At re:Invent 2025, Colin Lazier, vice chairman of databases at AWS, emphasised the significance of constructing on the velocity of an concept—enabling fast progress from idea to working utility. Clients can already create production-ready Amazon DynamoDB tables and Amazon Aurora DSQL databases in seconds. He previewed creating an Amazon Aurora serverless database with the identical velocity, and prospects have since requested fast entry and velocity to this functionality.
In the present day, we’re asserting the overall availability of a brand new categorical configuration for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, a streamlined database creation expertise with preconfigured defaults designed that will help you get began in seconds.
With solely two clicks, you possibly can have an Aurora PostgreSQL serverless database prepared to make use of in seconds. You may have the pliability to switch sure settings throughout and after database creation within the new configuration. For instance, you possibly can change the capability vary for the serverless occasion on the time of create or add learn replicas, modify parameter teams after the database is created. Aurora clusters with categorical configuration are created with out an Amazon Digital Personal Cloud (Amazon VPC) community and embrace an web entry gateway for safe connections out of your favourite improvement instruments – no VPN, or AWS Direct Join required. Categorical configuration additionally units up AWS Id and Entry Administration (IAM) authentication on your administrator person by default, enabling passwordless database authentication from the start with out extra configuration.
After it’s created, you might have entry to options obtainable for Aurora PostgreSQL serverless, reminiscent of deploying extra learn replicas for top availability and automatic failover capabilities. This launch additionally introduces a brand new web entry gateway routing layer for Aurora. Your new serverless occasion comes enabled by default with this function, which permits your purposes to attach securely from anyplace on this planet via the web utilizing the PostgreSQL wire protocol from a variety of developer instruments. This gateway is distributed throughout a number of Availability Zones, providing the identical stage of excessive availability as your Aurora cluster.
Creating and connecting to Aurora in seconds means basically rethinking the way you get began. We launched a number of capabilities that work collectively that will help you onboard and run your utility with Aurora. Aurora is now obtainable on AWS Free Tier, which you achieve hands-on expertise with Aurora at no upfront price. After it’s created, you possibly can immediately question an Aurora database in AWS CloudShell or utilizing programming languages and developer instruments via a brand new web accessible routing element for Aurora. With integrations reminiscent of v0 by Vercel, you need to use pure language to start out constructing your utility with the options and advantages of Aurora.
Create an Aurora PostgreSQL serverless database in seconds
To get began, go to the Aurora and RDS console and within the navigation pane, select Dashboard. Then, select Create with a rocket icon.
Assessment pre-configured settings within the Create with categorical configuration dialog field. You’ll be able to modify the DB cluster identifier or the capability vary as wanted. Select Create database.
You can too use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) or AWS SDKs with the parameter --with-express-configuration to create each a cluster and an occasion inside the cluster with a single API name which makes it prepared for working queries in seconds.To be taught extra, go to Creating an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster with categorical configuration.
Here’s a CLI command to create the cluster:
$ aws rds create-db-cluster --db-cluster-identifier channy-express-db
--engine aurora-postgresql
–-with-express-configurationYour Aurora PostgreSQL serverless database ought to be prepared in seconds. A hit banner confirms the creation, and the database standing adjustments to Out there.
After your database is prepared, go to the Connectivity & safety tab to entry three connection choices. When connecting via SDKs, APIs, or third-party instruments together with brokers, select Code snippets. You’ll be able to select numerous programming languages reminiscent of .NET, Golang, JDBC, Node.js, PHP, PSQL, Python, and TypeScript. You’ll be able to paste the code from every step into your software and run the instructions.
For instance, the next Python code is dynamically generated to replicate the authentication configuration:
import psycopg2
import boto3
auth_token = boto3.consumer('rds', region_name="ap-south-1").generate_db_auth_token(DBHostname="channy-express-db-instance-1.abcdef.ap-south-1.rds.amazonaws.com", Port=5432, DBUsername="postgres", Area='ap-south-1')
conn = None
attempt:
conn = psycopg2.join(
host="channy-express-db-instance-1.abcdef.ap-south-1.rds.amazonaws.com",
port=5432,
database="postgres",
person="postgres",
password=auth_token,
sslmode="require"
)
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute('SELECT model();')
print(cur.fetchone()[0])
cur.shut()
besides Exception as e:
print(f"Database error: {e}")
increase
lastly:
if conn:
conn.shut()Select CloudShell for fast entry to the AWS CLI which launches immediately from the console. Once you select Launch CloudShell, you possibly can see the command is pre-populated with related data to connect with your particular cluster. After connecting to the shell, it’s best to see the psql login and the postgres => immediate to run SQL instructions.
You can too select Endpoints to make use of instruments that solely assist username and password credentials, reminiscent of pgAdmin. Once you select Get token, you utilize an AWS Id and Entry Administration (IAM) authentication token generated by the utility within the password discipline. The token is generated for the grasp username that you just arrange on the time of making the database. The token is legitimate for quarter-hour at a time. If the software you’re utilizing terminates the connection, you have to to generate the token once more.
Constructing your utility sooner with Aurora databases
At re:Invent 2025, we introduced enhancements to the AWS Free Tier program, providing as much as $200 in AWS credit that can be utilized throughout AWS companies. You’ll obtain $100 in AWS credit upon sign-up and may earn a further $100 in credit by utilizing companies reminiscent of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), AWS Lambda, and Amazon Bedrock. As well as, Amazon Aurora is now obtainable throughout a broad set of eligible Free Tier database companies.
Builders are embracing platforms reminiscent of Vercel, the place pure language is all it takes to construct production-ready purposes. We introduced integrations with Vercel Market to create and hook up with an AWS database immediately from Vercel in seconds and v0 by Vercel, an AI-powered software that transforms your concepts into production-ready, full-stack net purposes in minutes. It contains Aurora PostgreSQL, Aurora DSQL, and DynamoDB databases. You can too join your current databases created via categorical configuration with Vercel. To be taught extra, go to AWS for Vercel.
Like Vercel, we’re bringing our databases seamlessly into their experiences and are integrating immediately with extensively adopted frameworks, AI assistant coding instruments, environments, and developer instruments, all to unlock your potential to construct on the velocity of an concept.
We launched Aurora PostgreSQL integration with Kiro powers, which builders can use to construct Aurora PostgreSQL backed purposes sooner with AI agent-assisted improvement via Kiro. You should use Kiro energy for Aurora PostgreSQL inside Kiro IDE and from the Kiro powers webpage for one-click set up. To be taught extra about this Kiro Energy, learn Introducing Amazon Aurora powers for Kiro and Amazon Aurora Postgres MCP Server.
Now obtainable
You’ll be able to create an Aurora PostgreSQL serverless database in seconds at this time in all AWS business Areas. For Regional availability and a future roadmap, go to the AWS Capabilities by Area.
You pay just for capability consumed based mostly on Aurora Capability Items (ACUs) billed per second from zero capability, which mechanically begins up, shuts down, and scales capability up or down based mostly in your utility’s wants. To be taught extra, go to the Amazon Aurora Pricing web page.
Give it a attempt within the Aurora and RDS console and ship suggestions to AWS re:Put up for Aurora PostgreSQL or via your normal AWS Help contacts.
— Channy
