Connecting to an Amazon RDS DB instance

Once the Amazon RDS DB instance is created, you can connect to it for performing read/write operations as well as for performing day-to-day maintenance activities. Before connecting to the DB instance, ensure that the port to connect with the DB instance is allowed in the firewall or security group. Also, ensure that the source IP from where you need to connect to the DB instance is allowed in the security group.

Connecting to an Amazon Aurora DB cluster

Aurora DB clusters consist of a primary instance and an Aurora Replica. A separate endpoint is available for the primary instance, Aurora Read instance, or a group of Aurora Read instances. In line with the task you want to carry out, it is possible to use any of these endpoints in scripting, application, or manually connecting them. Tools used to connect with MySQL databases can be used to connect to Amazon Aurora cluster DB instances.

You can refer to the following syntax for connecting to an Aurora...