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feat: support assumed IAM roles for AWS RDS #5804

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PMM-0000 Add AWS role ARN to agent AWS options
fergalhk Aug 6, 2026
a4ed24e
PMM-0000 Add aws_role_arn to RDS API messages
fergalhk Aug 6, 2026
ddb626d
PMM-0000 Use plain error assignment in AWS options validation
fergalhk Aug 6, 2026
40c6562
PMM-0000 Write aws_role_arn to rds_exporter config
fergalhk Aug 6, 2026
68dff90
PMM-0000 Group rds_exporter processes by credential identity
fergalhk Aug 6, 2026
1a007cb
PMM-0000 Resolve roster RDS groups by credential identity
fergalhk Aug 6, 2026
4765168
PMM-0000 Wire aws_role_arn through RDS services
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
cb47a0e
PMM-0000 Assume IAM role during RDS discovery
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
209a1a9
PMM-0000 Add --aws-role-arn to pmm-admin RDS commands
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
73eb2a9
PMM-0000 Cover role ARN changes in pmm-admin tests
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
7f64b8d
PMM-0000 Add API tests for RDS role ARN
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
391c330
PMM-0000 Document assuming an IAM role for RDS
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
29cb079
PMM-0000 Restore generated file formatting after make gen
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
f57235c
PMM-0000 Attribute role assumption to the pmm-agent in the API
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
d467135
PMM-0000 Clarify role assumption and trust policy in user docs
fergalhk Aug 9, 2026
33fdc2e
PMM-0000 Surface RDS role assumption failures
fergalhk Aug 18, 2026
40f9518
PMM-0000 Tighten AWS role ARN assertions and placement
fergalhk Aug 18, 2026
6ed40db
PMM-0000 Assume the RDS role per region being scanned
fergalhk Aug 18, 2026
1ef6413
Merge branch 'main' into PMM-0000-rds-iam-role-arn
theTibi Aug 23, 2026
701a6c4
Merge branch 'main' into PMM-0000-rds-iam-role-arn
ademidoff Aug 25, 2026
3967310
PMM-0000 Assume the RDS role once per partition, not per region
fergalhk Aug 26, 2026
bf506a0
PMM-0000 Restore aws.md, moving IAM role docs to their own PR
fergalhk Aug 26, 2026
9039c9a
Merge branch 'main' into PMM-0000-rds-iam-role-arn
theTibi Aug 26, 2026
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions admin/commands/inventory/add_agent_rds_exporter.go
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Expand Up @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ RDS Exporter added.
Agent ID : {{ .Agent.AgentID }}
PMM-Agent ID : {{ .Agent.PMMAgentID }}
Node ID : {{ .Agent.NodeID }}
AWS role ARN : {{ .Agent.AWSRoleArn }}
Listen port : {{ .Agent.ListenPort }}

Status : {{ .Agent.Status }}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ type AddAgentRDSExporterCommand struct {
NodeID string `arg:"" help:"Node identifier"`
AWSAccessKey string `help:"AWS Access Key ID"`
AWSSecretKey string `help:"AWS Secret Access Key"`
AWSRoleARN string `name:"aws-role-arn" help:"AWS IAM role ARN the pmm-agent assumes with its ambient credentials; excludes access/secret key"`
CustomLabels map[string]string `mapsep:"," help:"Custom user-assigned labels"`
SkipConnectionCheck bool `help:"Skip connection check"`
DisableBasicMetrics bool `help:"Disable basic metrics"`
Expand All @@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ func (cmd *AddAgentRDSExporterCommand) RunCmd() (commands.Result, error) {
NodeID: cmd.NodeID,
AWSAccessKey: cmd.AWSAccessKey,
AWSSecretKey: cmd.AWSSecretKey,
AWSRoleArn: cmd.AWSRoleARN,
CustomLabels: *customLabels,
SkipConnectionCheck: cmd.SkipConnectionCheck,
DisableBasicMetrics: cmd.DisableBasicMetrics,
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions admin/commands/inventory/change_agent_rds_exporter.go
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Expand Up @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ RDS Exporter agent configuration updated.
Agent ID : {{ .Agent.AgentID }}
PMM-Agent ID : {{ .Agent.PMMAgentID }}
Node ID : {{ .Agent.NodeID }}
AWS role ARN : {{ .Agent.AWSRoleArn }}
Listen port : {{ .Agent.ListenPort }}
Push metrics enabled : {{ .Agent.PushMetricsEnabled }}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ type ChangeAgentRDSExporterCommand struct {
// AWS credentials
AWSAccessKey *string `help:"AWS access key"`
AWSSecretKey *string `help:"AWS secret key"`
AWSRoleARN *string `name:"aws-role-arn" help:"AWS IAM role ARN to assume using the pmm-agent's ambient credentials; pass an empty value to clear it"`

