# Update Amazon RDS max\_connections with Parameter Group

DevFeed: [Update Amazon RDS max\_connections with Parameter Group](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/update-amazon-rds-max-connections-with-parameter-group-20076.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://jollygoodcode.com/blog/2016/01/28/update-amazon-rds-max_connections-with-parameter-group.html>)

Published: 2016-01-28T15:46:52Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jolly Good Code](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jolly-good-code.md>)

Topics: [RDS for PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rds-for-postgresql.md>), [Amazon RDS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-rds.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>)

Tags: [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [amazon-rds](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-rds.md>), [parameter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parameter.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [rds](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rds.md>), [rds-for-postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rds-for-postgresql.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

The article concerns updating the max_connections setting for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL using a parameter group. It notes that default max_connections values differ by instance.

## Source excerpt

Do you use Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL? Do you know that, by default, each instance comes with a different number of max_connections?