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This component is responsible for provisioning Aurora MySQL RDS clusters. It seeds relevant database information (hostnames, username, password, etc.) into AWS SSM Parameter Store.

Usage

Stack Level: Regional

Here's an example for how to use this component.

stacks/catalog/aurora-mysql/defaults.yaml file (base component for all Aurora MySQL clusters with default settings):

components:
  terraform:
    aurora-mysql/defaults:
      metadata:
        type: abstract
      vars:
        enabled: false
        name: rds
        mysql_deletion_protection: false
        mysql_storage_encrypted: true
        aurora_mysql_engine: "aurora-mysql"
        allowed_cidr_blocks:
          # all automation
          - 10.128.0.0/22
          # all corp
          - 10.128.16.0/22
        eks_component_names:
          - eks/eks
        # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraMySQLReleaseNotes/AuroraMySQL.Updates.3020.html
        # aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine aurora-mysql --query 'DBEngineVersions[].EngineVersion'
        aurora_mysql_engine_version: "8.0.mysql_aurora.3.02.0"
        # engine and cluster family are notoriously hard to find.
        # If you know the engine version (example here is "8.0.mysql_aurora.3.02.0"), use Engine and DBParameterGroupFamily from:
        #    aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine aurora-mysql --query "DBEngineVersions[]" | \
        #    jq '.[] | select(.EngineVersion == "8.0.mysql_aurora.3.02.0") |
        #       { Engine: .Engine, EngineVersion: .EngineVersion, DBParameterGroupFamily: .DBParameterGroupFamily }'
        #
        #    Returns:
        #    {
        #       "Engine": "aurora-mysql",
        #       "EngineVersion": "8.0.mysql_aurora.3.02.0",
        #       "DBParameterGroupFamily": "aurora-mysql8.0"
        #     }
        aurora_mysql_cluster_family: "aurora-mysql8.0"
        mysql_name: shared
        # 1 writer, 1 reader
        mysql_cluster_size: 2
        mysql_admin_user: "" # generate random username
        mysql_admin_password: "" # generate random password
        mysql_db_name: "" # generate random db name
        # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/Concepts.DBInstanceClass.html
        mysql_instance_type: "db.t3.medium"
        mysql_skip_final_snapshot: false

Example configuration for a dev cluster. Import this file into the primary region. stacks/catalog/aurora-mysql/dev.yaml file (override the default settings for the cluster in the dev account):

import:
  - catalog/aurora-mysql/defaults

components:
  terraform:
    aurora-mysql/dev:
      metadata:
        component: aurora-mysql
        inherits:
          - aurora-mysql/defaults
      vars:
        instance_type: db.r5.large
        mysql_cluster_size: 1
        mysql_name: main
        mysql_db_name: main

Example deployment with primary cluster deployed to us-east-1 in a platform-dev account: atmos terraform apply aurora-mysql/dev -s platform-use1-dev

Disaster Recovery with Cross-Region Replication

This component is designed to support cross-region replication with continuous replication. If enabled and deployed, a secondary cluster will be deployed in a different region than the primary cluster. This approach is highly aggressive and costly, but in a disaster scenario where the primary cluster fails, the secondary cluster can be promoted to take its place. Follow these steps to handle a Disaster Recovery.

Usage

To deploy a secondary cluster for cross-region replication, add the following catalog entries to an alternative region:

Default settings for a secondary, replica cluster. For this example, this file is saved as stacks/catalog/aurora-mysql/replica/defaults.yaml

import:
  - catalog/aurora-mysql/defaults

components:
  terraform:
    aurora-mysql/replica/defaults:
      metadata:
        component: aurora-mysql
        inherits:
          - aurora-mysql/defaults
      vars:
        eks_component_names: []
        allowed_cidr_blocks:
          # all automation in primary region (where Spacelift is deployed)
          - 10.128.0.0/22
          # all corp in the same region as this cluster
          - 10.132.16.0/22
        mysql_instance_type: "db.t3.medium"
        mysql_name: "replica"
        primary_cluster_region: use1
        is_read_replica: true
        is_promoted_read_replica: false # False by default, added for visibility

Environment specific settings for dev as an example:

import:
  - catalog/aurora-mysql/replica/defaults

components:
  terraform:
    aurora-mysql/dev:
      metadata:
        component: aurora-mysql
        inherits:
          - aurora-mysql/defaults
          - aurora-mysql/replica/defaults
      vars:
        enabled: true
        primary_cluster_component: aurora-mysql/dev

Promoting the Read Replica

Promoting an existing RDS Replicate cluster to a fully standalone cluster is not currently supported by Terraform: hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws#6749

Instead, promote the Replicate cluster with the AWS CLI command: aws rds promote-read-replica-db-cluster --db-cluster-identifier <identifier>

