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Managing a DB instance in a self-managed Active Directory Domain

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Managing a DB instance in a self-managed Active Directory Domain - Amazon Relational Database Service

You can use the console, AWS CLI, or the Amazon RDS API to manage your DB instance and its relationship with your self-managed AD domain. For example, you can move the DB instance into, out of, or between domains.

For example, using the Amazon RDS API, you can do the following:

  • To reattempt a self-managed domain join for a failed membership, use the ModifyDBInstance API operation and specify the same set of parameters:

    • --domain-fqdn

    • --domain-dns-ips

    • --domain-ou

    • --domain-auth-secret-arn

  • To remove a DB instance from a self-managed domain, use the ModifyDBInstance API operation and specify --disable-domain for the domain parameter.

  • To move a DB instance from one self-managed domain to another, use the ModifyDBInstance API operation and specify the domain parameters for the new domain:

    • --domain-fqdn

    • --domain-dns-ips

    • --domain-ou

    • --domain-auth-secret-arn

  • To list self-managed AD domain membership for each DB instance, use the DescribeDBInstances API operation.

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