1. Login to AWS Console: Go to the AWS Management Console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ and login with your credentials.
2. Navigate to RDS Service: Click on the “Services” dropdown in the top left corner and select “RDS” under the Database category.
3. Select the RDS Instance: From the list of RDS instances, select the source database instance that is being used for the DMS Replication Task.
4. Enable Enhanced Monitoring: In the RDS dashboard for the selected instance, navigate to the “Configuration” tab and click on the “Modify” button.
5. Enable Enhanced Monitoring: Scroll down to the “Monitoring” section and enable “Enhanced monitoring” if it is not already enabled. This will allow detailed monitoring of the RDS instance, including logging information.
6. Save Changes: After enabling enhanced monitoring, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Continue” button.
7. Apply Changes: Review the changes you are about to make and click on the “Modify DB Instance” button to apply the changes.
8. Verify Logging: Once the modifications are applied, go back to the RDS dashboard for the instance and check the monitoring and logging options to ensure that logging is enabled.

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1. Enable Logging for the RDS Instance:
   • Use the AWS CLI command modify-db-instance to enable logging for the RDS instance. You need to specify the --db-instance-identifier for your RDS instance and set the --cloudwatch-logs-export-configuration parameter to enable CloudWatch Logs export for the instance.
   • Example Command:
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     aws rds modify-db-instance --db-instance-identifier your-db-instance-name --cloudwatch-logs-export-configuration '{"EnableLogTypes":["error","general","slowquery"],"ExportConfiguration":{"EnableLogTypes":["error","general","slowquery"]}}'
     

2. Verify Logging Configuration:
   • Use the AWS CLI command describe-db-instances to verify that the logging configuration has been successfully updated for the RDS instance.
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     aws rds describe-db-instances --db-instance-identifier your-db-instance-name
     

3. Restart the RDS Instance (If Required):
   • In some cases, you may need to restart the RDS instance for the changes to take effect. Use the AWS CLI command reboot-db-instance to restart the RDS instance.
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     aws rds reboot-db-instance --db-instance-identifier your-db-instance-name
     

4. Monitor the CloudWatch Logs:
   • After enabling logging for the RDS instance, monitor the CloudWatch Logs to ensure that the logs are being generated and exported properly.

1. Import the necessary Python libraries:

import boto3

2. Initialize the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) and specify the region where your RDS instance is located:

client = boto3.client('rds', region_name='your_region')

3. Get the current DB instance attributes to check if logging is enabled:

response = client.describe_db_instances(DBInstanceIdentifier='your_db_instance_id')
log_exports = response['DBInstances'][0]['EnabledCloudwatchLogsExports']

4. Check if the CloudWatch logs export is already enabled for the RDS instance:

if 'error' in log_exports:
    print("CloudWatch logs export is not enabled for the DB instance.")
else:
    print("CloudWatch logs export is already enabled for the DB instance.")
    # You can skip the next steps if the logs are already enabled

5. Enable CloudWatch logs export for the RDS instance if it is not already enabled:

if 'error' in log_exports:
    response = client.modify_db_instance(
        DBInstanceIdentifier='your_db_instance_id',
        EnableCloudwatchLogsExports=['error', 'general', 'slowquery']
    )
    print("CloudWatch logs export has been enabled for the DB instance.")

6. Verify that the CloudWatch logs export has been successfully enabled:

response = client.describe_db_instances(DBInstanceIdentifier='your_db_instance_id')
log_exports = response['DBInstances'][0]['EnabledCloudwatchLogsExports']
if 'error' in log_exports:
    print("Failed to enable CloudWatch logs export for the DB instance.")
else:
    print("CloudWatch logs export has been successfully enabled for the DB instance.")