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Secure Database Stack with Compliance Hardening

A developer provisions a compliant application stack by hardening the Alibaba Cloud Linux host to meet MLPS 2.0 baselines, then secures the backing RDS instance with IP whitelists and SSL encryption while creating least-privilege database accounts for the application.

Products involved

Scenario

A developer provisions a compliant application stack by hardening the Alibaba Cloud Linux host to meet MLPS 2.0 baselines, then secures the backing RDS instance with IP whitelists and SSL encryption while creating least-privilege database accounts for the application.

How the products combine

  1. rds · rds-configure-security — ApsaraDB RDS — Configure database security settings and access control

    2. See rds/rds-configure-security.

  2. rds · rds-manage-accounts — ApsaraDB RDS — Manage database accounts and permissions

    3. See rds/rds-manage-accounts.

  3. alinux · alinux-configure-compliance — Alibaba Cloud Linux — Configure system security policies and compliance baselines

    4. See alinux/alinux-configure-compliance.

Typical questions

FAQ

Q: How do I provision a secure and compliant database stack? A: You can provision a compliant application stack by hardening the Alibaba Cloud Linux host to meet MLPS 2.0 baselines and securing the backing RDS instance with IP whitelists, SSL encryption, and least-privilege accounts. This workflow combines Alibaba Cloud Linux compliance configuration with ApsaraDB RDS security settings and account management.