NAME VM::EC2::REST::relational_database_service

SYNOPSIS

use VM::EC2 ':rds';

METHODS

These methods give access and control over the AWS Relational Database Service. RDS provides easy access to creating and managing an Oracle or MySQL database in the AWS cloud.

Implemented: AddSourceIdentifierToSubscription AddTagsToResource AuthorizeDBSecurityGroupIngress CopyDBSnapshot CreateDBInstance CreateDBInstanceReadReplica CreateDBParameterGroup CreateDBSecurityGroup CreateDBSnapshot CreateDBSubnetGroup CreateEventSubscription CreateOptionGroup DescribeDBEngineVersions DescribeDBInstances DescribeDBParameterGroups DescribeDBParameters DescribeDBSecurityGroups DescribeDBSnapshots DescribeDBSubnetGroups DescribeEngineDefaultParameters DescribeEventCategories DescribeEventSubscriptions DescribeEvents DescribeOptionGroupOptions DescribeOptionGroups DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions DescribeReservedDBInstances DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings DownloadDBLogFilePortion ListTagsForResource ModifyDBInstance ModifyDBParameterGroup ModifyDBSubnetGroup ModifyEventSubscription ModifyOptionGroup PromoteReadReplica PurchaseReservedDBInstancesOffering RebootDBInstance RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription RemoveTagsFromResource ResetDBParameterGroup RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime RevokeDBSecurityGroupIngress

Unimplemented: (none)

SEE ALSO

VM::EC2

$ec2->add_source_identifier_to_subscription(%args)

Adds a source identifier to an existing RDS event notification subscription.

Required arguments:

-source_identifier                    The identifier of the event source to be added.

-subscription_name                    The name of the RDS event notification subscription you want
                                      to add a source identifier to.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Event::Subscription object.

$ec2->add_tags_to_resource(-resource_name => $name, -tags => \@tags)

Adds metadata tags to an Amazon RDS resource. These tags can also be used with cost allocation reporting to track costs associated with Amazon RDS resources, or used in a Condition statement in an IAM policy for Amazon RDS.

Required arguments:

-resource_name     The Amazon RDS resource the tags will be removed from.  This value is an Amazon
                   Resource Name (ARN).  For information about creating an ARN, see Constructing
                   an RDS Amazon Resource Name (ARN) at:
                   http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Tagging.html#USER_Tagging.ARN

-tags              hashref or arrayref of hashrefs containing tag Key/Value pairs

This method does not return a value but will raise an error if unsuccessful.

$sg = $ec2->authorize_db_security_group_ingress(%args)

Enables ingress to a DBSecurityGroup using one of two forms of authorization. First, EC2 or VPC security groups can be added to the DBSecurityGroup if the application using the database is running on EC2 or VPC instances. Second, IP ranges are available if the application accessing your database is running on the Internet.

Required arguments:

-db_security_group_name               The name of the DB Security Group to add authorization to.

Optional arguments:

-cidrip                               The IP range to authorize.

-ec2_security_group_id                ID of the EC2 Security Group to authorize.  For VPC DB 
                                      security groups, EC2SecurityGroupId must be provided.

-ec2_security_group_name              Name of the EC2 Security Group to authorize.

-ec2_security_group_owner_id          AWS Account Number of the owner of the EC2 Security Group
                                      specified in the -ec2_security_group_name parameter.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::SecurityGroup object.

$snapshot = $ec2->copy_db_snapshot(-source_db_snapshot_identifier => $db_id, -target_db_snapshot_identifier => $snap_id)

Copies the specified DBSnapshot. The source DBSnapshot must be in the "available" state.

Required arguments:

-source_db_snapshot_identifier        The identifier for the source DB snapshot.
                                      Constraints:
                                      * Must specify a valid system snapshot in
                                        the "available" state
                                      * If the source snapshot is in the same
                                        region as the copy, specify a valid DB
                                        snapshot identifier
                                      * If the source snapshot is in a different
                                        region than the copy, specify a valid DB
                                        snapshot ARN
                                        For more information, see:
                                        http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_CopySnapshot.html

-target_db_snapshot_identifier        The identifier for the copied snapshot.
                                      Constraints:
                                      * Cannot be null, empty, or blank
                                      * Must contain from 1 to 255 alphanumeric
                                        characters or hyphens
                                      * First character must be a letter
                                      * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two
                                        consecutive hyphens

-source                               Alias for -source_db_snapshot_identifier

-target                               Alias for -target_db_snapshot_identifier

Optional arguments:

-tags                                 hashref or arrayref of hashrefs containing Key/Value pairs

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Snapshot object.

$instance = $ec2->create_db_instance(%args)

Creates a new DB instance.

Required arguments:

-allocated_storage                    MySQL:
                                       * Must be an integer from 5 to 1024.
                                      Oracle:
                                       * Must be an integer from 10 to 1024.
                                      SQL Server:
                                       * Must be an integer from 200 to 1024
                                         (Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition)
                                         or from 30 to 1024 (Express Edition and
                                         Web Edition)

-db_instance_class                    The compute and memory capacity of the DB Instance.
                                      db.t1.micro | db.m1.small | db.m1.medium | db.m1.large |
                                      db.m1.xlarge | db.m2.xlarge |db.m2.2xlarge | db.m2.4xlarge

-db_instance_identifier               The DB Instance identifier. This parameter is stored as a
                                      lowercase string.
                                      Constraints:
                                       * Must contain from 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters or
                                         hyphens (1 to 15 for SQL Server).
                                       * First character must be a letter.
                                       * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive
                                         hyphens.

-engine                               The name of the database engine to be used for this
                                      instance.
                                      Valid values:  MySQL | oracle-se1 | oracle-se | oracle-ee |
                                       sqlserver-ee | sqlserver-se | sqlserver-ex | sqlserver-web

-master_user_password                 The password for the master database user. Can be any
                                      printable ASCII character except "/", "\", or "@".
                                      Constraints:
                                       * MySQL:  Must contain from 8 to 41 alphanumeric characters.
                                       * Oracle: Must contain from 8 to 30 alphanumeric characters.
                                       * SQL Server: Must contain from 8 to 128 alphanumeric
                                         characters.

-master_username                      The name of master user for the client DB Instance.

                                      Constraints:
                                        * First character must be a letter.
                                        * Cannot be a reserved word for the chosen database engine.
                                       MySQL:
                                        * Must be 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters.
                                       Oracle:
                                        * Must be 1 to 30 alphanumeric characters.
                                       SQL Server:
                                        * Must be 1 to 128 alphanumeric characters.

Optional arguments:

-auto_minor_version_upgrade           Indicates that minor engine upgrades will be applied
                                      automatically to the DB Instance during the maintenance
                                      window.  (Boolean).  Default: true

-availability_zone                    The EC2 Availability Zone that the database instance will
                                      be created in.
                                      Default: A random, system-chosen Availability Zone in the
                                               endpoint's region.

-backup_retention_period              The number of days for which automated backups are retained.
                                      Setting this parameter to a positive number enables backups.
                                      Setting this parameter to 0 disables automated backups.
                                      Default: 1
                                      Constraints:
                                       * Must be a value from 0 to 8
                                       * Cannot be set to 0 if the DB Instance is a master instance
                                         with read replicas

-character_set_name                   For supported engines, indicates that the DB Instance should
                                      be associated with the specified CharacterSet.

