Modifying Host IP Addresses

Scenarios

You can change the host IP addresses that are allowed to access your instance as needed.

Constraints

• This operation cannot be performed for DB instances that are being restored.

• Databases and accounts created using other methods than the RDS console and APIs are also displayed on the RDS console. If the names of the created databases or accounts do not meet the database naming rule or account naming rule, for example, the names containing Chinese characters or unsupported special characters, the databases or accounts cannot be managed on the RDS console or through APIs.
• If the name of any database or account on the source database does not meet the database naming rule or account naming rule, the database or account cannot be managed on the RDS console or through APIs after being migrated to the destination RDS for MySQL instance.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
4. On the Instances page, click the DB instance name.
5. In the navigation pane, choose Accounts. Locate the target account and choose More > Modify Host IP Address in the Operation column.
   • To enable all IP addresses to access your instance, enter % for Host IP Address.
   • To enable all IP addresses in the subnet 10.10.10.X to access your instance, enter 10.10.10.% for Host IP Address.
   • To specify multiple IP addresses, separate them with commas (,), for example, 192.168.0.1,172.16.213.9 (no spaces before or after the comma).

6. Click OK.
7. If you have enabled operation protection, click Send Code in the displayed Identity Verification dialog box and enter the obtained verification code. Then, click OK.

   Two-factor authentication improves the security of your account. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Identity and Access Management User Guide.