Use DMS to log on to an RDS instance

Precautions

• You can only use an internal address to log on to DMS.
• The following instances do not support DMS:
  • MariaDB instances
  • MySQL 8.0 instances

Procedure

1. Log on to the RDS console.
2. Select the region where the instance is located.
   
   
3. Click the ID of the instance to go to the Basic Information page.
4. Click Log On to DB in the upper-right corner of the page, as shown in the following figure, to go to the Quick Logon page of the DMS console.
   
   
   
5. On the Quick Logon page, check the connection address and port information displayed on the RDS Database Logon page. If the information is correct, enter the username and password of the database, as shown in the following figure.
   
   
   

   Parameter description:

   • 1: The internal address and port information of an instance, which is in the <internal address>:<port number> format. For information about how to view the internal address and port information of an instance, see View the internal and public endpoints and ports of an RDS instance.
   • 2: The account used to connect to the instance.
   • 3: The password of the account used to connect to the instance.
6. Click Log On.
   Note If you want the Web browser to remember the password, select Remember Password and click Log On.
7. If DMS prompts you to add the IP address segment of the DMS server to the RDS address whitelist, click Specify for All Instances or Specify for Current Instance.
   
   
   
8. Click Log On.