-db_name                              The meaning of this parameter differs according to the
                                      database engine you use.

                                      MySQL:
                                        The name of the database to create when the DB Instance
                                        is created. If this parameter is not specified, no database
                                        is created in the DB Instance.

                                        Constraints:
                                        * Must contain 1 to 64 alphanumeric characters
                                        * Cannot be a reserved word

                                      Oracle:
                                        The Oracle System ID (SID) of the created DB Instance.

                                        Constraints:
                                        * Cannot be longer than 8 characters

                                      SQL Server:
                                        Not applicable. Must be null.

-db_parameter_group_name              The name of the DB Parameter Group to associate with this
                                      DB instance. If this argument is omitted, the default
                                      DBParameterGroup for the specified engine will be used.

                                      Constraints:
                                      * Must be 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters
                                      * First character must be a letter.
                                      * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive
                                        hyphens

-db_security_groups                   An arrayref of DB Security Groups to associate with the
                                      instance

-db_subnet_group_name                 A DB Subnet Group to associate with this DB Instance.
                                      If not specified, then it is a non-VPC DB instance.

-engine_version                       The version number of the database engine to use.

-iops                                 The amount of Provisioned IOPS initially allocated.
                                      Integer between 100-1000

-license_model                        License model information for this DB Instance.
                                      Valid values: license-included |
                                                    bring-your-own-license |
                                                    general-public-license

-multi_az                             Specifies if the DB Instance is a Multi-AZ deployment.
                                      You cannot set the -availability_zone argument if the
                                      -multi_az argument is set to true.

-option_group_name                    Indicates that the DB Instance should be associated
                                      with the specified option group.

-port                                 The port number on which the database accepts
                                      connections.

                                      MySQL:
                                       * Default: 3306, Valid values: 1150-65535
                                      Oracle:
                                       * Default: 1521, Valid values: 1150-65535
                                      Oracle:
                                       * Default: 1433, Valid values: 1150-65535 except
                                         1434 and 3389.

-preferred_backup_window              The daily time range during which automated backups are
                                      created if automated backups are enabled using the
                                      -backup_retention_period argument.

                                      Default: Default: A 30-minute window selected at random
                                      from an 8-hour block of time per region. The following
                                      list shows the time blocks for each region from which
                                      the default backup windows are assigned.

                                      * US-East (Northern Virginia) Region: 03:00-11:00 UTC
                                      * US-West (N. California, Oregon) Region: 06:00-14:00 UTC
                                      * EU (Ireland) Region: 22:00-06:00 UTC
                                      * Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region: 14:00-22:00 UTC
                                      * Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region: 17:00-03:00 UTC

                                      Constraints:
                                       * Must be in the format hh24:mi-hh24:mi
                                       * Times in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).
                                       * Must not conflict with the preferred maintenance window.
                                       * Must be at least 30 minutes.

-preferred_maintenance_window         The weekly time range (in UTC) during which system
                                      maintenance can occur.

                                      Format: ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi

                                      Default: A 30-minute window selected at random from an 8-hour
                                      block of time per region, occurring on a random day of the
                                      week. The following list shows the time blocks for each
                                      region from which the default maintenance windows are
                                      assigned.

                                      * US-East (Northern Virginia) Region: 03:00-11:00 UTC
                                      * US-West (N. California, Oregon) Region: 06:00-14:00 UTC
                                      * EU (Ireland) Region: 22:00-06:00 UTC
                                      * Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region: 14:00-22:00 UTC
                                      * Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region: 17:00-03:00 UTC

                                      Valid Days: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
                                      Constraints: Minimum 30-minute window.

-publicly_accessible                  Specifies the accessibility options for the DB instance. A
                                      value of true specifies an Internet-facing instance with a
                                      publicly resolvable DNS name, which resolves to a public IP
                                      address. A value of false specifies an internal instance with
                                      a DNS name that resolves to a private IP address.

                                      Default: The default behavior varies depending on whether a
                                      VPC has been requested or not. The following list shows the 
                                      default behavior in each case.
                                      * DefaultVPC:true
                                      * VPC:false

                                      If no DB subnet group has been specified as part of the
                                      request and the -publicly_accessible value has not been set,
                                      the DB instance will be publicly accessible. If a specific DB
                                      subnet group has been specified as part of the request and
                                      the PubliclyAccessible value has not been set, the DB
                                      instance will be private.

-tags                                 hashref or arrayref of hashrefs containing Key/Value pairs

-vpc_security_group_ids               A list of EC2 VPC Security Groups to associate with this
                                      DB Instance.

This method returns a VM::EC2::DB:Instance object.

$instance = $ec2->create_db_instance_read_replica(%args)

Creates a DB Instance that acts as a Read Replica of a source DB Instance. All Read Replica DB Instances are created as Single-AZ deployments with backups disabled. All other DB Instance attributes (including DB Security Groups and DB Parameter Groups) are inherited from the source DB Instance, except as specified below. IMPORTANT: The source DB Instance must have backup retention enabled.

Required arguments:

-db_instance_identifier               The DB Instance identifier of the Read Replica. This is the
                                      unique key that identifies a DB Instance. This parameter is
                                      stored as a lowercase string.

-source_db_instance_identifier        The identifier of the DB Instance that will act as the source
                                      for the Read Replica.  Each DB Instance can have up to five
                                      Read Replicas.  Constraints: Must be the identifier of an
                                      existing DB Instance that is not already a Read Replica DB
                                      Instance.

Optional arguments:

-auto_minor_version_upgrade           Indicates that minor engine upgrades will be applied
                                      automatically to the Read Replica during the maintenance
                                      window.  (Boolean)

-availability_zone                    The Amazon EC2 Availability Zone that the Read Replica will
                                      be created in.  Default: A random, system-chosen
                                      Availability Zone in the endpoint's region.

-db_instance_class                    The compute and memory capacity of the Read
                                      Replica.
                                      Valid Values: db.m1.small | db.m1.medium |
                                      db.m1.large | db.m1.xlarge | db.m2.xlarge |
                                      db.m2.2xlarge | db.m2.4xlarge

-iops                                 The amount of Provisioned IOPS to be initially allocated for
                                      the DB Instance.

-option_group_name                    The option group the DB instance will be associated with. If
                                      omitted, the default Option Group for the engine specified
                                      will be used.

-port                                 The port number that the DB Instance uses for connections.
                                      Default: Inherits from the source instance
                                      Valid Values: 1150-65535

-publicly_accessible                  Specifies the accessibility options for the DB instance. A
                                      value of true specifies an Internet-facing instance with a
                                      publicly resolvable DNS name, which resolves to a public IP
                                      address. A value of false specifies an internal instance with
                                      a DNS name that resolves to a private IP address.

