rds-sqlserver

rds-sqlserver is a Databases & SQL skill for AI agents, published by aws in the agent-toolkit-for-aws repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates rds-sqlserver C (73/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Provides connectivity, authentication, and troubleshooting guidance for Amazon RDS for SQL Server. Applicable when users ask about SSMS times out connecting from EC2, Cannot generate SSPI context with Windows auth, connect RDS SQL Server from Lambda with pymssql, auth_scheme shows NTLM instead of KERBEROS on ECS Fargate, SSM tunnel to RDS SQL Server from laptop, port 1433 security group, TrustServerCertificate=True for localhost tunnels, SPN MSSQLSvc, AWS Managed Microsoft AD, CNAME not RDS endpoint for Kerberos, tds_version='7.4', encryption='require', port-as-string for pymssql, Secrets Manager credential caching in Lambda, error 18456 login failed. Covers Python (pymssql, pyodbc), .NET (Microsoft.Data.SqlClient), Java (JDBC mssql-jdbc), Node.js (tedious), IAM auth via RDS Proxy, and VPC/ECS/EKS/Lambda deployment.

Grade
C
Quality
73 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
1,855

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Our review

Architecture
94 / 100
Maturity
Structured: ships references or scripts
Security scan
Low-risk patterns
License
Apache-2.0
Adoption
Adopted by 0 other repositories, in 0 collections

What the scanner flagged

  • mentions secrets in text

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