[PR #1178] [CLOSED] docs: RDS IAM Authentication #1171

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opened 2026-10-18 14:17:40 +00:00 by bsakaguchi · 0 comments

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/docs/pull/1178
Author: @brendanshanahan
Created: 4/10/2026
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: dev ← Head: feat/rds-iam-auth-docs

📝 Commits (2)

95c398c add AWS RDS IAM authentication guide
b9f716d add DATABASE_ENABLE_IAM_TOKEN_AUTH and DATABASE_CA_PATH to env var reference

📊 Changes

2 files changed (+228 additions, -0 deletions)

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➕ docs/getting-started/advanced-topics/rds-iam-authentication.md (+216 -0)
📝 docs/reference/env-configuration.mdx (+12 -0)

📄 Description

Summary

This PR adds documentation for the AWS RDS IAM database authentication feature introduced in open-webui/open-webui (PR linked below).

Changes:

docs/getting-started/advanced-topics/rds-iam-authentication.md
- Covers prerequisites (enabling IAM auth on RDS, IAM policy, GRANT rds_iam TO , SSL CA bundle), environment variable configuration, Docker Compose and Kubernetes examples, token refresh behavior, and a troubleshooting section.
docs/reference/env-configuration.mdx
- Adds entries for the two new environment variables introduced by the linked PR:
  - DATABASE_ENABLE_IAM_TOKEN_AUTH — enables IAM token auth in place of a static password
  - DATABASE_CA_PATH — path to the RDS CA certificate bundle for SSL verification

Implementation PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/23580

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/docs/pull/1178 **Author:** [@brendanshanahan](https://github.com/brendanshanahan) **Created:** 4/10/2026 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `feat/rds-iam-auth-docs` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`95c398c`](https://github.com/open-webui/docs/commit/95c398cce137d6c338faa4508ff96dae8324385e) add AWS RDS IAM authentication guide - [`b9f716d`](https://github.com/open-webui/docs/commit/b9f716de6dc026594d63fbd7ceadcfd1be9ef5c3) add DATABASE_ENABLE_IAM_TOKEN_AUTH and DATABASE_CA_PATH to env var reference ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+228 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> ➕ `docs/getting-started/advanced-topics/rds-iam-authentication.md` (+216 -0) 📝 `docs/reference/env-configuration.mdx` (+12 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description ### Summary This PR adds documentation for the AWS RDS IAM database authentication feature introduced in open-webui/open-webui (PR linked below). ### Changes: - `docs/getting-started/advanced-topics/rds-iam-authentication.md` - Covers prerequisites (enabling IAM auth on RDS, IAM policy, GRANT rds_iam TO <user>, SSL CA bundle), environment variable configuration, Docker Compose and Kubernetes examples, token refresh behavior, and a troubleshooting section. - `docs/reference/env-configuration.mdx` - Adds entries for the two new environment variables introduced by the linked PR: - `DATABASE_ENABLE_IAM_TOKEN_AUTH` — enables IAM token auth in place of a static password - `DATABASE_CA_PATH` — path to the RDS CA certificate bundle for SSL verification **Implementation PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/23580 **Related discussion:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/20783 --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

bsakaguchi

2026-10-18 14:17:40 +00:00