Amazon RDS · JSON Structure
Amazon Rds Instance Structure
Represents an Amazon RDS database instance with its associated configuration, state, endpoint, and metadata.
Type: object
Properties: 26
Required: 4
Cloud DatabasesDatabase ServiceDBaaSManaged DatabasesRelational Databases
Amazon RDS DB Instance is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon RDS, describing 26 properties, of which 4 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
Properties
dBInstanceIdentifier
dBInstanceClass
engine
engineVersion
dBInstanceStatus
masterUsername
dBName
endpoint
allocatedStorage
instanceCreateTime
preferredBackupWindow
backupRetentionPeriod
vpcSecurityGroups
availabilityZone
dBSubnetGroup
multiAZ
autoMinorVersionUpgrade
storageType
storageEncrypted
publiclyAccessible
cACertificateIdentifier
dBInstanceArn
tags
port
dBClusterIdentifier
licenseModel
Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#
JSON Structure
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-rds/refs/heads/main/json-structure/amazon-rds-instance-structure.json",
"description": "Represents an Amazon RDS database instance with its associated configuration, state, endpoint, and metadata.",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"dBInstanceIdentifier",
"dBInstanceClass",
"engine",
"dBInstanceStatus"
],
"properties": {
"dBInstanceIdentifier": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The user-supplied unique key that identifies the DB instance"
},
"dBInstanceClass": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the compute and memory capacity class of the DB instance (e.g., db.m5.large, db.r5.xlarge)"
},
"engine": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The database engine for this DB instance",
"enum": [
"mysql",
"postgres",
"mariadb",
"oracle-ee",
"oracle-se2",
"sqlserver-ee",
"sqlserver-se",
"sqlserver-ex",
"sqlserver-web",
"aurora-mysql",
"aurora-postgresql"
]
},
"engineVersion": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The version number of the database engine"
},
"dBInstanceStatus": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The current state of the DB instance",
"enum": [
"available",
"backing-up",
"creating",
"deleting",
"failed",
"inaccessible-encryption-credentials",
"incompatible-network",
"incompatible-option-group",
"incompatible-parameters",
"incompatible-restore",
"maintenance",
"modifying",
"moving-to-vpc",
"rebooting",
"renaming",
"resetting-master-credentials",
"restore-error",
"starting",
"stopped",
"stopping",
"storage-full",
"storage-optimization",
"upgrading"
]
},
"masterUsername": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The master username for the DB instance"
},
"dBName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the initial database created when the DB instance was created"
},
"endpoint": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Endpoint"
},
"allocatedStorage": {
"type": "int32",
"description": "The allocated storage size in gibibytes (GiB)",
"minimum": 20,
"maximum": 65536
},
"instanceCreateTime": {
"type": "datetime",
"description": "The date and time the DB instance was created"
},
"preferredBackupWindow": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The daily time range during which automated backups are created"
},
"backupRetentionPeriod": {
"type": "int32",
"description": "The number of days for which automatic DB snapshots are retained",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 35
},
"vpcSecurityGroups": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The VPC security groups associated with the DB instance",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/VpcSecurityGroupMembership"
}
},
"availabilityZone": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The Availability Zone where the DB instance is located"
},
"dBSubnetGroup": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DBSubnetGroup"
},
"multiAZ": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the DB instance is a Multi-AZ deployment"
},
"autoMinorVersionUpgrade": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether minor version patches are applied automatically"
},
"storageType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The storage type associated with the DB instance",
"enum": [
"gp2",
"gp3",
"io1",
"standard"
]
},
"storageEncrypted": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the DB instance is encrypted"
},
"publiclyAccessible": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the DB instance is publicly accessible"
},
"cACertificateIdentifier": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The identifier of the CA certificate for this DB instance"
},
"dBInstanceArn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the DB instance",
"pattern": "^arn:aws:rds:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:db:.+$"
},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Tags assigned to the DB instance",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Tag"
}
},
"port": {
"type": "int32",
"description": "The port that the DB instance listens on"
},
"dBClusterIdentifier": {
"type": "string",
"description": "If the DB instance is a member of a DB cluster, the cluster identifier"
},
"licenseModel": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The license model information for this DB instance"
}
},
"$defs": {
"Endpoint": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The connection endpoint for the DB instance",
"properties": {
"address": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The DNS address of the DB instance"
},
"port": {
"type": "int32",
"description": "The port that the DB instance listens on"
},
"hostedZoneId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of the hosted zone associated with the DB instance"
}
}
},
"DBSubnetGroup": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Information about the subnet group associated with the DB instance",
"properties": {
"dBSubnetGroupName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the DB subnet group"
},
"dBSubnetGroupDescription": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The description of the DB subnet group"
},
"vpcId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The VPC ID of the DB subnet group",
"pattern": "^vpc-[a-f0-9]{8,17}$"
},
"subnetGroupStatus": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The status of the DB subnet group"
},
"subnets": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The subnets that belong to the DB subnet group",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"subnetIdentifier": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The identifier of the subnet",
"pattern": "^subnet-[a-f0-9]{8,17}$"
},
"subnetAvailabilityZone": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the Availability Zone"
}
}
},
"subnetStatus": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The status of the subnet"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"VpcSecurityGroupMembership": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Describes a VPC security group membership",
"properties": {
"vpcSecurityGroupId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of the VPC security group",
"pattern": "^sg-[a-f0-9]{8,17}$"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The membership status of the VPC security group"
}
}
},
"Tag": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Describes a resource tag",
"properties": {
"key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The key of the tag",
"maxLength": 128
},
"value": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The value of the tag",
"maxLength": 256
}
},
"required": [
"key"
]
}
},
"name": "Amazon RDS DB Instance"
}