rdsConfig = {
  url = "jdbc:mysql://mydb.........us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/owlschema"

  driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
  connectionPool = HikariCP
  maxConnections = 222         # <<<<< ie make this < 312.
  keepAliveConnection = true
  properties = {
    user = "me"
    password = "mydarksecret"
  }
  numThreads = 40
}

17:05:40.708 DEBUG [] [rdsConfig connection adder] com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool - rdsConfig - Cannot acquire connection from data source
    com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: Too many connections
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor59.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
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