CloudWatch Database Insights now supports tag based access control

Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights

Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights now supports tag-based access control for database and per-query metrics powered by RDS Performance Insights. You can implement access controls across a logical grouping of database resources without managing individual resource-level permissions.

Previously, tags defined on RDS and Aurora instances did not apply to metrics powered by Performance Insights, creating significant overhead in manually configuring metric-related permissions at the database resource level. With this launch, those instance tags are now automatically evaluated to authorize metrics powered by Performance Insights. This allows you to define IAM policies using tag-based access conditions, resulting in improved governance and security consistency.

What to do

• Refer to the RDS and Aurora documentation to get started with defining IAM policies with tag-based access control on database and per-query metrics.

This feature is available in all AWS regions where CloudWatch Database Insights is available.

CloudWatch Database Insights delivers database health monitoring aggregated at the fleet level, as well as instance-level dashboards for detailed database and SQL query analysis. It offers vCPU-based pricing – see the pricing page for details. For further information, visit the Database Insights User Guide.

Source: AWS release notes

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