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.

Note

By default, RDS returns events that were generated in the past hour.

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.

    Note

    Currently, wildcards are not supported in filters.

    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.