
Increasing the max_connections parameter doesn't cause any outage. Set a larger value for the max_connections parameter using a custom instance-level parameter group.You can increase the maximum number of connections to your RDS for MySQL or RDS for PostgresSQL DB instance using the following methods: You might also consider upgrading to a larger Amazon RDS DB instance class. Tip: It's a best practice to configure only the active connections that are required for application performance. To terminate an idle connection in an RDS for PostgreSQL instance, run the following command: SELECT pg_terminate_backend(example-pid) SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activityĪND state in ('idle', 'idle in transaction', 'idle in transaction (aborted)', 'disabled')ĪND state_change < current_timestamp - INTERVAL '15' MINUTE This query displays information about backend processes with one of the following states for more than 15 minutes: 'idle', 'idle in transaction', 'idle in transaction (aborted)' and 'disabled'. Idle connections: You can view the idle connections in an RDS for PostgreSQL instance by running the following query.

To terminate a sleeping connection in an RDS for MySQL DB instance, run the following command: CALL mysql.rds_kill(example-pid) As a result, when the application server tries to open all client connections to the database, these connections might be refused. If you configure a connection limit that's very high, you might end up with higher memory usage even if those connections aren’t used. Sleeping connections: Sleeping connections that are also known as inactive open connections are caused when you set higher values for connection timeout parameters, such as wait_timeout or interactive_timeout in MySQL. To view the connections for each database for your RDS for PostgreSQL instance, run the following command: SELECT datname, numbackends FROM pg_stat_database
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To list all active connections for your RDS for MySQL DB instance, run the following command: SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST

Over time, these new server connections can cause your instance to exceed the max_connections value. Improperly closing a client or application connection after the end of an operation: When a server connection isn't properly closed, the client application opens up a new connection. Increase in the number of client or application connections to the DB instance: This is caused by an increased workload or table/row-level locking. The following factors might cause your database connections to exceed the max_connections value: "FATAL: remaining connection slots are reserved for non replicate superuser connections" error for an RDS for PostgreSQL instance."Too many connections" error for an RDS for MySQL instance.When the number of client connections exceeds the max_connections value, you get errors similar to the following: The preceding command considers only the memory that's reserved for the PostgreSQL engine and not for the underlying host OS. This is because some of the memory out of the total DBInstanceClassMemory is reserved for the underlying OS operations. Note that the default number of max_connections calculated using the formula might vary slightly from the number of default connections returned from the preceding command. A DB instance class with more available memory supports a larger number of database connections. The default value of max_connections for both RDS for MySQL and RDS for PostgreSQL depends on the instance class used by the Amazon RDS instance. To check the current value for max_connections, run the following command after connecting to your Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL instance: postgres=> show max_connections

By default, the max_connections parameter is based on the following formula in Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL (calculated from the DBInstanceClassMemory value): max_connections = LEAST(, 5000) In Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, the max_connections metric monitors the set maximum number of concurrent connections. To check the current value of max_connections, run the following command after connecting to your Amazon RDS for MySQL instance: SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'max_connections' In Amazon RDS for MySQL, the max_connections metric monitors the set maximum number of (allowed) simultaneous client connections.īy default, the max_connections parameter is based on the following formula in Amazon RDS for MySQL (calculated from the DBInstanceClassMemory value): max_connections = DBInstanceClassMemory/12582880 Resolution View the current max_connections value
