---
type: post-synth-check
title: WAW038
description: RDS instance is publicly accessible — keep databases inside the VPC
id: WAW038
severity: error
category: post-synth
lexicon: aws
docs: https://intentius.io/chant/lexicons/aws/rules/
---
RDS instance is publicly accessible — keep databases inside the VPC

## Applies to

- [DbInstance](/types/DbInstance.md)
- [Type](/types/Type.md)