# Accessing Amazon RDS by using the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains
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Using Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), you can provision and manage SQL relational database systems in the cloud. Using AWS Toolkit for JetBrains, you can connect to and interact with the following Amazon RDS database engines:
+ Aurora – A MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud. For more information, see the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_AuroraOverview.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_AuroraOverview.html).
+ MySQL – Amazon RDS supports several major versions of the open-source relational database. For more information, see [MySQL on Amazon RDS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_MySQL.html) in the *Amazon RDS User Guide*.
+ PostgreSQL – Amazon RDS supports several major version of the open-source object-relational database. For more information, see [PostgreSQL on Amazon RDS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_PostgreSQL.html) in the *Amazon RDS User Guide*.

The following topics describe the prerequisites for accessing RDS databases and how to use AWS Toolkit for JetBrains to connect to a database instance.

**Topics**
+ [Prerequisites for accessing Amazon RDS databases](rds-access-prerequisities.md)
+ [Connecting to an Amazon RDS database](rds-connection.md)