aws dms modify-data-provider

Modifies the specified data provider using the provided settings. AWS CLI reference

1 example 7 options Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

from aws-cli, each command read by CmdID

To modify a data provider

The following modify-data-provider example updates the description and server name of a data provider.

aws dms modify-data-provider --data-provider-identifier arn:aws:dms:us-west-2:123456789012:data-provider:EXAMPLEABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS --description "Updated data provider description" --engine sqlserver --settings MicrosoftSqlServerSettings={ServerName=new-source-server.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com}

Identify

--data-provider-identifierThe identifier of the data provider.

--descriptionA user-friendly description of the data provider.

--engineThe type of database engine for the data provider.

--settingsThe settings in JSON format for a data provider.

Its output

{
    "DataProvider": {
        "DataProviderName": "example-data-provider",
        "DataProviderArn": "arn:aws:dms:us-west-2:123456789012:data-provider:EXAMPLEABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS",
        "DataProviderCreationTime": "2026-01-09T12:30:00.000000+00:00",
        "Description": "Updated data provider description",
        "Engine": "sqlserver",
        "Settings": {
            "MicrosoftSqlServerSettings": {
                "ServerName": "new-source-server.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com",
                "Port": 1433,
                "DatabaseName": "ExampleDatabase",
                "SslMode": "verify-full",
                "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:dms:us-west-2:123456789012:cert:EXAMPLEABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS"
            }
        }
    }
}

For more information, see Working with data providers in the AWS Database Migration Service User Guide.

Options

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--data-provider-identifierThe identifier of the data provider.

--data-provider-nameThe name of the data provider.

--descriptionA user-friendly description of the data provider.

--engineThe type of database engine for the data provider.

--exact-settingsIf this attribute is Y, the current call to ModifyDataProvider replaces all existing data provider settings with the exact settings that you specify in this call.

--settingsThe settings in JSON format for a data provider.

--virtualIndicates whether the data provider is virtual.