Amazon RDS for SQL Server

Safety guidance

This skill covers creating and modifying RDS for SQL Server resources when the user requests it. The agent MUST confirm the action with the user before executing. Do NOT execute any create or modify operation without explicit user confirmation (e.g., "yes", "proceed", "confirmed", "go ahead"). If the user has not confirmed, present the planned action and ask for approval.

Execute these operations (after user confirmation)

• Create an instance: create-db-instance (requires a DB subnet group; RDS SQL Server is VPC-only and not publicly accessible by default)
• Create a custom parameter group: create-db-parameter-group (family sqlserver-ex-15.00, sqlserver-se-15.00, etc.) — needed to set rds.force_ssl=1 among others
• Create an option group: create-option-group (for TDE, S3 integration, SQLServer Audit, Native Backup/Restore, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS)
• Create an RDS Proxy: create-db-proxy, register-db-proxy-targets (for IAM DB auth in front of SQL Server — see the rds-proxy reference)
• Create an AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory for Windows auth: create-directory (then associate via modify-db-instance --domain)
• Create a Secrets Manager secret with rotation: create-secret, rotate-secret --rotation-rules AutomaticallyAfterDays=N
• Change backup retention, deletion protection, log exports: modify-db-instance --backup-retention-period / --deletion-protection / --cloudwatch-logs-export-configuration
• Attach/detach parameter group or option group: modify-db-instance --db-parameter-group-name / --option-group-name
• Tag resources: add-tags-to-resource, remove-tags-from-resource

Resource tagging (always apply on resource creation)