After promoting the replica, update the stack configuration to prevent future Terrafrom runs from re-enabling replication. In this example, modify stacks/catalog/aurora-mysql/replica/defaults.yaml

is_promoted_read_replica: true

Reploying the component should show no changes. For example, atmos terraform apply aurora-mysql/dev -s platform-use2-dev

Requirements

Name Version
terraform >= 1.0.0
aws >= 4.0
random >= 2.2

Providers

Name Version
aws >= 4.0
random >= 2.2

Modules

Name Source Version
aurora_mysql cloudposse/rds-cluster/aws 1.3.1
cluster cloudposse/label/null 0.25.0
dns-delegated cloudposse/stack-config/yaml//modules/remote-state 1.5.0
eks cloudposse/stack-config/yaml//modules/remote-state 1.5.0
iam_roles ../account-map/modules/iam-roles n/a
kms_key_rds cloudposse/kms-key/aws 0.12.1
parameter_store_write cloudposse/ssm-parameter-store/aws 0.11.0
primary_cluster cloudposse/stack-config/yaml//modules/remote-state 1.5.0
this cloudposse/label/null 0.25.0
vpc cloudposse/stack-config/yaml//modules/remote-state 1.5.0
vpc_ingress cloudposse/stack-config/yaml//modules/remote-state 1.5.0

Resources

Name Type
random_password.mysql_admin_password resource
random_pet.mysql_admin_user resource
random_pet.mysql_db_name resource
aws_caller_identity.current data source
aws_iam_policy_document.kms_key_rds data source
aws_partition.current data source
aws_ssm_parameter.password data source

Inputs

Name Description Type Default Required
additional_tag_map Additional key-value pairs to add to each map in tags_as_list_of_maps. Not added to tags or id.
This is for some rare cases where resources want additional configuration of tags
and therefore take a list of maps with tag key, value, and additional configuration.
map(string) {} no
allow_ingress_from_vpc_accounts List of account contexts to pull VPC ingress CIDR and add to cluster security group.

