# Configuration when only monitoring RDS Instances

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/configuration-when-only-monitoring-rds-instances/6867>\
**Category:** PMM 1.x\
**Created:** [February 24, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/configuration-when-only-monitoring-rds-instances/6867 "2019-02-24T07:35:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![cookeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/cookeal/32/1234_2.png) [@cookeal](https://forums.percona.com/u/cookeal)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/configuration-when-only-monitoring-rds-instances/6867/1 "2019-02-24T07:35:53Z")

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Hi,

We have a PMM set up monitoring RDS instances, set up in a standard way using the AWS marketplace image.

All works well, except when I SSH in to the server and issue the

```auto
sudo pmm-admin list

```

(or any other pmm-admin command) I get the response:

```auto
PMM client is not configured, missing config file. Please make sure you have run 'pmm-admin config'.

```

I am not sure whether this means that I need to run the following command:

```auto
pmm-admin config --username=xxx --password=xxx --server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

```

If so I assume that I use the username/password entered during the set up and the aws internal IP of the instance running pmm?

Am I able to troubleshoot in a similar way without running the pmm-admin config command?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Coburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/michael_coburn/32/18_2.png) [@Michael\_Coburn](https://forums.percona.com/u/Michael_Coburn)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/configuration-when-only-monitoring-rds-instances/6867/2 "2019-02-25T19:02:34Z")

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Hi [cookeal](https://percona.vanillacommunities.com/profile/x/x/42176)  
When monitoring RDS instances there is a GUI via the PMM Add Instance screen, I assume this is how you added them? If so you won’t see them using pmm-admin list.

If you want to review those instances, there is a dashboard called PMM Amazon RDS and Remote Instances which will show you those that you are monitoring.