "ActivityStreamPolicyStatus": locked",
            ...
        }
    ]
}
```

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