the following steps would guide you on how to create a DATABASE using AWS console
Go to the RDS management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/ (you will be required to sign in)
In the search bar type the Amazon RDS.
In the left navigation, under Amazon RDS, click Databases
Click on Create database button on the right top of the screen
Under the Choose a database creation method card select the Standard create radio button (should be selected by
default)
Under the Engine options card select the radio button for MySQL
Under the Templates card click the Dev/Test radio button (Note - this is not production setting and is being selected for this
exercise only)
Under the Availability & durability card ensure the radio for Single DB instance is selected
Under the Settings card make the following changes -
a) For the DB instance identifier text field pick a DB instance name
b) Expand the Credentials Settings section (if not already expanded) choose Self managed under Credentials
management
c) For the Master username text field pick a username and a password
Under the Instance configuration card make the following changes -
a) Under DB instance class enable the button for Include previous generation classes
b) Select the radio button for Bustable classes (Includes t classes)
c) Ensure in the dropdown (just below the above radio button) db.t3.micro is displayed/selected
Under the Storage card make the following changes -
a) Select/confirm the Storage type to be General Purpose SSD (gp2)
b) The Allocated storage should be changed to 20GiB
c) Enable storage autoscaling checkbox should be unselected
Under the Connectivity card make the following changes -
a) For the Public access radio ensure No is selected
b) For the VPC security group select the Create new radio button
c) For the New VPC security group name, pick a name-
Under the Database authentication card ensure the radio button for Password authentication is selected (should be
selected by default)
Under the Monitoring card ensure the Enable Enhanced Monitoring is unchecked
Expand the Additional configuration card (if not already) and make the following changes -
a) For the Initial database name field pick a name
b) The checkbox for Enable automated backups should be unchecked
c) The checkbox for Enable encryption should be unchecked
d) The checkbox for Enable auto minor version upgrade should be unchecked
Click on the Create database button (the database will take about 10 minutes to get created, can get done sooner). Refresh
the database listing page after every 1 min to check if the process is complete (Status shows Available).
Do not proceed until you see the status is Available
Click on the DB Identifier (gl-rds) link and copy the Endpoint (which looks like gl-rds.somecharacters.us-east
1.rds.amazonaws.com) under Endpoint & Port into a text editor on your laptop.
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