                                      Default: The default behavior varies depending on whether a
                                      VPC has been requested or not. The following list shows the 
                                      default behavior in each case.
                                      * DefaultVPC:true
                                      * VPC:false

                                      If no DB subnet group has been specified as part of the
                                      request and the -publicly_accessible value has not been set,
                                      the DB instance will be publicly accessible. If a specific DB
                                      subnet group has been specified as part of the request and
                                      the PubliclyAccessible value has not been set, the DB
                                      instance will be private.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Instance object on success.

$group = $ec2->create_db_parameter_group(%args)

Creates a new DB Parameter Group.

A DB Parameter Group is initially created with the default parameters for the database engine used by the DB Instance. To provide custom values for any of the parameters, you must modify the group after creating it using modify_db_parameter_group(). Once you've created a DB Parameter Group, you need to associate it with your DB Instance using modify_db_instance(). When you associate a new DB Parameter Group with a running DB Instance, you need to reboot the DB Instance for the new DB Parameter Group and associated settings to take effect.

Required arguments:

-db_parameter_group_family            The DB Parameter Group Family name. A DB Parameter Group can
                                      be associated with one and only one DB Parameter Group
                                      Family, and can be applied only to a DB Instance running a
                                      database engine and engine version compatible with that DB
                                      Parameter Group Family.

-db_parameter_group_name              The name of the DB Parameter Group.
                                      Constraints:
                                      * Must be 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters
                                      * First character must be a letter
                                      * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens
                                      NOTE: This value is stored as a lower-case string.

-description                          The description for the DB Parameter Group.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Parameter::Group object.

$group = $ec2->create_db_security_group(%args)

Creates a new DB Security Group. DB Security Groups control access to a DB Instance if not in a VPC.

Required arguments:

-db_security_group_description        The description for the DB Security Group.

-db_security_group_name               The name for the DB Security Group. This value is stored as a
                                      lowercase string.
                                      Constraints: Must contain no more than 255
                                      alphanumeric characters or hyphens.
                                      Must not be "Default".

-name                                 Alias for -db_security_group_name

-description                          Alias for -db_security_group_description

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::SecurityGroup object.

$dbsnap = $ec2->create_db_snapshot(-db_instance_identifier => $db_id, -db_snapshot_identifier => $snap_id)

Creates a DB snapshot. The source DB instance must be in "available" state.

Required arguments:

-db_instance_identifier               The DB instance identifier. This is the unique key that
                                      identifies a DB instance. This parameter is not case
                                      sensitive.

                                      Constraints:
                                      * Must contain from 1 to 63 alphanumeric
                                        characters or hyphens
                                      * First character must be a letter
                                      * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two
                                        consecutive hyphens

-db_snapshot_identifier               The identifier for the DB snapshot.

                                      Constraints:
                                      * Cannot be null, empty, or blank
                                      * Must contain from 1 to 255 alphanumeric
                                        characters or hyphens
                                      * First character must be a letter
                                      * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two
                                        consecutive hyphens

-db_id                                Alias for -db_instance_identifier

-snapshot_id                          Alias for -db_snapshot_identifier

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Snapshot object on success.

$subnet_group = $ec2->create_db_subnet_group(%args)

Creates a new DB subnet group. DB subnet groups must contain at least one subnet in at least two availability zones in the region.

Required arguments:

-db_subnet_group_description          The description for the DB subnet group.

-db_subnet_group_name                 The name for the DB Subnet Group. This value is stored as a
                                      lowercase string.

                                      Constraints:
                                      * Must contain no more than 255 alphanumeric
                                        characters or hyphens.
                                      * Must not be "Default".

-subnet_ids                           Arrayref of subnet IDs for the subnet group.

-description                          Alias for -db_subnet_group_description

-name                                 Alias -db_subnet_group_name

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Subnet::Group object on success.

$event_sub = $ec2->create_event_subscription(%args)

Creates an RDS event notification subscription. This action requires a topic ARN (Amazon Resource Name) created by either the RDS console, the SNS console, or the SNS API. To obtain an ARN with SNS, you must create a topic in Amazon SNS and subscribe to the topic. The ARN is displayed in the SNS console.

You can specify the type of source (SourceType) you want to be notified of, provide a list of RDS sources (SourceIds) that triggers the events, and provide a list of event categories (EventCategories) for events you want to be notified of. For example, you can specify SourceType = db-instance, SourceIds = mydbinstance1, mydbinstance2 and EventCategories = Availability, Backup.

If you specify both the SourceType and SourceIds, such as SourceType = db-instance and SourceIdentifier = myDBInstance1, you will be notified of all the db-instance events for the specified source. If you specify a SourceType but do not specify a SourceIdentifier, you will receive notice of the events for that source type for all your RDS sources. If you do not specify either the SourceType nor the SourceIdentifier, you will be notified of events generated from all RDS sources belonging to your customer account.

Required arguments:

-sns_topic_arn        The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the SNS topic created
                      for event notification. The ARN is created by Amazon SNS
                      when you create a topic and subscribe to it.

-subscription_name    The name of the subscription.

Optional arguments:

-enabled              Boolean; set to true to activate the subscription, set to
                      false to create the subscription but not active it.

-event_categories     An arrayref of event categories for a -source_type that
                      you want to subscribe to.  You can see a list of the
                      categories for a given -source_type in the Events topic
                      in the Amazon RDS User Guide or by using the
                      describe_event_categories() call.  
-source_ids           An arrayref of identifiers of the event sources for which
                      events will be returned.  If not specified, then all
                      sources are included in the response. An identifier must
                      begin with a letter and must contain only ASCII letters,
                      digits, and hyphens; it cannot end with a hyphen or
                      contain two consecutive hyphens.

-source_type          The type of source that will be generating the events.
                      For example, if you want to be notified of events
                      generated by a DB instance, you would set this parameter
                      to db-instance. if this value is not specified, all
                      events are returned.

                      Valid values: db-instance | db-parameter-group |
                                    db-security-group | db-snapshot

-name                 Alias for -subscription_name

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Event::Subscription object on success.

$option_grp = $ec2->create_option_group(%args)

Creates a new Option Group. You can create up to 20 option groups.

Required arguments:

-engine_name                     Specifies the name of the engine that this
                                 option group should be associated with.

-major_engine_version            Specifies the major version of the engine
                                 that this option group should be associated
                                 with.

-option_group_description        The description of the option group.

-option_group_name               Specifies the name of the option group to be
                                 created.

                                 Constraints:
                                 * Must be 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters or
                                   hyphens
                                 * First character must be a letter
                                 * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two
                                   consecutive hyphens

-name                            Alias for -option_group_name

-description                     Alias for -option_group_description

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Option::Group object on success.

@versions = $ec2->describe_db_engine_versions(%args)

All arguments are optional.

-db_parameter_group_family       The specific DB Parameter Group family to
                                 return details for.

-family                          Alias for -db_parameter_group_family

-default_only                    Return only the default version of the
                                 specified engine or engine and major
                                 version combination (boolean).

-engine                          Database engine to return.

-engine_version                  Database engine version to return.

-list_supported_character_sets   List supported charsets (boolean)

-marker                          An optional pagination token provided by a previous
                                 request.  If specified, the response includes only
                                 records after the marker, up to the value specified by
                                 -max_records.

-max_records                     The maximum number of records to include in the
                                 response.  If more records than the max exist,
                                 a marker token is included in the response.

