--- title: Enable self-managed AD Kerberos authentication with... description: Step-by-step guide for configuring Kerberos authentication on Amazon RDS for Db2 using a self-managed Active Directory. Covers creating a dedicated OU and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/enable-self-managed-ad-kerberos-authentication-with-amazon-rds-for-db2-wgg9b41hc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Enable self-managed AD Kerberos authentication with Amazon RDS for Db2 | daily.dev og:description: Step-by-step guide for configuring Kerberos authentication on Amazon RDS for Db2 using a self-managed Active Directory. Covers creating a dedicated OU and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/enable-self-managed-ad-kerberos-authentication-with-amazon-rds-for-db2-wgg9b41hc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Wgg9B41Hc.png og:image:alt: Enable self-managed AD Kerberos authentication with Amazon RDS for Db2 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. # Enable self-managed AD Kerberos authentication with Amazon RDS for Db2 **[AWS Database Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/aws-database-blog)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Step-by-step guide for configuring Kerberos authentication on Amazon RDS for Db2 using a self-managed Active Directory. Covers creating a dedicated OU and service account, delegating nine specific AD permissions (including the non-obvious use of ADSI Edit for servicePrincipalName on User objects), storing credentials in a KMS-encrypted Secrets Manager secret, and validating the setup from a domain-joined Amazon Linux 2023 EC2 client. Also addresses networking requirements (DNS, Kerberos, LDAP, RPC dynamic ports) and common pitfalls like incorrect object scoping and username format in Secrets Manager. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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