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[AWS RDS](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/) is a managed service to operate relation databases such as PostgreSQL, Mysql etc. These databases could be accessed using static db password mechanism or via [AWS IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.html) temporary tokens. This module provides AWS RDS token [password provider](../../operations/password-provider.md) implementation to be used with [mysql-metadata-store](mysql.md) or [postgresql-metadata-store](postgresql.md) when mysql/postgresql is operated using AWS RDS.
To use this extension, make sure you [include](../../configuration/extensions.md#loading-extensions) it in your config file along with other extensions e.g.
