Q: How do you enable encryption for an existing unencrypted RDS instance?
RDS doesn't allow enabling encryption on a running instance. Steps: take a snapshot → copy the snapshot with encryption enabled → restore...
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RDS doesn't allow enabling encryption on a running instance. Steps: take a snapshot → copy the snapshot with encryption enabled → restore from encrypted snapshot → update app connection string → delete old instance.
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