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Engine::Version objects.

@db_instances = $ec2->describe_db_instances(-db_instance_identifier => $id, -marker => $marker, -max_records => $integer)

All arguments are optional.

-db_instance_identifier    The user-supplied instance identifier. If this
                           parameter is specified, only information for the
                           specific DB Instance is returned.

-marker                    An optional pagination token provided by a previous
                           request.  If specified, the response includes only
                           records after the marker, up to the value specified by
                           -max_records.

-max_records               The maximum number of records to include in the
                           response.  If more records than the max exist,
                           a marker token is included in the response.

-db_instance_id            alias for -db_instance_identifier

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Instance objects if any exist.

@groups = $ec2->describe_db_parameter_groups(-db_parameter_group_name => $name, -marker => $marker, -max_records => $integer)

All arguments are optional.

-db_parameter_group_name   The name of the DB parameter group to describe.

-marker                    An optional pagination token provided by a previous
                           request.  If specified, the response includes only
                           records after the marker, up to the value specified by
                           -max_records.

-max_records               The maximum number of records to include in the
                           response.  If more records than the max exist,
                           a marker token is included in the response.

-group_name                alias for -db_subnet_group_name

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Parameter::Group objects if any exist.

@params = $ec2->describe_db_parameters(-db_parameter_group_name => $name, -source => $source, -marker => $marker, -max_records => $integer)

Required arguments:

-db_parameter_group_name   The name of the DB parameter group.

Optional arguments:

-source                    The parameter types to return.
                           Valid values: user | system | engine-default
                           Default is all parameter types.

-marker                    An optional pagination token provided by a previous
                           request.  If specified, the response includes only
                           records after the marker, up to the value specified by
                           -max_records.

-max_records               The maximum number of records to include in the
                           response.  If more records than the max exist,
                           a marker token is included in the response.

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Parameter objects.

@groups = $ec2->describe_db_security_groups(-db_security_group_name => $name, -marker => $marker, -max_records => $integer)

All arguments are optional.

-db_security_group_name    The name of the DB security group.

-marker                    An optional pagination token provided by a previous
                           request.  If specified, the response includes only
                           records after the marker, up to the value specified by
                           -max_records.

-max_records               The maximum number of records to include in the
                           response.  If more records than the max exist,
                           a marker token is included in the response.

-group_name                alias for -db_security_group_name

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::SecurityGroup objects if any exist.

@snapshots = $ec2->describe_db_snapshots(%args)

All arguments are optional.

-db_instance_identifier    A DB Instance Identifier to retrieve the list of DB
                           snapshots for. Cannot be used in conjunction with
                           -db_snapshot_identifier.
                           This parameter is not case sensitive.

-db_snapshot_identifier    A specific DB Snapshot Identifier to describe.
                           Cannot be used in conjunction with .
                           This value is stored as a lowercase string.

-marker                    An optional pagination token provided by a previous
                           request.  If specified, the response includes only
                           records after the marker, up to the value specified by
                           -max_records.

-max_records               The maximum number of records to include in the
                           response.  If more records than the max exist,
                           a marker token is included in the response.

-snapshot_type             An optional snapshot type for which snapshots will
                           be returned. If not specified, the returned results
                           will include snapshots of all types.

-db_instance_id            Alias for -db_instance_identifier

-db_snapshot_id            Alias for -db_snapshot_identifier

Returns an array of VM::EC2:DB::Snapshot objects if any exist.

@groups = $ec2->describe_db_subnet_groups(-db_subnet_group_name => $name, -marker => $marker, -max_records => $integer)

All arguments are optional.

-db_subnet_group_name      The name of the DB Subnet Group to describe.

-marker                    An optional pagination token provided by a previous
                           request.  If specified, the response includes only
                           records after the marker, up to the value specified by
                           -max_records.

-max_records               The maximum number of records to include in the
                           response.  If more records than the max exist,
                           a marker token is included in the response.

-group_name                alias for -db_subnet_group_name

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Subnet::Group objects if any exist.

@params = $ec2->describe_engine_default_parameters(%args)

Required arguments:

-db_parameter_group_family    The name of the DB Parameter Group Family.

-family                       Alias for -db_parameter_group_family

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Parameter objects.

@categories = $ec2->describe_event_categories(-source_type => $type)

Optional argument:

-source_type         The type of source that will be generating the events.
                     Valid values: db-instance | db-parameter-group |
                      db-security-group | db-snapshot

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Event::Category objects

@subs = $ec2->describe_event_subscriptions(-subscription_name => $name)

Optional argument:

-subscription_name       The name of the RDS event notification subscription.

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Event::Subscription object.

@events = $ec2->describe_events(%args)

All arguments are optional but some conditions apply.

-duration                The number of minutes to retrieve events for.

-end_time                The end of the time interval for which to retrieve
                         events, specified in ISO 8601 format.
                         For more information on ISO 8601, visit:
                         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

-event_categories        A string or arrayref of event categories that trigger
                         notifications for a event notification subscription.

-source_identifier       The identifier of the event source for which events
                         will be returned. If not specified, then all sources
                         are included in the response.

-source_type             The event source to retrieve events for. If no value
                         is specified, all events are returned.
                         REQUIRED if -source_identifier is provided.

                         If 'DBInstance', then a DBInstanceIdentifier must be
                         supplied in -source_identifier.

                         If 'DBSecurityGroup', a DBSecurityGroupName must be
                         supplied in -source_identifier.

                         If 'DBParameterGroup', a DBParameterGroupName must be
                         supplied in -source_identifier.

                         If 'DBSnapshot', a DBSnapshotIdentifier must be
                         supplied in -source_identifier.

-start_time              The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events
                         for, specified in ISO 8601 format.
                         For more information on ISO 8601, visit:
                         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Event objects.

@options = $ec2->describe_option_group_options(-engine_name => $name, -major_engine_version => $version)

Describes all available options for a particular database engine.

Required arguments:

-engine_name                 Database engine to describe options for.

Optional arguments:

-major_engine_version        If specified, filters the results to include only
                             options for the specified major engine version.

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Option::Group::Option objects.

@groups = $ec2->describe_option_groups(-engine_name => $name, -major_engine_version => $version, -option_group_name => $og_name)

Describes the available option groups.

All arguments are optional.

-engine_name                 Database engine to describe options for.

-major_engine_version        If specified, filters the results to include only
                             options for the specified major engine version.

-option_group_name           The name of the option group to describe. Cannot
                             be supplied together with -engine_name or
                             -major_engine_version.

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Option::Group objects.

@options = $ec2->describe_orderable_db_instance_options(%args)

Describe the different RDS instances that can be launched.

Required arguments:

-engine                 The name of the engine to retrieve DB Instance options
                        for.

Optional arguments:

-db_instance_class      The DB Instance class (size) filter value.

-engine_version         The engine version filter value.

-license_model          The license model filter value.

-vpc                    The VPC filter value. (boolean)

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Instance::OrderableOption objects.

@instances = $ec2->describe_reserved_db_instances(%args)

Returns information about reserved DB Instances for the account, or about a specific reserved DB Instance.

