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Linux/Mac

aws ssm start-session --region us-east-1
--target $(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=tag:Name,Values=bastion_host_rds" --query "Reservations[].Instances[].InstanceId" --output text --region us-east-1)
--document-name AWS-StartPortForwardingSessionToRemoteHost
--parameters '{"portNumber":["5432"], "localPortNumber":["12345"], "host":['"$(aws rds describe-db-instances --db-instance-identifier postgresql --query "DBInstances[*].Endpoint.Address" --output text --region us-east-1)"']}'

Windows

aws ssm start-session --region us-east-1 --target $(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=tag:Name,Values=bastion_host_rds" "Name=instance-state-name,Values=running" --query "Reservations[].Instances[].InstanceId" --output text --region us-east-1) --document-name AWS-StartPortForwardingSessionToRemoteHost --parameters portNumber="5432",localPortNumber="12345",host="$(aws rds describe-db-instances --db-instance-identifier postgresql --query "DBInstances[*].Endpoint.Address" --output text --region us-east-1)"

Resources

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/quick-setup-host-management.html
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/setup-create-vpc.html#sysman-setting-up-vpc-create