# Configure RDS to have public access

Usually, RDS instances do not have public access. You would also need to allow your RDS instance to accept connections from Humanic server IP, 44.241.14.240 Please refer below for how to do that on your AWS console

## Identify VPC for your RDS instance

1. Go to **AWS console > RDS > your-instance-name** 
2. Locate VPC name under ***Connectivity & Security > Networking***

## Create a new Security Group

Go to **EC2 > Security Groups** and click on **Create New** button

#### Add basic details

* Security group name: **HumanicRDSSecurityGroup**
* Description: Allow RDS access to Humanic servers 
* VPC: select the one that we located in the last step

#### Inbound Rule 

* Type: ***MYSQL/Aurora*** 
* Source: **44.241.14.240/32** 
* Description: Humanic server 

#### Outbound rule

* Type: ***All TCP*** 
* Destination: ***44.241.14.240/32*** 
* Description: Humanic server 

Add tags as required, and create the security group.

## Modify RDS instance

1. Go to you RDS instance ***AWS console > RDS > your-instance-name*** 
2. Click on ***Modify*** button towards top right
3. Go to the ***Connectivity*** section. Select the *newly created security group* from the dropdown.
4. Go to ***Connectivity > Additional Configuration*** and make sure it's publicly accessible
5. Click on ***Continue***, review your changes and apply them. 

Now your RDS instance is ready to accept connections from Humanic Servers