How do you access an Amazon RDS instance from a chromebook?

Question

I have accepted the "Chromebook challenge." So far, I have successfully ssh'ed into my new Google Compute Engine from ChromeOS's built in ssh terminal. But now I am faced with the task of connecting to an Amazon RDS (relational database service) instance that a consulting client has set up for me. I have found no tutorials how to do this. I don't know if I should be ssh'ing into the RDS, or what.

Has anyone else done this successfully?

You can't ssh to rds. You'll need some sort of database tools in your chromebook or use a web service that provides that sort of access — Frederick Cheung, Aug 01 '13 at 06:20
Thanks Frederick. I have produced a satisfactory solution, described in my answer below. — V7sharp9, Aug 07 '13 at 18:55

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '13 at 18:53

Aha, so there is no way of ssh-ing to an RDS instance directly (Chromebook or otherwise), as Fredrick mentioned.

That said, I have accomplished all I needed by ssh-ing from my Chromebook into my Google Compute Engine, and then hopping from there to my RDS instance, using the standard:

me@myserver$mysql -h myrdsinstanceaddress -P 3306 -u root -p

So, the crux is that you have to ssh into some other server, and then work from there.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 19 '14 at 04:42

From the aws documentation.

Type the following command at a command prompt to connect to a DB instance using the MySQL utility. For the -h parameter, substitute the DNS name for your DB instance. For the -P parameter, substitute the port for your DB instance. Enter the master user password when prompted.

PROMPT> mysql -h myinstance.123456789012.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -P 3306 -u mymasteruser -p

How do you access an Amazon RDS instance from a chromebook?

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