not able to generate Rds Iam Auth Token using aws cpp sdk

[lewiswilliam]

Hi

We need to generate an aws rds iam auth token using the c++ sdk.

Java sdk equivalent is here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Connecting.Java.html#UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Connecting.Java.AuthToken

Is there a way to do the above using the C++ SDK?

The following code just results in printing the connection string (replace parameters with actual values):

Aws::RDS::RDSClient* p = new  Aws::RDS::RDSClient();
std::cout << p->GenerateConnectAuthToken("host", "region", 3306, "user");

Not sure if these are related:
#868
#864

Any help will be appreciated.

[jmklix]

This is only supposed to generate an auth token. What format are you seeing the connection string printed as?

As seen in the CLI docs its supposed to look something like this:

mydb.123456789012.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/?Action=connect&DBUser=db_user&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIEXAMPLE%2Fus-east-1%2Frds-db%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210123T011543Z&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=88987EXAMPLE1EXAMPLE2EXAMPLE3EXAMPLE4EXAMPLE5EXAMPLE6

[jmklix]

Going to mark this as answered. Please let me know if you are still having problems trying to generate RDS IAM auth tokens

[lewiswilliam]

Thanks @jmklix - that was indeed the token :)

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