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Amazon RDS is AWS’s managed relational database service. QueryBear connects to RDS for PostgreSQL and MySQL over the standard wire protocol, giving your AI clients safe, read-only access through QueryBear’s security gateway.

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Get your RDS connection details

  1. Open the RDS console.
  2. Select your database instance.
  3. Copy the Endpoint and Port from the Connectivity & security tab.
Point QueryBear at a read replica if you have one — keep analytics load off your primary. RDS read replicas use a separate endpoint.

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Allow QueryBear’s IP

RDS instances sit behind a security group. To let QueryBear connect:
  1. Find QueryBear’s egress IP in the dashboard under Connections → Network.
  2. In the RDS instance’s VPC security group, add an inbound rule allowing that IP on your DB port (5432 for Postgres, 3306 for MySQL).
  3. Ensure the instance is publicly accessible, or set up VPC peering / PrivateLink if you keep it private.

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Create a read-only user

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Add the connection to QueryBear

In the QueryBear dashboard → Connections → New connection, choose PostgreSQL or MySQL, paste the RDS endpoint, and set SSL mode require. RDS supports TLS with the Amazon RDS CA out of the box.

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RDS-specific notes

  • SSL/TLS: RDS supports encrypted connections via the rds-ca-rsa2048-g1 bundle. QueryBear uses TLS by default.
  • Read replicas: Ideal target — isolates AI query load.
  • Multi-AZ: Connect to the cluster/instance endpoint; failover is transparent.

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Connect to your AI client

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