All arguments are optional:

-db_instance_class                     The DB Instance class (size) filter.

-duration                              The duration filter value, specified in
                                       years or seconds.
                                       Valid values: 1 | 3 | 31536000 | 94608000

-multi_az                              The Multi-AZ filter value. (boolean)

-offering_type                         The offering type filter value.
                                       Valid Values: "Light Utilization" |
                                        "Medium Utilization" |
                                        "Heavy Utilization"

-product_description                   The product description filter value.

-reserved_db_instance_id               The reserved DB Instance identifier filter value.

-reserved_db_instances_offering_id     The offering identifier filter value.

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Reserved::Instance objects.

@offerings = $ec2->describe_reserved_db_instances_offerings(%args)

Lists available reserved DB Instance offerings.

All arguments are optional:

-db_instance_class                     The DB Instance class (size) filter.

-duration                              The duration filter value, specified in
                                       years or seconds.
                                       Valid values: 1 | 3 | 31536000 | 94608000

-multi_az                              The Multi-AZ filter value. (boolean)

-offering_type                         The offering type filter value.
                                       Valid Values: "Light Utilization" |
                                        "Medium Utilization" |
                                        "Heavy Utilization"

-product_description                   The product description filter value.

-reserved_db_instance_id               The reserved DB Instance identifier filter value.

-reserved_db_instances_offering_id     The offering identifier filter value.

Returns an array of VM::EC2::DB::Reserved::Instance objects.

$log = $ec2->download_db_log_file_portion(%args)

Downloads the last line of the specified log file.

All arguments are optional:

-db_instance_identifier                The DB Instance class (size) filter.

-log_file_name                         The name of the log file to be downloaded.

-marker                                The pagination token provided in the previous
                                       request. If this parameter is specified the
                                       response includes only records beyond the marker,
                                       up to MaxRecords.

-number_of_lines                       The number of lines remaining to be downloaded.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::LogFilePortion object.

%tags = $ec2->list_tags_for_resource(-resource_name => $name)

Lists all tags on a DB Instance or Snapshot.

Arguments:

-resource_name         The name of the resource to list tags for.

Returns a hash or hashref of tags.

$db_instance = $ec2->modify_db_instance(%args)

Modify settings for a DB Instance. You can change one or more database configuration parameters by specifying these parameters and the new values in the request.

Required arguments:

-db_instance_identifier               The DB Instance identifier.

Optional arguments:

-allocated_storage                    The new storage capacity of the RDS instance. Changing this
                                      parameter does not result in an outage and the change is
                                      applied during the next maintenance window unless the
                                      -apply_immediately parameter is set to true for this request.
                                      MySQL:
                                       * Must be an integer from 5 to 1024.
                                       * Value supplied must be at least 10% greater than the
                                         current value. Values that are not at least 10% greater
                                         than the existing value are rounded up so that they are
                                         10% greater than the current value.
                                      Oracle:
                                       * Must be an integer from 10 to 1024.
                                       * Value supplied must be at least 10% greater than the
                                         current value. Values that are not at least 10% greater
                                         than the existing value are rounded up so that they are
                                         10% greater than the current value.
                                      SQL Server:
                                       * CANNOT BE MODIFIED

-allow_major_version_upgrade          Indicates that major version upgrades are allowed. Changing
                                      this parameter does not result in an outage and the change is
                                      asynchronously applied as soon as possible.

                                      Constraints: This parameter must be set to true when
                                      specifying a value for the -engine_version argument that is
                                      a different major version than the DB Instance's current
                                      version.

-apply_immediately                    Specifies whether or not the modifications in this request
                                      and any pending modifications are asynchronously applied as
                                      soon as possible, regardless of the
                                      -preferred_maintenance_window setting for the DB Instance.

                                      If this parameter is passed as false, changes to the DB
                                      Instance are applied on the next reboot_db_instance() call,
                                      the next maintenance reboot, or the next failure reboot,
                                      whichever occurs first. See each parameter to determine when
                                      a change is applied.  Default is false.

-auto_minor_version_upgrade           Indicates that minor engine upgrades will be applied
                                      automatically to the DB Instance during the maintenance
                                      window.  Changing this parameter does not result in an outage
                                      except in the following case and the change is asynchronously
                                      applied as soon as possible. An outage will result if this
                                      parameter is set to true during the maintenance window, and a
                                      newer minor version is available, and RDS has enabled auto
                                      patching for that engine version.  (Boolean)

-backup_retention_period              The number of days for which automated backups are retained.
                                      Setting this parameter to a positive number enables backups.
                                      Setting this parameter to 0 disables automated backups.
                                      Default: Existing setting
                                      Constraints:
                                       * Must be a value from 0 to 8
                                       * Cannot be set to 0 if the DB Instance is a master instance
                                         with read replicas

-db_instance_class                    The new compute and memory capacity of the DB Instance.
                                      To determine the available classes, use the
                                      describe_orderable_db_instance_options() call.

                                      Passing a value for this parameter causes an outage during
                                      the change and is applied during the next maintenance window,
                                      unless the -apply_immediately argument is specified as true
                                      for this request.

                                      Valid values:
                                      db.t1.micro | db.m1.small | db.m1.medium | db.m1.large |
                                      db.m1.xlarge | db.m2.xlarge |db.m2.2xlarge | db.m2.4xlarge

-db_parameter_group_name              The name of the DB Parameter Group to apply to this DB Instance.
                                      Changing this parameter does not result in an outage and the
                                      change is applied during the next maintenance window unless the
                                      -apply_immediately argument is set to true for this request.

                                      Default: Existing setting.

                                      Constraints:
                                      * Must be 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters
                                      * First character must be a letter.
                                      * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive
                                        hyphens

-db_security_groups                   An arrayref of DB Security Groups to authorize on this DB
                                      Instance.  Changing this parameter does not result in an outage
                                      and the change is asynchronously applied as soon as possible.

-engine_version                       The version number of the database engine to upgrade to.
                                      Changing this parameter results in an outage and the change is
                                      applied during the next maintenance window unless the
                                      -apply_immediately parameter is set to true for this request.

                                      For major version upgrades, if a nondefault DB Parameter Group is
                                      currently in use, a new DB Parameter Group in the DB Parameter
                                      Group Family for the new engine version must be specified. The
                                      new DB Parameter Group can be the default for that DB Parameter
                                      Group Family.

-iops                                 The new Provisioned IOPS (I/O operations per second) value for
                                      the RDS instance. Changing this parameter does not result in an
                                      outage and the change is applied during the next maintenance
                                      window unless the -apply_immediately argument is set to true for
                                      this request.

                                      Default: Existing setting.

                                      Constraints:
                                      * Value supplied must be at least 10% greater than the current
                                        value. Values that are not at least 10% greater than the
                                        existing value are rounded up so that they are 10% greater than
                                        the current value.

-master_user_password                 The new password for the master database user. Can be any
                                      printable ASCII character except "/", "\", or "@".

                                      Changing this parameter does not result in an outage and the
                                      change is asynchronously applied as soon as possible. Between the
                                      time of the request and the completion of the request, the
                                      MasterUserPassword element exists in the PendingModifiedValues
                                      element of the operation response.