// RDS-specific options
DisableBasicMetrics *bool `help:"Disable basic metrics"`
Expand All @@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ func (cmd *ChangeAgentRDSExporterCommand) RunCmd() (commands.Result, error) {
Enable: cmd.Enable,
AWSAccessKey: cmd.AWSAccessKey,
AWSSecretKey: cmd.AWSSecretKey,
AWSRoleArn: cmd.AWSRoleARN,
DisableBasicMetrics: cmd.DisableBasicMetrics,
DisableEnhancedMetrics: cmd.DisableEnhancedMetrics,
EnablePushMetrics: cmd.PushMetrics,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -134,6 +137,13 @@ func (cmd *ChangeAgentRDSExporterCommand) RunCmd() (commands.Result, error) {
if cmd.AWSSecretKey != nil {
changes = append(changes, "updated AWS secret key")
}
if cmd.AWSRoleARN != nil {
if *cmd.AWSRoleARN == "" {
changes = append(changes, "cleared AWS role ARN")
} else {
changes = append(changes, "updated AWS role ARN")
}
}
if cmd.DisableBasicMetrics != nil {
if *cmd.DisableBasicMetrics {
changes = append(changes, "disabled basic metrics")
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52 changes: 52 additions & 0 deletions admin/commands/inventory/change_agent_rds_exporter_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -97,6 +97,56 @@ func TestRDSExporterChangeAgent(t *testing.T) {
}`
assert.JSONEq(t, expectedJSON, capturedRequestBody)
})

t.Run("UpdateRoleARN", func(t *testing.T) {
var capturedRequestBody string
cleanup := setupChangeAgentTestServer(t, "test-agent-rds-role-arn", `{"rds_exporter": {"agent_id": "test-agent-rds-role-arn", "log_level": "LOG_LEVEL_INFO"}}`, &capturedRequestBody)
defer cleanup()

cli := []string{
"change-agent", "rds-exporter", "test-agent-rds-role-arn",
"--aws-role-arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring",
}

var cmd ChangeAgentRDSExporterCommand
parser, err := kong.New(&cmd)
require.NoError(t, err)

_, err = parser.Parse(cli[2:])
require.NoError(t, err)

result, err := cmd.RunCmd()
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.NotNil(t, result)

assert.Contains(t, capturedRequestBody, `"aws_role_arn":"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring"`)
assert.Contains(t, result.String(), "updated AWS role ARN")
})

t.Run("ClearRoleARN", func(t *testing.T) {
var capturedRequestBody string
cleanup := setupChangeAgentTestServer(t, "test-agent-rds-role-arn-clear", `{"rds_exporter": {"agent_id": "test-agent-rds-role-arn-clear", "log_level": "LOG_LEVEL_INFO"}}`, &capturedRequestBody)
defer cleanup()

cli := []string{
"change-agent", "rds-exporter", "test-agent-rds-role-arn-clear",
"--aws-role-arn=",
}

var cmd ChangeAgentRDSExporterCommand
parser, err := kong.New(&cmd)
require.NoError(t, err)

_, err = parser.Parse(cli[2:])
require.NoError(t, err)

result, err := cmd.RunCmd()
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.NotNil(t, result)

assert.Contains(t, capturedRequestBody, `"aws_role_arn":""`)
assert.Contains(t, result.String(), "cleared AWS role ARN")
})
})

t.Run("ComprehensiveAllFieldsValidation", func(t *testing.T) {
Expand All @@ -107,6 +157,7 @@ func TestRDSExporterChangeAgent(t *testing.T) {
"agent_id": "test-agent-rds-all-flags",
"pmm_agent_id": "pmm-agent-123",
"node_id": "node-456",
"aws_role_arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring",
"listen_port": 9042,
"push_metrics_enabled": true,
"disabled": false,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -174,6 +225,7 @@ func TestRDSExporterChangeAgent(t *testing.T) {
Agent ID : test-agent-rds-all-flags
PMM-Agent ID : pmm-agent-123
Node ID : node-456
AWS role ARN : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring
Listen port : 9042
Push metrics enabled : true

