Amazon Relational Database Service

2022/01/11 - Amazon Relational Database Service - 1 updated api methods

Changes  This release adds the db-proxy event type to support subscribing to RDS Proxy events.

DescribeEvents (updated) Link ΒΆ
Changes (request, response)
Request
{'SourceType': {'db-proxy'}}
Response
{'Events': {'SourceType': {'db-proxy'}}}

Returns events related to DB instances, DB clusters, DB parameter groups, DB security groups, DB snapshots, DB cluster snapshots, and RDS Proxies for the past 14 days. Events specific to a particular DB instance, DB cluster, DB parameter group, DB security group, DB snapshot, DB cluster snapshot group, or RDS Proxy can be obtained by providing the name as a parameter.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.describe_events(
    SourceIdentifier='string',
    SourceType='db-instance'|'db-parameter-group'|'db-security-group'|'db-snapshot'|'db-cluster'|'db-cluster-snapshot'|'custom-engine-version'|'db-proxy',
    StartTime=datetime(2015, 1, 1),
    EndTime=datetime(2015, 1, 1),
    Duration=123,
    EventCategories=[
        'string',
    ],
    Filters=[
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Values': [
                'string',
            ]
        },
    ],
    MaxRecords=123,
    Marker='string'
)
type SourceIdentifier:

string

param SourceIdentifier:

The identifier of the event source for which events are returned. If not specified, then all sources are included in the response.

Constraints:

  • If SourceIdentifier is supplied, SourceType must also be provided.

  • If the source type is a DB instance, a DBInstanceIdentifier value must be supplied.

  • If the source type is a DB cluster, a DBClusterIdentifier value must be supplied.

  • If the source type is a DB parameter group, a DBParameterGroupName value must be supplied.

  • If the source type is a DB security group, a DBSecurityGroupName value must be supplied.

  • If the source type is a DB snapshot, a DBSnapshotIdentifier value must be supplied.

  • If the source type is a DB cluster snapshot, a DBClusterSnapshotIdentifier value must be supplied.

  • If the source type is an RDS Proxy, a DBProxyName value must be supplied.

  • Can't end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.

type SourceType:

string

param SourceType:

The event source to retrieve events for. If no value is specified, all events are returned.

type StartTime:

datetime

param StartTime:

The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the ISO8601 Wikipedia page.

Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z

type EndTime:

datetime

param EndTime:

The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the ISO8601 Wikipedia page.

Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z

type Duration:

integer

param Duration:

The number of minutes to retrieve events for.

Default: 60

type EventCategories:

list

param EventCategories:

A list of event categories that trigger notifications for a event notification subscription.

  • (string) --

type Filters:

list

param Filters:

This parameter isn't currently supported.

  • (dict) --

    A filter name and value pair that is used to return a more specific list of results from a describe operation. Filters can be used to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as IDs. The filters supported by a describe operation are documented with the describe operation.

    The following actions can be filtered:

    • DescribeDBClusterBacktracks

    • DescribeDBClusterEndpoints

    • DescribeDBClusters

    • DescribeDBInstances

    • DescribePendingMaintenanceActions

    • Name (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.

    • Values (list) -- [REQUIRED]

      One or more filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive.

      • (string) --

type MaxRecords:

integer

param MaxRecords:

The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified MaxRecords value, a pagination token called a marker is included in the response so that you can retrieve the remaining results.

Default: 100

Constraints: Minimum 20, maximum 100.

type Marker:

string

param Marker:

An optional pagination token provided by a previous DescribeEvents request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by MaxRecords.

rtype:

dict

returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Marker': 'string',
    'Events': [
        {
            'SourceIdentifier': 'string',
            'SourceType': 'db-instance'|'db-parameter-group'|'db-security-group'|'db-snapshot'|'db-cluster'|'db-cluster-snapshot'|'custom-engine-version'|'db-proxy',
            'Message': 'string',
            'EventCategories': [
                'string',
            ],
            'Date': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'SourceArn': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    Contains the result of a successful invocation of the DescribeEvents action.

    • Marker (string) --

      An optional pagination token provided by a previous Events request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by MaxRecords .

    • Events (list) --

      A list of Event instances.

      • (dict) --

        This data type is used as a response element in the DescribeEvents action.

        • SourceIdentifier (string) --

          Provides the identifier for the source of the event.

        • SourceType (string) --

          Specifies the source type for this event.

        • Message (string) --

          Provides the text of this event.

        • EventCategories (list) --

          Specifies the category for the event.

          • (string) --

        • Date (datetime) --

          Specifies the date and time of the event.

        • SourceArn (string) --

          The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the event.