An application needs to connect to an Amazon RDS database. The database credentials must be encrypted, stored securely, and automatically rotated every 30 days. Which TWO actions should the solutions architect take? (Select TWO.)

Answer options:

Store the credentials in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.

Store the credentials in AWS Secrets Manager.

Configure a Lambda function to handle the rotation logic.

Use AWS KMS to automatically rotate the database password.

Store the credentials in an encrypted Amazon S3 bucket.

How to approach this question

Identify the service that supports automatic credential rotation and the compute service it uses to perform the rotation.

Full Answer

Store the credentials in AWS Secrets Manager., Configure a Lambda function to handle the rotation logic.

AWS Secrets Manager enables you to replace hardcoded credentials with an API call. It natively supports automatic rotation of credentials for RDS databases using AWS Lambda functions.

Common mistakes

Choosing Parameter Store, which can store secrets but cannot automatically rotate them.

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