# Using RDS Proxy with AWS CloudFormation


 You can use RDS Proxy with AWS CloudFormation. This helps you to create groups of related resources. Such a group can include a proxy that can connect to a newly created Amazon RDS DB instance. RDS Proxy support in CloudFormation involves two new registry types: `DBProxy` and `DBProxyTargetGroup`. 

 The following listing shows a sample CloudFormation template for RDS Proxy. 

```
Resources:
 DBProxy:
   Type: AWS::RDS::DBProxy
   Properties:
     DBProxyName: CanaryProxy
     EngineFamily: MYSQL
     RoleArn:
      Fn::ImportValue: SecretReaderRoleArn
     Auth:
       - {AuthScheme: SECRETS, SecretArn: !ImportValue ProxySecret, IAMAuth: DISABLED}
     VpcSubnetIds:
       Fn::Split: [",", "Fn::ImportValue": SubnetIds]

 ProxyTargetGroup: 
   Type: AWS::RDS::DBProxyTargetGroup
   Properties:
     DBProxyName: CanaryProxy
     TargetGroupName: default
     DBInstanceIdentifiers: 
       - Fn::ImportValue: DBInstanceName
   DependsOn: DBProxy
```

 For more information about the resources in this sample, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-rds-dbproxy.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-rds-dbproxy.html) and [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-rds-dbproxytargetgroup.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-rds-dbproxytargetgroup.html). 

 For more information about resources that you can create using CloudFormation, see [RDS resource type reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/AWS_RDS.html).