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81 changes: 81 additions & 0 deletions api-tests/inventory/agents_rds_exporter_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -530,4 +530,85 @@ func TestRDSExporter(t *testing.T) {

assert.Equal(t, expectedGetAgent, getAgentRes.Payload.RDSExporter)
})

t.Run("WithRoleARN", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

const roleARN = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring"

genericNodeID := pmmapitests.AddGenericNode(t, pmmapitests.TestString(t, "")).NodeID
nodeID := pmmapitests.AddRemoteRDSNode(t, pmmapitests.TestString(t, "Remote node for role ARN")).NodeID
pmmAgentID := pmmapitests.AddPMMAgent(t, genericNodeID).AgentID

rdsExporter := pmmapitests.AddAgent(t, agents.AddAgentBody{
RDSExporter: &agents.AddAgentParamsBodyRDSExporter{
NodeID: nodeID,
PMMAgentID: pmmAgentID,
AWSRoleArn: roleARN,
SkipConnectionCheck: true,
},
})
agentID := rdsExporter.RDSExporter.AgentID

assert.Equal(t, roleARN, rdsExporter.RDSExporter.AWSRoleArn)

getAgentRes, err := client.Default.AgentsService.GetAgent(&agents.GetAgentParams{
AgentID: agentID,
Context: pmmapitests.Context,
})
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, roleARN, getAgentRes.Payload.RDSExporter.AWSRoleArn)
})
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Clean up test-created PMM resources. These integration tests create persistent resources without registering t.Cleanup(), so a fatal assertion can leave state that contaminates later tests. Register cleanup immediately for every created exporter agent, PMM agent, RDS node, generic node, and service, including the rejected and malformed-ARN cases. The same requirement applies to the management RDS test.

📍 Affects 2 files
  • api-tests/inventory/agents_rds_exporter_test.go#L534-L561 (this comment)
  • api-tests/management/rds_test.go#L274-L283
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In `@api-tests/inventory/agents_rds_exporter_test.go` around lines 534 - 561, Add
t.Cleanup handlers to the WithRoleARN test and the rejected-request and
malformed-ARN test cases in api-tests/inventory/agents_rds_exporter_test.go at
lines 534-561, 563-588, and 590-613. Clean up each test’s created RDS exporter
where applicable, PMM agent, RDS node, and generic node using the existing
resource-removal helpers, ensuring cleanup runs for parallel tests and covers
all resources created by each case.

Apply the same fix in `@api-tests/management/rds_test.go` around lines 274 - 283:
Register cleanup for every created service and exporter agent before assertions.

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t.Run("RoleARNAndKeysAreMutuallyExclusive", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

genericNodeID := pmmapitests.AddGenericNode(t, pmmapitests.TestString(t, "")).NodeID
nodeID := pmmapitests.AddRemoteRDSNode(t, pmmapitests.TestString(t, "Remote node for exclusivity")).NodeID
pmmAgentID := pmmapitests.AddPMMAgent(t, genericNodeID).AgentID

res, err := client.Default.AgentsService.AddAgent(&agents.AddAgentParams{
Body: agents.AddAgentBody{
RDSExporter: &agents.AddAgentParamsBodyRDSExporter{
NodeID: nodeID,
PMMAgentID: pmmAgentID,
AWSRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring",
AWSAccessKey: "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
AWSSecretKey: "secret",
SkipConnectionCheck: true,
},
},
Context: pmmapitests.Context,
})
pmmapitests.AssertAPIErrorf(t, err, 400, codes.InvalidArgument,
"Both AWS role ARN and AWS access key/secret key are set; they are mutually exclusive.")
if !assert.Nil(t, res) {
pmmapitests.RemoveAgents(t, res.Payload.RDSExporter.AgentID)
}
})

t.Run("MalformedRoleARNIsRejected", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

genericNodeID := pmmapitests.AddGenericNode(t, pmmapitests.TestString(t, "")).NodeID
nodeID := pmmapitests.AddRemoteRDSNode(t, pmmapitests.TestString(t, "Remote node for bad ARN")).NodeID
pmmAgentID := pmmapitests.AddPMMAgent(t, genericNodeID).AgentID