                                      Constraints:
                                       * MySQL:  Must contain from 8 to 41 alphanumeric characters.
                                       * Oracle: Must contain from 8 to 30 alphanumeric characters.
                                       * SQL Server: Must contain from 8 to 128 alphanumeric
                                         characters.

-multi_az                             Specifies if the DB Instance is a Multi-AZ deployment.
                                      Changing this parameter does not result in an outage and the
                                      change is applied during the next maintenance window unless
                                      the -apply_immediately argument is set to true for this request.
                                      (Boolean)

                                      Constraints:
                                      * Cannot be specified if the DB Instance is a read replica.

-new_db_instance_identifier           The new DB Instance identifier for the DB Instance when renaming
                                      a DB Instance. This value is stored as a lowercase string.

                                      Constraints:
                                       * Must contain from 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters or
                                         hyphens (1 to 15 for SQL Server).
                                       * First character must be a letter.
                                       * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive
                                         hyphens.

-option_group_name                    Indicates that the DB Instance should be associated
                                      with the specified option group.  Changing this parameter does
                                      not result in an outage except in the following case and the
                                      change is applied during the next maintenance window unless the
                                      -apply_immediately argument is set to true for this request. If
                                      the parameter change results in an option group that enables OEM,
                                      this change can cause a brief (sub-second) period during which
                                      new connections are rejected but existing connections are not
                                      interrupted.

                                      Note that persistent options, such as the TDE_SQLServer option for
                                      Microsoft SQL Server, cannot be removed from an option group while
                                      DB instances are associated with the option group. Permanent options,
                                      such as the TDE option for Oracle Advanced Security TDE, cannot be
                                      removed from an option group, and that option group cannot be removed
                                      from a DB instance once it is associated with a DB instance.

-preferred_backup_window              The daily time range during which automated backups are
                                      created if automated backups are enabled using the
                                      -backup_retention_period argument.

                                      Default: Default: A 30-minute window selected at random
                                      from an 8-hour block of time per region. The following
                                      list shows the time blocks for each region from which
                                      the default backup windows are assigned.

                                      * US-East (Northern Virginia) Region: 03:00-11:00 UTC
                                      * US-West (N. California, Oregon) Region: 06:00-14:00 UTC
                                      * EU (Ireland) Region: 22:00-06:00 UTC
                                      * Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region: 14:00-22:00 UTC
                                      * Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region: 17:00-03:00 UTC

                                      Constraints:
                                       * Must be in the format hh24:mi-hh24:mi
                                       * Times in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).
                                       * Must not conflict with the preferred maintenance window.
                                       * Must be at least 30 minutes.

-preferred_maintenance_window         The weekly time range (in UTC) during which system
                                      maintenance can occur.

                                      Format: ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi

                                      Default: A 30-minute window selected at random from an 8-hour
                                      block of time per region, occurring on a random day of the
                                      week. The following list shows the time blocks for each
                                      region from which the default maintenance windows are
                                      assigned.

                                      * US-East (Northern Virginia) Region: 03:00-11:00 UTC
                                      * US-West (N. California, Oregon) Region: 06:00-14:00 UTC
                                      * EU (Ireland) Region: 22:00-06:00 UTC
                                      * Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region: 14:00-22:00 UTC
                                      * Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region: 17:00-03:00 UTC

                                      Valid Days: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
                                      Constraints: Minimum 30-minute window.

-vpc_security_group_ids               A list of EC2 VPC Security Groups to associate with this
                                      DB Instance.  This change is asynchronously applied as soon
                                      as possible.

This method returns a VM::EC2::DB:Instance object.

$group_name = $ec2->modify_db_parameter_group(-db_parameter_group_name => $group, -parameters => \@parms)

Modifies the parameters of a DB Parameter Group.

Note: The immediate method can be used only for dynamic parameters; the pending-reboot method can be used with MySQL and Oracle DB Instances for either dynamic or static parameters. For Microsoft SQL Server DB Instances, the pending-reboot method can be used only for static parameters.

Required arguments:

-db_parameter_group_name             The name of the DB Parameter Group.
                                     Constraints:
                                     * Must be the name of an existing DB Parameter Group
                                     * Must be 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters
                                     * First character must be a letter
                                     * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens

-parameters                          An arrayref of hashes containing parameter names, values,
                                     and the apply method for the parameter update. At least one
                                     parameter name, value, and apply method must be supplied;
                                     subsequent arguments are optional. A maximum of 20 parameters
                                     may be modified in a single request.

                                     The hash keys must be: ParameterName, ParameterValue, ApplyMethod

                                     ie:
                                     [ { ParameterName => 'db_block_checking',
                                         ParameterValue => 'FULL',
                                         ApplyMethod => 'immediate' } ]

-name                                Alias for -db_parameter_group_name

Returns the DB Parameter Group name on success.

$subnet_group = $ec2->modify_db_subnet_group(%args)

Modifies an existing DB subnet group. DB subnet groups must contain at least one subnet in at least two AZs in the region.

Required arguments:

-db_subnet_group_name                The name for the DB Subnet Group.

-subnet_ids                          An arrayref of EC2 Subnet IDs for the DB Subnet Group.

Optional arguments:

-db_subnet_group_description         The description for the DB Subnet Group.

Returns VM::EC2::DB::Subnet::Group object on success.

$event_sub = $ec2->modify_event_subscription(%args)

Modifies an existing RDS event notification subscription. Note that you cannot modify the source identifiers using this call; to change source identifiers for a subscription, use the add_source_identifier_to_subscription() and remove_source_identifier_from_subscription() calls.

Required arguments:

-subscription_name                   The name of the RDS event notification subscription.

Optional arguments:

-enabled                             Boolean value; set to true to activate the subscription.

-event_categories                    An arrayref of event categories for a -source_type to
                                     subscribe to.  A list of the categories for a given
                                     -source_type can be seen in the Events topic in the Amazon
                                     RDS User Guide or by using the describe_event_categories()
                                     call.

-sns_topic_arn                       The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the SNS topic created for 
                                     event notification. The ARN is created by Amazon SNS when 
                                     a topic is created and subscribed to.

-source_type                         The type of source that will be generating the events.
                                     For example, to be notified of events generated by a DB
                                     instance, set this parameter to db-instance. if this value is
                                     not specified, all events are returned.

                                     Valid values: db-instance | db-parameter-group | 
                                                   db-security-group | db-snapshot

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Event::Subscription object on success.

$option_group = $ec2->modify_option_group(%args)

Modifies an existing Option Group.

Required arguments:

-option_group_name                   The name of the option group to be modified.

Optional arguments:

-apply_immediately                   Indicates whether the changes should be applied immediately,
                                     or during the next maintenance window for each instance
                                     associated with the Option Group. (Boolean)

-options_to_include                  An arrayref of hashes containing OptionName and other available
                                     options.

                                     Available options are: DBSecurityGroupMemberships, OptionName,
                                     OptionSettings, Port, VpcSecurityGroupMemberships

                                     OptionName and Port must be provided as scalars.
                                     DBSecurityGroupMemberships, VpcSecurityGroupMemberships must
                                     be provided as arrayrefs.
                                     OptionSettings must be a hashref of Name => Value pairs.

