---
title: "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
source_url: https://faun.pub/ssm-session-manager-11175d468cdb
type: article
source: "Faun"
published: 2024-04-21T19:20:40.511Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:09:48.658Z
tags: ["security", "aws", "aws-rds"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 5
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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.

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