res, err := client.Default.AgentsService.AddAgent(&agents.AddAgentParams{
Body: agents.AddAgentBody{
RDSExporter: &agents.AddAgentParamsBodyRDSExporter{
NodeID: nodeID,
PMMAgentID: pmmAgentID,
AWSRoleArn: "not-an-arn",
SkipConnectionCheck: true,
},
},
Context: pmmapitests.Context,
})
pmmapitests.AssertAPIErrorf(t, err, 400, codes.InvalidArgument,
"invalid AddRDSExporterParams.AwsRoleArn: value does not match regex pattern")
if !assert.Nil(t, res) {
pmmapitests.RemoveAgents(t, res.Payload.RDSExporter.AgentID)
}
})
}
89 changes: 89 additions & 0 deletions api-tests/management/rds_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -60,6 +60,42 @@ func TestRDSDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
})
}

func TestRDSDiscoveryRoleARN(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

t.Run("RoleARNAndKeysAreMutuallyExclusive", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

params := &mservice.DiscoverRDSParams{
Body: mservice.DiscoverRDSBody{
AWSAccessKey: "my-aws-access-key",
AWSSecretKey: "my-aws-secret-key",
AWSRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring",
},
Context: pmmapitests.Context,
}
discoverOK, err := client.Default.ManagementService.DiscoverRDS(params)
pmmapitests.AssertAPIErrorf(t, err, 400, codes.InvalidArgument,
"Both AWS role ARN and AWS access key/secret key are set; they are mutually exclusive.")
assert.Nil(t, discoverOK)
})

t.Run("UnassumableRoleARNIsReported", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

params := &mservice.DiscoverRDSParams{
Body: mservice.DiscoverRDSBody{
AWSRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring",
},
Context: pmmapitests.Context,
}
discoverOK, err := client.Default.ManagementService.DiscoverRDS(params)
pmmapitests.AssertAPIErrorf(t, err, 400, codes.FailedPrecondition,
"Failed to assume role arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring:")
assert.Nil(t, discoverOK)
})
}

func TestAddRds(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -193,4 +229,57 @@ func TestAddRds(t *testing.T) {
})
pmmapitests.AssertAPIErrorf(t, err, 404, codes.NotFound, fmt.Sprintf(`Node with ID "%s" not found.`, body.RDS.Postgresql.NodeID))
})

t.Run("AddRDSWithRoleARN", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

params := &mservice.AddServiceParams{
Body: mservice.AddServiceBody{
RDS: &mservice.AddServiceParamsBodyRDS{
Region: pmmapitests.TestString(t, "region"),
Az: "az",
InstanceID: "d752f1a9-31c9-4b8c-bb2d-d26bc000002",
NodeModel: "some-model",
Address: pmmapitests.TestString(t, "some.example.rds"),
Port: 3306,
Engine: new("DISCOVER_RDS_ENGINE_MYSQL"),
NodeName: "some-node-name-000002",
ServiceName: "test-add-rds-service000002",
Environment: "some-env",
Cluster: "cluster-01",
ReplicationSet: "rs-01",
Username: "some-username",
Password: "some-password",
AWSAccessKey: "",
AWSSecretKey: "",
AWSRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring",
RDSExporter: true,
QANMysqlPerfschema: true,
CustomLabels: make(map[string]string),
SkipConnectionCheck: true,
TLS: false,
TLSSkipVerify: false,
DisableQueryExamples: false,
TablestatsGroupTableLimit: 2000,
DisableBasicMetrics: true,
DisableEnhancedMetrics: true,
},
},
Context: pmmapitests.Context,
}
addRDSOK, err := client.Default.ManagementService.AddService(params)
require.NoError(t, err)
require.NotNil(t, addRDSOK.Payload)
serviceID := addRDSOK.Payload.RDS.Mysql.ServiceID
t.Cleanup(func() {
pmmapitests.RemoveServices(t, serviceID)
})

body := addRDSOK.Payload
assert.Equal(t, "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/pmm-monitoring", body.RDS.RDSExporter.AWSRoleArn)

pmmapitests.RemoveAgents(t, body.RDS.MysqldExporter.AgentID)
pmmapitests.RemoveAgents(t, body.RDS.QANMysqlPerfschema.AgentID)
pmmapitests.RemoveServices(t, body.RDS.Mysql.ServiceID)
})
}
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