title: Unable to Connect to RDS MySQL database via Workbench
body: <p>I have created a MySQL database using Amazon RDS with the following settings which is now in the <code>available</code> state.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Engine</strong>: MySQL 5.6.39</p>
  
  <p><strong>DB instance class</strong>: db.t2.micro</p>
  
  <p>I did not chose the production version and went on with the dev version.</p>
  
  <p>I have installed MySQL workbench (version 6.3 64x community) on my macOS.</p>
  
  <p>I follow <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/connect-rds-mysql-workbench/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Amazon's own instructions</a> on how to connect to the server.</p>
  
  <p>But upon clicking on <em>Test Connection</em>, I get the following error.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cEBtr.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cEBtr.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>