# Getting started with RDS Proxy
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Use the information in the following pages to set up and manage [Amazon RDS Proxy](rds-proxy.md) and set related security options. The security options control who can access each proxy and how each proxy connects to DB instances.

If you're new to RDS Proxy, we recommend following the pages in the order that we present them. 

**Topics**
+ [Setting up network prerequisites for RDS Proxy](rds-proxy-network-prereqs.md)
+ [Setting up database credentials for RDS Proxy](rds-proxy-secrets-arns.md)
+ [Configuring IAM authentication for RDS Proxy](rds-proxy-iam-setup.md)
+ [Creating a proxy for Amazon RDS](rds-proxy-creating.md)
+ [Viewing a proxy](rds-proxy-viewing.md)
+ [Connecting to a database through RDS Proxy](rds-proxy-connecting.md)

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon RDS. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query AmazonRDS` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).