title: Error: connect ETIMEDOUT rds lambda
body: <p>I am trying to connect to RDS using Lambda function, but I am getting an error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var mysql = require('mysql');
  exports.handler = function(event, context) {   
             //Connect to RDS
  
  var connection = mysql.createConnection({
  host     : 'hostname',
  user     : 'username',
  password : 'password',
  database : 'database'
  
  });
  
  connection.connect( function(err)
  {
     if (err)
     { 
       throw err;
     }
  else 
    {
      console.log('DB connection establish');
    }
    });
  
   };
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error I am getting is: </p>
  
  <pre><code>START RequestId: 9711e650-e582-11e5-af5f-97ba391a42ae Version: $LATEST
  
  2016-03-08T23:08:06.737Z    9711e650-e582-11e5-af5f-97ba391a42ae    
  Error: connect ETIMEDOUT  
    at Connection._handleConnectTimeout (/var/task/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:412:13)       
        at Socket.g (events.js:180:16)   
      at Socket.emit (events.js:92:17)   
      at Socket._onTimeout (net.js:327:8)     
      at _makeTimerTimeout (timers.js:429:11)   
      at Timer.unrefTimeout [as ontimeout] (timers.js:493:5)    
      --------------------
      at Protocol._enqueue (/var/task/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol   /Protocol.js:141:48)    
      at Protocol.handshake (/var/task/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol    /Protocol.js:52:41)      
      at Connection.connect (/var/task/node_modules/mysql     /lib/Connection.js:123:18)     
      at exports.handler (/var/task/exports.js:21:12)     
  END RequestId: 9711e650-e582-11e5-af5f-97ba391a42ae        
  REPORT RequestId: 9711e650-e582-11e5-af5f-97ba391a42ae  
  Duration: 10988.17ms    
  Process exited before completing request
  </code></pre>