                                     ie:
                                        [ { OptionName => 'OEM',
                                            DBSecurityGroupMemberships => [ 'mygroup' ],
                                            Port => 1158 },
                                          { OptionName => 'NATIVE_NETWORK_ENCRYPTION',
                                            OptionSettings => {
                                                'SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_SERVER' => 'REQUIRED',
                                                'SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_SERVER' => 'REQUIRED' } } ]


-options_to_remove                   A string or arrayref containing the containing the option(s) to
                                     remove.

                                     ie:
                                        [ 'OEM', 'NATIVE_NETWORK_ENCRYPTION' ]
                                     or
                                        'OEM'

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Option::Group object on success.

$db_instance = $ec2->promote_read_replica(%args)

Promotes a Read Replica DB Instance to a standalone DB Instance.

Required arguments:

-db_instance_identifier              The DB Instance identifier. This value is stored as a
                                     lowercase string.

                                     Constraints:
                                     * Must be the identifier for an existing Read Replica DB
                                       Instance
                                     * Must contain from 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters or
                                       hyphens
                                     * First character must be a letter
                                     * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens

Optional arguments:

-backup_retention_period             The daily time range during which automated backups are
                                     created if automated backups are enabled.

-preferred_backup_window             The daily time range during which automated backups are
                                     created if automated backups are enabled using the
                                     -backup_retention_period argument.

                                     Default: Default: A 30-minute window selected at random
                                     from an 8-hour block of time per region. The following
                                     list shows the time blocks for each region from which
                                     the default backup windows are assigned.

                                     * US-East (Northern Virginia) Region: 03:00-11:00 UTC
                                     * US-West (N. California, Oregon) Region: 06:00-14:00 UTC
                                     * EU (Ireland) Region: 22:00-06:00 UTC
                                     * Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region: 14:00-22:00 UTC
                                     * Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region: 17:00-03:00 UTC

                                     Constraints:
                                      * Must be in the format hh24:mi-hh24:mi
                                      * Times in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).
                                      * Must not conflict with the preferred maintenance window.
                                      * Must be at least 30 minutes.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Instance object on success.

$reserved_db = $ec2->purchase_reserved_db_instances_offering(%args)

Purchases a reserved DB Instance offering.

Required arguments:

-reserved_db_instances_offering_id   The ID of the Reserved DB Instance offering to purchase.
                                     ie: 438012d3-4052-4cc7-b2e3-8d3372e0e706

Optional arguments:

-db_instance_count                   The number of instances to reserve.  Default: 1

-reserved_db_instance_id             Customer-specified identifier to track this reservation.
                                     ie: myreservationID

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Reserved::Instance object on success.

$db_instance = $ec2->reboot_db_instance(-db_instance_identifier => $id, -force_failover => $boolean)

Reboots a previously provisioned RDS instance. This API results in the application of modified DBParameterGroup parameters with ApplyStatus of pending-reboot to the RDS instance. This action is taken as soon as possible, and results in a momentary outage to the RDS instance during which the RDS instance status is set to rebooting. If the RDS instance is configured for MultiAZ, it is possible that the reboot will be conducted through a failover. A DBInstance event is created when the reboot is completed.

Required arguments:

-db_instance_identifier              The DB Instance identifier. 

Optional arguments:

-force_failover                      When true, the reboot will be conducted through a MultiAZ
                                     failover.

                                     Constraints:
                                     * You cannot specify true if the instance is not configured
                                       for MultiAZ.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Instance object on success.

$event_sub = $ec2->remove_source_identifier_from_subscription(-source_identifier => $id, -subscription_name => $name)

Removes a source identifier from an existing RDS event notification subscription.

Required arguments:

-source_identifier                   The source identifier to be removed from the subscription,
                                     such as the DB instance identifier for a DB instance or the
                                     name of a security group.

-subscription_name                   The name of the RDS event notification subscription to remove
                                     a source identifier from.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::Event::Subscription object on success.

$ec2->remove_tags_from_resource(-resource_name => $name, -tags => \@tags)

Remove metadata tags from a resource.

Required arguments:

-resource_name     The Amazon RDS resource the tags will be removed from.  This value is an Amazon
                   Resource Name (ARN).  For information about creating an ARN, see Constructing
                   an RDS Amazon Resource Name (ARN) at:
                   http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Tagging.html#USER_Tagging.ARN

-tags              hashref or arrayref of hashrefs containing tag Key/Value pairs

This method does not return a value but will raise an error if unsuccessful.

$name = $ec2->reset_db_parameter_group(%args)

Modifies the parameters of a DB parameter group to the engine/system default value. To reset specific parameters, submit a hashref of the following: ParameterName and ApplyMethod. To reset the entire DB parameter group, set the -reset_all_parameters argument to true. When resetting the entire group, dynamic parameters are updated immediately and static parameters are set to pending-reboot to take effect on the next DB instance restart or after issuing a reboot_db_instance().

Required arguments:

-db_parameter_group_name             The name of the DB Parameter Group. 
                                     Constraints:
                                     * Must be the name of an existing DB Parameter Group
                                     * Must be 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters
                                     * First character must be a letter
                                     * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens

Conditional arguments:

-parameters                          An arrayref of hashes containing parameter names and the apply 
                                     method for the parameter update. 

                                     The hash keys must be: ParameterName and ApplyMethod
                                     ie:
                                        [ { ParameterName => 'max_user_connections',
                                            ApplyMethod => 'pending-reboot' },
                                          { ParameterName => 'max_allowed_packet',
                                            ApplyMethod => 'immediate' } ]

-reset_all_parameters                Reset all parameters in the DB parameter group to default
                                     values.  Boolean, default is true.

Returns the name of the DB parameter group.

$db_instance = $ec2->restore_db_instance_from_db_snapshot(%args)

Creates a new DB instance from a DB snapshot. The target database is created from the source database restore point with the same configuration as the original source database, except that the new RDS instance is created in the default security group.

Required arguments:

-db_instance_identifier               The DB Instance identifier. 
                                      Constraints:
                                       * Must contain from 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters or
                                         hyphens (1 to 15 for SQL Server).
                                       * First character must be a letter.
                                       * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive
                                         hyphens.

-db_snapshot_identifier               The identifier for the DB snapshot.

                                      Constraints:
                                      * Must contain 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters or hyphens
                                      * First character must be a letter
                                      * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens

Optional arguments:

-auto_minor_version_upgrade           Indicates that minor engine upgrades will be applied
                                      automatically to the DB Instance during the maintenance
                                      window.  (Boolean).  Default: true

-availability_zone                    The EC2 Availability Zone that the database instance will
                                      be created in.
                                      Default: A random, system-chosen Availability Zone in the
                                               endpoint's region.
                                      Constraint:  Cannot specify if -multi_az is true

-db_instance_class                    The compute and memory capacity of the DB Instance.
                                      db.t1.micro | db.m1.small | db.m1.medium | db.m1.large |
                                      db.m1.xlarge | db.m2.xlarge |db.m2.2xlarge | db.m2.4xlarge

-db_name                              The database name for the restored DB instance.
                                      NOTE: Does not apply to MySQL engine.

