download RDS snapshot

William picture William · Feb 17, 2013 · Viewed 60k times · Source

I recently downgraded my EC2 instance. I can no longer connect to RDS. I think it might be that the internal IP is different and now the logins are attached to that specific IP. I haven't been able to figure it out. I would like to be able to get a backup from the snapshot. Is there a way to download it through AWS?

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datasage picture datasage · Feb 17, 2013

You can't download an RDS snapshot. You can however connect to it and export your databases. Downgrading your instance should not affect connectivity unless you had set up your security groups incorrectly (Opening ports to an IP instead of another security group).