Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts support for Amazon RDS features

DB instance provisioning

Yes

You can only create DB instances for RDS for SQL Server, RDS for MySQL, and RDS for PostgreSQL DB engines. The following versions are supported:

Connect to a Microsoft SQL Server DB instance with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Yes

Some TLS versions and encryption ciphers might not be secure. To turn them off, follow the instructions in Configuring security protocols and ciphers.

Modifying the master user password

Yes

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Renaming a DB instance

Yes

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Rebooting a DB instance

Yes

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Stopping a DB instance

Yes

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Starting a DB instance

Yes

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Multi-AZ deployments

Yes

Multi-AZ deployments are supported on MySQL and PostgreSQL DB instances.

Multi-AZ deployments do not support Direct VPC Routing (DVR).

Creating DB instances for Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts

Configuring and managing a Multi-AZ deployment

DB parameter groups

Yes

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Read replicas

Yes

Read replicas are supported for MySQL and PostgreSQL DB instances.

Read replicas do not support Direct VPC Routing (DVR).

Creating read replicas for Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts

Encryption at rest

Yes

RDS on Outposts doesn't support unencrypted DB instances.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) database authentication

No

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Associating an IAM role with a DB instance

No

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add-role-to-db-instance AWS CLI command

AddRoleToDBInstance RDS API operation

Kerberos authentication

No

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Tagging Amazon RDS resources

Yes

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Option groups

Yes

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Modifying the maintenance window

Yes

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Automatic minor version upgrade

Yes

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Modifying the backup window

Yes

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Introduction to backups

Modifying an Amazon RDS DB instance

Changing the DB instance class

Yes

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Changing the allocated storage

Yes

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Storage autoscaling

Yes

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Manual and automatic DB instance snapshots

Yes

You can store automated backups and manual snapshots in your AWS Region. Or you can store them locally on your Outpost.

Local backups are supported on MySQL and PostgreSQL DB instances.

To store backups on your Outpost, make sure that you have Amazon S3 on Outposts configured.

Local backups are not supported for Multi-AZ instance deployments.

Creating DB instances for Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts

Amazon S3 on Outposts

Creating a DB snapshot for a Single-AZ DB instance

Restoring from a DB snapshot

Yes

You can store automated backups and manual snapshots for the restored DB instance in the parent AWS Region or locally on your Outpost.

Considerations for restoring DB instances on Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts

Restoring from a DB snapshot

Restoring a DB instance from Amazon S3

No

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Restoring a backup into a MySQL DB instance

Exporting snapshot data to Amazon S3

No

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Point-in-time recovery

Yes

You can store automated backups and manual snapshots for the restored DB instance in the parent AWS Region or locally on your Outpost, with one exception.

Considerations for restoring DB instances on Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts

Restoring a DB instance to a specified time

Enhanced monitoring

No

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Amazon CloudWatch monitoring

Yes

You can view the same set of metrics that are available for your databases in the AWS Region.

Publishing database engine logs to CloudWatch Logs

Yes

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Event notification

Yes

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Amazon RDS Performance Insights

No

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Viewing or downloading database logs

No

RDS on Outposts doesn't support viewing database logs using the console or describing database logs using the AWS CLI or RDS API.

RDS on Outposts doesn't support downloading database logs using the console or downloading database logs using the AWS CLI or RDS API.

Amazon RDS Proxy

No

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Stored procedures for Amazon RDS for MySQL

Yes

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Replication with external databases for RDS for MySQL

No

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Native backup and restore for Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server

Yes

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