-db_subnet_group_name                 A DB Subnet Group to associate with this DB Instance.
                                      If not specified, then it is a non-VPC DB instance.

-engine                               The name of the database engine to be used for this
                                      instance.
                                      Default is that of source.
                                      Valid values:  MySQL | oracle-se1 | oracle-se | oracle-ee |
                                       sqlserver-ee | sqlserver-se | sqlserver-ex | sqlserver-web

-iops                                 The amount of Provisioned IOPS initially allocated.
                                      Must be an integer greater than 1000

-license_model                        License model information for this DB Instance.
                                      Valid values: license-included |
                                                    bring-your-own-license |
                                                    general-public-license

-multi_az                             Specifies if the DB Instance is a Multi-AZ deployment.
                                      You cannot set the -availability_zone argument if the
                                      -multi_az argument is set to true.

-option_group_name                    Indicates that the DB Instance should be associated
                                      with the specified option group.

-port                                 The port number on which the database accepts
                                      connections.

                                      MySQL:
                                       * Default: 3306, Valid values: 1150-65535
                                      Oracle:
                                       * Default: 1521, Valid values: 1150-65535
                                      Oracle:
                                       * Default: 1433, Valid values: 1150-65535 except
                                         1434 and 3389.

-publicly_accessible                  Specifies the accessibility options for the DB instance. A
                                      value of true specifies an Internet-facing instance with a
                                      publicly resolvable DNS name, which resolves to a public IP
                                      address. A value of false specifies an internal instance with
                                      a DNS name that resolves to a private IP address.

                                      Default: The default behavior varies depending on whether a
                                      VPC has been requested or not. The following list shows the 
                                      default behavior in each case.
                                      * DefaultVPC:true
                                      * VPC:false

                                      If no DB subnet group has been specified as part of the
                                      request and the -publicly_accessible value has not been set,
                                      the DB instance will be publicly accessible. If a specific DB
                                      subnet group has been specified as part of the request and
                                      the PubliclyAccessible value has not been set, the DB
                                      instance will be private.

-tags                                 hashref or arrayref of hashrefs containing Key/Value pairs

$db_instance = $ec2->restore_db_instance_to_point_in_time(%args)

Restores a DB instance to an arbitrary point-in-time. Users can restore to any point in time before the latestRestorableTime for up to backupRetentionPeriod days. The target database is created from the source database with the same configuration as the original database except that the DB instance is created with the default DB security group.

Required arguments:

-source_db_instance_identifier      The identifier of the source DB instance from which to restore.
                                    Constraints: Must be the identifier of an existing DB Instance 

-target_db_instance_identifier      The name of the new database instance to be created.
                                    Constraints:
                                    * Must contain from 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters or hyphens
                                    * First character must be a letter
                                    * Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens

Optional arguments:

-auto_minor_version_upgrade           Indicates that minor engine upgrades will be applied
                                      automatically to the DB Instance during the maintenance
                                      window.  (Boolean).  Default: true

-availability_zone                    The EC2 Availability Zone that the database instance will
                                      be created in.
                                      Default: A random, system-chosen Availability Zone in the
                                               endpoint's region.
                                      Constraint:  Cannot specify if -multi_az is true

-db_instance_class                    The compute and memory capacity of the DB Instance.
                                      db.t1.micro | db.m1.small | db.m1.medium | db.m1.large |
                                      db.m1.xlarge | db.m2.xlarge |db.m2.2xlarge | db.m2.4xlarge

-db_name                              The database name for the restored DB instance.
                                      NOTE: Does not apply to MySQL engine.

-db_subnet_group_name                 A DB Subnet Group to associate with this DB Instance.
                                      If not specified, then it is a non-VPC DB instance.

-engine                               The name of the database engine to be used for this
                                      instance.
                                      Default is that of source.
                                      Valid values:  MySQL | oracle-se1 | oracle-se | oracle-ee |
                                       sqlserver-ee | sqlserver-se | sqlserver-ex | sqlserver-web

-iops                                 The amount of Provisioned IOPS initially allocated.
                                      Must be an integer greater than 1000

-license_model                        License model information for this DB Instance.
                                      Valid values: license-included |
                                                    bring-your-own-license |
                                                    general-public-license

-multi_az                             Specifies if the DB Instance is a Multi-AZ deployment.
                                      You cannot set the -availability_zone argument if the
                                      -multi_az argument is set to true.

-option_group_name                    Indicates that the DB Instance should be associated
                                      with the specified option group.

-port                                 The port number on which the database accepts
                                      connections.

                                      MySQL:
                                       * Default: 3306, Valid values: 1150-65535
                                      Oracle:
                                       * Default: 1521, Valid values: 1150-65535
                                      Oracle:
                                       * Default: 1433, Valid values: 1150-65535 except
                                         1434 and 3389.

-publicly_accessible                  Specifies the accessibility options for the DB instance. A
                                      value of true specifies an Internet-facing instance with a
                                      publicly resolvable DNS name, which resolves to a public IP
                                      address. A value of false specifies an internal instance with
                                      a DNS name that resolves to a private IP address.

                                      Default: The default behavior varies depending on whether a
                                      VPC has been requested or not. The following list shows the 
                                      default behavior in each case.
                                      * DefaultVPC:true
                                      * VPC:false

                                      If no DB subnet group has been specified as part of the
                                      request and the -publicly_accessible value has not been set,
                                      the DB instance will be publicly accessible. If a specific DB
                                      subnet group has been specified as part of the request and
                                      the PubliclyAccessible value has not been set, the DB
                                      instance will be private.

-restore_time                         The date and time to restore from.
                                      Valid Values: Value must be a UTC time
                                      Constraints:
                                      * Must be prior the latest restorable time for the DB
                                        instance
                                      * Cannot be specified if -use_latest_restorable_time
                                        parameter is true
                                      Example: 2009-09-07T23:45:00Z

-tags                                 hashref or arrayref of hashrefs containing Key/Value pairs

-use_latest_restorable_time           Specifies if the DB instance is restored from the latest
                                      backup time.
                                      Boolean, default is false.
                                      Constraints: Cannot be specified if -restore_time parameter
                                      is provided.

$sg = $ec2->revoke_db_security_group_ingress(%args)

Revokes ingress from a DBSecurityGroup for previously authorized IP ranges or EC2 or VPC Security Groups.

Required arguments:

-db_security_group_name          The name of the DB Security Group to revoke authorization from.

Optional arguments:

-cidrip                          The IP range to revoke.  Must be a valid CIDR range.
                                 Security group parameters cannot be specified if -cidrip is
                                 specified.

-ec2_security_group_id           ID of the EC2 Security Group to revoke access from.
                                 For VPC DB security groups, this must be provided.

-ec2_security_group_name         Name of the EC2 Security Group to revoke access from.

-ec2_security_group_owner_id     AWS Account Number of the owner of the EC2 Security Group
                                 specified in the -ec2_security_group_name parameter.

Returns a VM::EC2::DB::SecurityGroup object.

AUTHOR

Lance Kinley <lkinley@loyaltymethods.com<gt>.

Copyright (c) 2013 Loyalty Methods, Inc.

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