I am working on AWS IoT first time. I have found that AWS IoT has the functionality to send data to AWS DynamoDB or AWS Lambda. Is there any way to send these data from AWS IoT device to MySql or any other relational database system? If possible, how can I do it? Thanks in advance.
Not directly, as there is no AWS IoT Action for RDS or relational databases, but your Lambda action can capture the event and save to the database.
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I need proper explanation and steps to connect to an RDS database from my AWS Elastic BeanStalk Project. I have already created a RDS instance on AWS and successfully connected to it from MYSQL Workbench. After that, I have also connected it to my Elastic BeanStalk project. But still my java based website project cannot fetch data from it. Why ????
This use case is documented here:
https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/master/javav2/usecases/Creating_rds_item_tracker
This tutorial steps you through creating a Java Spring app that is deployed to AWS Elastic Beanstalk and queries data from an RDS instance.
Please check if you can access your RDS instance from your elastic beanstalk environment when you set the RDS instance to public. If you can you have not configured your security groups to allow connections from your EB environments towards your rds instance.
Note: don't forget to set it to private again after you're done with testing.
I am new to AWS/Database.
Since i am completely beginner to this, any suggestions will be appreciated.
Currently in the project it has been planned like data from AWS database will be pushed using SNS HTTP fanout to external MySql Database.
NOTE :
1.The data will be pushed by the Client using AWS SNS
2. We have no access to the AWS account nor we are planning to have a AWS account.
3. External MySql database is a private database running on Linux Server
I have gone through the Official documentation of AWS SNS, and also some websites. This is all i found :
Use external applications like Zapier to map the data.
Develop some application to map the data.
Is it like using a Servlet application in the receiver side to update the table, or is there any other methods?
AWS DB -----> SNS -----> _________ -----> External MySql DB
Thanks
If you cannot have an AWS Account, you can have your own web server consume the SNS Messages. SNS can deliver messages to an HTTP/HTTPS endpoint in a predefined structure. Read more details here. You can enable such an endpoint on your own server and share your server URL with the AWS Account owner. They can create a subscription from their SNS topic to your endpoint.
For setting up this endpoint, there are many options. ExpressJS is one such popular framework to quickly implement HTTP APIs.
Probably, option two would be more suited, or at least first to be considered. For that option you would have have to develop a lambda function which would receive data from SNS, re-format if needed and upload it to MySQL. So your architecture would look like:
Data--->SNS--->Lambda function---> MySQL
Depending on the amount of incoming data to the SNS, you may add SQS queue as well to the mix, to buffer the records and enable fun-out architecture. For example:
/---> SQS queue 1---> Lambda function 1---> MySQL
Data -->SNS --/
\
\--- SQS queue 2 ---> Lambda function 2, EC2 instance, Container ---> Other destination
Other solutions are possible. But I would first consider the above, before looking into other ways.
I am new to flutter I want to work with AWS Rds as a backend with my flutter I searched in google but I only found is Aws Amplify Concept, So can I do with Aws Rds as a MySQL database
Yes you can connect AWS RDS with aurora SQL and use Lambda functions to internally interact with AWS RDS and return result to you flutter app.
I am trying to build up a CloudFormation template to automate the migration process from on-premises to AWS Cloud. I have created all the required resources in Database Migration Service (DMS) including the Replication Instance, Endpoints and Tasks through CloudFormation itself.
Now, in order to go further, I need to test the Endpoints from the Replication Instance. This should be done in an automated way. Is it possible to achieve this task in a CloudFormation template?
The Database Migration Service (DMS) exposes a service API called TestConnection. You can use the TestConnection API to validate connectivity to the endpoints that you've configured.
In order for the endpoint connectivity testing to succeed however, the DMS Replication Instance must be fully operational, according to the service documentation.
However, you can only test connectivity after the replication instance has been created, because the replication instance is used in the connection.
You could call the DMS TestConnection API from an AWS Lambda function. AWS Lambda has the AWS SDK built-in, so you can simply embed your Lambda code directly into the CloudFormation template. You don't need to worry about building a ZIP archive that includes the AWS SDK, unless you want to add other dependencies to your Lambda function.
Database Migration Service | API Reference | TestConnection
Boto3 | AWS Python SDK | Database Migration Service | test_connection() method
my company has a messaging system which sends real-time messages in JSON format, and it's not built on AWS, and will not have any VPN connection with AWS.
our team is trying to use AWS SQS to receive these messages, which will then have DynamoDB process JSON messages to TSV, then load into RDS.
however, as per the FAQ, SQS can only receive message from within AWS.
https://aws.amazon.com/sqs/faqs/
Q: Who can perform operations on a message queue?
Only an AWS account owner (or an AWS account that the account owner has delegated rights to can perform operations on an Amazon SQS message queue.
In order to use SQS, one way I can think of is to create a public-facing EC2 instance, which receives messages and passes over to SQS.
My questions here are:
is my idea correct?
if it's correct, can you share any details on how to build any applications on this EC2 instance to achieve the functionality (I have no experience on application development, your insights are really appreciated!)
is there any easier/better options in AWS that can achieve the goal to receive message in my use case?
is my idea correct?
No, it isn't.
You're misinterpreting the (admittedly somewhat unclear) information in the FAQ.
SQS is accessible and usable from anywhere on the Internet. Its only exposed interface is HTTP(S). In fact, from inside EC2, SQS is not accessible unless the EC2 instance actually has outbound access to the Internet.
The point being made in the documentation is not that you need to be "inside" AWS to use queues, but rather that you need to be in possession of an authorized set of AWS credentials in order to work with queues.¹
If you have an AWS account, you have credentials, and you can use SQS. There is no requirement that you access the queue from "inside" AWS.
Choose the endpoint closest to your servers (for lowest latency) and you should find it open and accessible, from anywhere.
¹Queues can be configured to allow anonymous acccess after they are created. (Don't do it, I'm just saying it is possible.) This section of the FAQ seems to be referring to a subset of operations, such as creating queues.
I was not able to write to SQS from an external service. I found some partial explanations but got stuck at the role creation.
The alternative I found is using AWS services Lambda + API Gateway to write to SQS.
This tutorial was extremely helpful, explaining all the steps in great details:
https://startupnextdoor.com/adding-to-sqs-queue-using-aws-lambda-and-a-serverless-api-endpoint/
You can access sqs from anywhere once you have proper permission through accesskey&secret key or IAM role.
SQS is not specific to vpc
It is clear that you try to do this :
Take message from your company messaging system, send it to SQS.
It is not wrong using your method (using EC2 as a bridge). However, you don't need EC2 to connect to SQS.
All AWS services can be access using AWS API(e.g. Python boto3, etc) from internet, as long as you provide the correct credential. So you can put your "middleware" in anywhere as long as you are able establish connection to the said services.
So there is lots of more options available to you. e.g. trigger from your messaging system; use AWS Lambda, etc.
Thanks for sharing the information and your insights with me!
I have tested below solution, which works for my use case:
created an endpoint in AWS API Gateway, which is able to receive messages from company messaging system, a system that does not carry AWS credentials
created a Lambda function triggered by API Gateway, so once a message arrives, Lambda will digest the JSON message and convert it to TSV, and then load into RDS