e.g.
{
environment = "ue2",
stage = "auto",
tenant = "core"
}

Defaults to the "vpc" component in the given account
list(object({
vpc = optional(string, "vpc")
environment = optional(string)
stage = optional(string)
tenant = optional(string)
}))
[] no
allowed_cidr_blocks List of CIDR blocks to be allowed to connect to the RDS cluster list(string) [] no
attributes ID element. Additional attributes (e.g. workers or cluster) to add to id,
in the order they appear in the list. New attributes are appended to the
end of the list. The elements of the list are joined by the delimiter
and treated as a single ID element.
list(string) [] no
aurora_mysql_cluster_family DBParameterGroupFamily (e.g. aurora5.6, aurora-mysql5.7 for Aurora MySQL databases). See https://stackoverflow.com/a/55819394 for help finding the right one to use. string n/a yes
aurora_mysql_cluster_parameters List of DB cluster parameters to apply
list(object({
apply_method = string
name = string
value = string
}))
[] no
aurora_mysql_engine Engine for Aurora database: aurora for MySQL 5.6, aurora-mysql for MySQL 5.7 string n/a yes
aurora_mysql_engine_version Engine Version for Aurora database. string "" no
aurora_mysql_instance_parameters List of DB instance parameters to apply
list(object({
apply_method = string
name = string
value = string
}))
[] no
auto_minor_version_upgrade Automatically update the cluster when a new minor version is released bool false no
context Single object for setting entire context at once.
See description of individual variables for details.
Leave string and numeric variables as null to use default value.
Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object,
except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged.
any
{
"additional_tag_map": {},
"attributes": [],
"delimiter": null,
"descriptor_formats": {},
"enabled": true,
"environment": null,
"id_length_limit": null,
"label_key_case": null,
"label_order": [],
"label_value_case": null,
"labels_as_tags": [
"unset"
],
"name": null,
"namespace": null,
"regex_replace_chars": null,
"stage": null,
"tags": {},
"tenant": null
}
no
delimiter Delimiter to be used between ID elements.
Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to "" to use no delimiter at all.
string null no
descriptor_formats Describe additional descriptors to be output in the descriptors output map.
Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form
{<br/> format = string<br/> labels = list(string)<br/>}
(Type is any so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.)
format is a Terraform format string to be passed to the format() function.
labels is a list of labels, in order, to pass to format() function.
Label values will be normalized before being passed to format() so they will be
identical to how they appear in id.
Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty).
any {} no
eks_component_names The names of the eks components set(string)
[
"eks/cluster"
]
no
enabled Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources bool null no
environment ID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT' string null no
id_length_limit Limit id to this many characters (minimum 6).
Set to 0 for unlimited length.
Set to null for keep the existing setting, which defaults to 0.
Does not affect id_full.
number null no
is_promoted_read_replica If true, do not assign a Replication Source to the Cluster. Set to true after manually promoting the cluster from a replica to a standalone cluster. bool false no
is_read_replica If true, create this DB cluster as a Read Replica. bool false no
label_key_case Controls the letter case of the tags keys (label names) for tags generated by this module.
Does not affect keys of tags passed in via the tags input.
Possible values: lower, title, upper.
Default value: title.
string null no
label_order The order in which the labels (ID elements) appear in the id.
Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"].
You can omit any of the 6 labels ("tenant" is the 6th), but at least one must be present.
list(string) null no
label_value_case Controls the letter case of ID elements (labels) as included in id,
set as tag values, and output by this module individually.
Does not affect values of tags passed in via the tags input.
Possible values: lower, title, upper and none (no transformation).
Set this to title and set delimiter to "" to yield Pascal Case IDs.
Default value: lower.
string null no
labels_as_tags Set of labels (ID elements) to include as tags in the tags output.
Default is to include all labels.
Tags with empty values will not be included in the tags output.
Set to [] to suppress all generated tags.
Notes:
The value of the name tag, if included, will be the id, not the name.
Unlike other null-label inputs, the initial setting of labels_as_tags cannot be
changed in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored.
set(string)
[
"default"
]
no
mysql_admin_password MySQL password for the admin user string "" no
mysql_admin_user MySQL admin user name string "" no
mysql_backup_retention_period Number of days for which to retain backups number 3 no
mysql_backup_window Daily time range during which the backups happen string "07:00-09:00" no
mysql_cluster_size MySQL cluster size string 2 no
mysql_db_name Database name (default is not to create a database string "" no
mysql_deletion_protection Set to true to protect the database from deletion string true no
mysql_enabled_cloudwatch_logs_exports List of log types to export to cloudwatch. The following log types are supported: audit, error, general, slowquery list(string)
[
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
]
no
mysql_instance_type EC2 instance type for RDS MySQL cluster string "db.t3.medium" no
mysql_maintenance_window Weekly time range during which system maintenance can occur, in UTC string "sat:10:00-sat:10:30" no
mysql_name MySQL solution name (part of cluster identifier) string "" no
mysql_skip_final_snapshot Determines whether a final DB snapshot is created before the DB cluster is deleted string false no
mysql_storage_encrypted Set to true to keep the database contents encrypted string true no
name ID element. Usually the component or solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'.
This is the only ID element not also included as a tag.
The "name" tag is set to the full id string. There is no tag with the value of the name input.
string null no
namespace ID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally unique string null no
performance_insights_enabled Set true to enable Performance Insights bool false no
primary_cluster_component If this cluster is a read replica and no replication source is explicitly given, the component name for the primary cluster string "aurora-mysql" no
primary_cluster_region If this cluster is a read replica and no replication source is explicitly given, the region to look for a matching cluster string "" no
publicly_accessible Set to true to create the cluster in a public subnet bool false no
regex_replace_chars Terraform regular expression (regex) string.
Characters matching the regex will be removed from the ID elements.
If not set, "/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/" is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits.
string null no
region AWS Region string n/a yes
replication_source_identifier ARN of a source DB cluster or DB instance if this DB cluster is to be created as a Read Replica.
If this value is empty and replication is enabled, remote state will attempt to find
a matching cluster in the Primary DB Cluster's region
string "" no
ssm_password_source If var.ssm_passwords_enabled is true, DB user passwords will be retrieved from SSM using
var.ssm_password_source and the database username. If this value is not set,
a default path will be created using the SSM path prefix and ID of the associated Aurora Cluster.
string "" no
ssm_path_prefix SSM path prefix string "rds" no
stage ID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release' string null no
tags Additional tags (e.g. {'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}).
Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module.
map(string) {} no
tenant ID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for string null no
vpc_component_name The name of the VPC component string "vpc" no

Outputs

Name Description
aurora_mysql_cluster_arn The ARN of Aurora cluster
aurora_mysql_cluster_id The ID of Aurora cluster
aurora_mysql_cluster_name Aurora MySQL cluster identifier
aurora_mysql_endpoint Aurora MySQL endpoint
aurora_mysql_master_hostname Aurora MySQL DB master hostname
aurora_mysql_master_password Location of admin password in SSM
aurora_mysql_master_password_ssm_key SSM key for admin password
aurora_mysql_master_username Aurora MySQL username for the master DB user
aurora_mysql_reader_endpoint Aurora MySQL reader endpoint
aurora_mysql_replicas_hostname Aurora MySQL replicas hostname
cluster_domain Cluster DNS name
kms_key_arn KMS key ARN for Aurora MySQL

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