Prerequisites for using Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database - Amazon Aurora
Enabling DB shard group operations
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Prerequisites for using Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database

To use Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database, you must first perform the following tasks.

Enabling DB shard group operations

Before you can create a DB shard group, you must enable DB shard group operations.

  • Add the following section to the IAM policy of the IAM role of the user that accesses Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database:

    JSON
    {
    "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "AllowDBShardGroup",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "rds:CreateDBShardGroup",
                "rds:DescribeDBShardGroups",
                "rds:DeleteDBShardGroup",
                "rds:ModifyDBShardGroup",
                "rds:RebootDBShardGroup"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:rds:*:*:shard-group:*",
                "arn:aws:rds:*:*:cluster:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}