aws-cdk.aws-docdb 1.138.1

The CDK Construct Library for AWS::DocDB

Amazon DocumentDB Construct Library

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Starting a Clustered Database

To set up a clustered DocumentDB database, define a DatabaseCluster. You must always launch a database in a VPC. Use the vpcSubnets attribute to control whether your instances will be launched privately or publicly:

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
cluster = DatabaseCluster(self, "Database",
    master_user={
        "username": "myuser",  # NOTE: 'admin' is reserved by DocumentDB
        "exclude_characters": "\"@/:",  # optional, defaults to the set "\"@/" and is also used for eventually created rotations
        "secret_name": "/myapp/mydocdb/masteruser"
    },
    instance_type=ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.R5, ec2.InstanceSize.LARGE),
    vpc_subnets={
        "subnet_type": ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC
    },
    vpc=vpc
)

By default, the master password will be generated and stored in AWS Secrets Manager with auto-generated description.

Your cluster will be empty by default.

Connecting

To control who can access the cluster, use the .connections attribute. DocumentDB databases have a default port, so you don't need to specify the port:

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
cluster.connections.allow_default_port_from_any_ipv4("Open to the world")

The endpoints to access your database cluster will be available as the .clusterEndpoint and .clusterReadEndpoint attributes:

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
write_address = cluster.cluster_endpoint.socket_address

If you have existing security groups you would like to add to the cluster, use the addSecurityGroups method. Security groups added in this way will not be managed by the Connections object of the cluster.

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
security_group = ec2.SecurityGroup(stack, "SecurityGroup",
    vpc=vpc
)
cluster.add_security_groups(security_group)

Deletion protection

Deletion protection can be enabled on an Amazon DocumentDB cluster to prevent accidental deletion of the cluster:

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
cluster = DatabaseCluster(self, "Database",
    master_user={
        "username": "myuser"
    },
    instance_type=ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.R5, ec2.InstanceSize.LARGE),
    vpc_subnets={
        "subnet_type": ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC
    },
    vpc=vpc,
    deletion_protection=True
)

Rotating credentials

When the master password is generated and stored in AWS Secrets Manager, it can be rotated automatically:

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
cluster.add_rotation_single_user()

cluster = docdb.DatabaseCluster(stack, "Database",
    master_user=docdb.Login(
        username="docdb"
    ),
    instance_type=ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.R5, ec2.InstanceSize.LARGE),
    vpc=vpc,
    removal_policy=cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY
)

cluster.add_rotation_single_user()

The multi user rotation scheme is also available:

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
cluster.add_rotation_multi_user("MyUser",
    secret=my_imported_secret
)

It's also possible to create user credentials together with the cluster and add rotation:

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
my_user_secret = docdb.DatabaseSecret(self, "MyUserSecret",
    username="myuser",
    master_secret=cluster.secret
)
my_user_secret_attached = my_user_secret.attach(cluster) # Adds DB connections information in the secret

cluster.add_rotation_multi_user("MyUser",  # Add rotation using the multi user scheme
    secret=my_user_secret_attached)

Note: This user must be created manually in the database using the master credentials. The rotation will start as soon as this user exists.

See also @aws-cdk/aws-secretsmanager for credentials rotation of existing clusters.

Audit and profiler Logs

Sending audit or profiler needs to be configured in two places:

1. Check / create the needed options in your ParameterGroup for audit and profiler logs.
2. Enable the corresponding option(s) when creating the DatabaseCluster:

# Example automatically generated from non-compiling source. May contain errors.
cluster = DatabaseCluster(self, "Database", ...,
    export_profiler_logs_to_cloud_watch=True,  # Enable sending profiler logs
    export_audit_logs_to_cloud_watch=True,  # Enable sending audit logs
    cloud_watch_logs_retention=logs.RetentionDays.THREE_MONTHS,  # Optional - default is to never expire logs
    cloud_watch_logs_retention_role=my_logs_publishing_role
)