Receive AWS RDS Backup Notifications

Correct Answers: A and C.

This is mentioned in the AWS Documentation.

Amazon RDS groups these events into categories that you can subscribe to get notified when an event in that category occurs.

You can subscribe to an event category for a DB instance, DB cluster, DB snapshot, DB cluster snapshot, DB security group, or DB parameter group.

For example, if you subscribe to the Backup category for a given DB instance, you will be notified whenever a backup-related event affects the DB instance.

If you subscribe to a Configuration Change category for a DB security group, you will be notified when the DB security group is changed.

You will also receive a notification when an event notification subscription changes.

Option B is incorrect because SQS is used as the messaging service.

You need to use SNS topics for notifications.

Option D is incorrect because you need to subscribe to AWS RDS events.

For more information on database events, please refer to the below URL-

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Events.html

To be notified whenever the backup occurs for the AWS RDS database, there are two possible ways to accomplish this:

1. Subscribe to AWS RDS Events service: AWS RDS Events is a service that enables you to monitor events that occur for your Amazon RDS instances. This includes automated backups, manual snapshots, DB instance shutdown/startup, DB instance modifications, and more. You can subscribe to this service and receive notifications via email or SMS when these events occur. To do this, you need to follow these steps:

• Sign in to the AWS Management Console.
• Navigate to the RDS console.
• Select the RDS instance you want to monitor.
• Click on "Events" in the left-hand navigation menu.
• Click on "Subscribe to RDS Event Notifications."
• Fill in the details for the notification, such as the SNS topic, email, or SMS information.

2. Create an SNS topic: Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a fully managed messaging service that enables you to send notifications from the cloud to your devices or applications. You can create an SNS topic and subscribe to it to receive notifications whenever a backup occurs for your RDS instance. To do this, you need to follow these steps:

• Sign in to the AWS Management Console.
• Navigate to the SNS console.
• Click on "Create Topic."
• Fill in the details for the topic, such as the name and display name.
• Click on "Create Topic."
• Click on the "Create Subscription" button.
• Choose the protocol for the subscription, such as email or SMS.
• Enter the details for the subscription, such as the email address or phone number.

Note: Option B and D are not relevant to this requirement. Creating an SQS queue for event messages is not a direct way to receive notifications when the backup occurs. Adding a Lambda trigger to the RDS database is not required to receive notifications for the backup.