AWS RDS master password resets every 2 days

Question

I am very new at aws services. I recently deployed a django application on elasticbeanstalk with aws rds (postgresql). But the master password resets in every 2 days and I can't seem to find a solution for it. This is the error I receive after 2 days of resetting manually.

FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres"

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The RDS password doesn't reset automatically. You should be having some automated process running that should be resetting this. You can't recover a password, the only way is to reset the password. Be careful when the password is reset and applied immediately, the RDS goes to maintenance mode. Try checking the RDS logs - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_LogAccess.Concepts.PostgreSQL.html