**To generate an authentication token**

This example generates an authentication token for use with IAM database authentication::

aws rds generate-db-auth-token \
   --hostname aurmysql-test.cdgmuqiadpid.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com \
   --port 3306 \
   --region us-east-1 \
   --username jane_doe   

Output::

aurmysql-test.cdgmuqiadpid.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/?Action=connect&DBUser=jane_doe&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIESZCNJ3O4KG2KUA%2F20180731%2Fus-east-1%2Frds-db%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20180731T235209Z&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=5a8753ebcfc29a1a2c724e566779721ae6c49d6ec6e3f427191fa41aeb32f0b4