Amazon Aurora data source
The Amazon Aurora data source lets you query and visualize data from your Amazon Aurora clusters in Grafana. The plugin supports both PostgreSQL-compatible and MySQL-compatible Aurora engines, and connects to your cluster using AWS IAM database authentication.
Note
The Amazon Aurora data source is currently in public preview. Grafana Labs offers limited support, and breaking changes might occur prior to the feature being made generally available.
Supported features
The Amazon Aurora data source supports the following features:
Requirements
To use the Amazon Aurora data source, you need:
- A Grafana Cloud Pro or Advanced plan or an activated Grafana Enterprise license on self-managed Grafana.
- Grafana 9.4.0 or later. Private data source connect requires Grafana 10.0 or later.
- An Amazon Aurora cluster with IAM database authentication enabled.
- A database user configured for IAM authentication. Refer to the AWS guide to connecting using IAM authentication and the AWS SDK for Go for the prerequisites Grafana needs to query your cluster.
- AWS credentials with the
rds-db:connectpermission. Refer to the example IAM permissions.
Get started
The following documents help you get started with the Amazon Aurora data source:
- Install the Amazon Aurora data source plugin
- Configure the Amazon Aurora data source
- Amazon Aurora query editor
- Template variables
- Alerting
- Troubleshooting
Additional features
After you configure the data source, you can:
- Use Explore to query data without building a dashboard.
- Add transformations to manipulate query results.
- Set up alert rules based on your Aurora queries.
Plugin updates
Always ensure that your plugin version is up-to-date so you have access to all current features and improvements. Navigate to Plugins and data > Plugins to check for updates. Grafana recommends upgrading to the latest Grafana version, and this applies to plugins as well.
Note
On Grafana Cloud, the Amazon Aurora plugin is managed by Grafana and updates automatically. On self-managed Grafana, you must update Enterprise plugins manually. Refer to Upgrade the plugin.
