Rds general purpose ssd remediation

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Using CLI

To remediate this misconfiguration for AWS RDS using AWS CLI, you can follow these steps:

List Existing RDS Instances: First, list all the existing RDS instances to identify the instance that is currently using IOPS SSDs. You can use the following AWS CLI command to list RDS instances:
```
aws rds describe-db-instances
```
Modify RDS Instance: Once you have identified the RDS instance that is using IOPS SSDs, you can modify the instance to change the storage type to General Purpose SSDs. Use the following AWS CLI command to modify the RDS instance:
```
aws rds modify-db-instance --db-instance-identifier <your-db-instance-identifier> --storage-type gp2
```
Replace <your-db-instance-identifier> with the actual identifier of the RDS instance you want to modify.
Monitor the Modification: After modifying the RDS instance, monitor the modification status to ensure that the storage type has been successfully changed to General Purpose SSDs. You can use the following AWS CLI command to describe the modified RDS instance:
```
aws rds describe-db-instances --db-instance-identifier <your-db-instance-identifier>
```
Verify the Storage Type: Finally, verify that the storage type of the RDS instance has been successfully changed to General Purpose SSDs by checking the instance details. You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI command mentioned in step 3 to verify the storage type.

By following these steps, you can successfully remediate the misconfiguration of using IOPS SSDs and switch to using General Purpose SSDs for your AWS RDS instance using AWS CLI.

Using Python

To remediate the misconfiguration of using IOPS SSDs instead of General Purpose SSDs for an AWS RDS instance using Python, you can follow these steps:

Import the necessary Python libraries:

import boto3

Initialize the AWS RDS client:

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

Describe the current RDS instance to check the storage type:

response = rds_client.describe_db_instances(DBInstanceIdentifier='your_db_instance_name')

Check the current storage type of the RDS instance:

storage_type = response['DBInstances'][0]['StorageType']

If the storage type is ‘io1’ (IOPS SSD), modify the RDS instance to use ‘gp2’ (General Purpose SSD) instead:

if storage_type == 'io1':
    rds_client.modify_db_instance(
        DBInstanceIdentifier='your_db_instance_name',
        StorageType='gp2',
        ApplyImmediately=True
    )

Confirm the modification is successful:

response = rds_client.describe_db_instances(DBInstanceIdentifier='your_db_instance_name')
new_storage_type = response['DBInstances'][0]['StorageType']
print(f"Storage type changed to: {new_storage_type}")

Run the Python script to remediate the misconfiguration.

By following these steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration of using IOPS SSDs instead of General Purpose SSDs for an AWS RDS instance using Python.

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