--- title: AWS SSM Session Manager: Secure Port-Forwarding to... description: Learn how to use AWS SSM Session Manager to securely port-forward to private RDS instances, eliminating the need for public-facing bastion hosts or VPNs. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-ssm-session-manager-secure-port-forwarding-to-private-rds-instances-q641ycu16 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AWS SSM Session Manager: Secure Port-Forwarding to Private RDS instances | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to use AWS SSM Session Manager to securely port-forward to private RDS instances, eliminating the need for public-facing bastion hosts or VPNs. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-ssm-session-manager-secure-port-forwarding-to-private-rds-instances-q641ycu16 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Q641yCu16.png og:image:alt: AWS SSM Session Manager: Secure Port-Forwarding to Private RDS instances og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AWS SSM Session Manager: Secure Port-Forwarding to Private RDS instances **[Faun](https://daily.dev/sources/faun)** · 2 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to use AWS SSM Session Manager to securely port-forward to private RDS instances, eliminating the need for public-facing bastion hosts or VPNs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#aws-rds](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-rds) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-ssm-session-manager-secure-port-forwarding-to-private-rds-instances-q641ycu16) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AWS SSM Session Manager: Secure Port-Forwarding to Private RDS instances","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/aws-ssm-session-manager-secure-port-forwarding-to-private-rds-instances-q641ycu16","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/aws-ssm-session-manager-secure-port-forwarding-to-private-rds-instances-q641ycu16"},"datePublished":"2024-04-21T19:20:40.511Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:09:48.658Z","description":"Learn how to use AWS SSM Session Manager to securely port-forward to private RDS instances, eliminating the need for public-facing bastion hosts or VPNs.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/31a2ced09aa62cac08e909af67fceced?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/31a2ced09aa62cac08e909af67fceced?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Faun","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Faun","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/71243dc2fd54430491336f7f7d4d83b1","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/faun"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/aws-ssm-session-manager-secure-port-forwarding-to-private-rds-instances-q641ycu16","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,aws,aws-rds","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Faun","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/faun"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"AWS SSM Session Manager: Secure Port-Forwarding to Private RDS instances"}]} ```