Lab Information
The Nautilus Development Team is preparing for a major update to their database infrastructure. To ensure a smooth transition and to safeguard data, the team has requested the DevOps team to take a snapshot of the current RDS instance and restore it to a new instance. This process is crucial for testing and validation purposes before the update is rolled out to the production environment. The snapshot will serve as a backup, and the new instance will be used to verify that the backup process works correctly and that the application can function seamlessly with the restored data.
As a member of the Nautilus DevOps Team, your task is to perform the following:
Take a Snapshot: Take a snapshot of the devops-rds RDS instance and name it devops-snapshot (please wait devops-rds instance to be in available state).
Restore the Snapshot: Restore the snapshot to a new RDS instance named devops-snapshot-restore.
Configure the New RDS Instance: Ensure that the new RDS instance has a class of db.t3.micro.
Verify the New RDS Instance: The new RDS instance must be in the Available state upon completion of the restoration process.
Lab Solutions
🔹 Step 1: Ensure Source RDS is Available
Open AWS Console → RDS
Click Databases
Confirm devops-rds status is Available
⚠️ If it’s not Available, wait before proceeding.
🔹 Step 2: Create RDS Snapshot
Select devops-rds
Click Actions → Take snapshot
Enter:
Snapshot name: devops-snapshot
Click Take snapshot
Wait:
Go to Snapshots
Ensure devops-snapshot status becomes Available
🔹 Step 3: Restore Snapshot to New RDS Instance
Go to Snapshots
Select devops-snapshot
Click Actions → Restore snapshot
🔹 Step 4: Configure Restored RDS Instance
On the restore page:
DB instance settings
DB instance identifier:
devops-snapshot-restore
Instance configuration
DB instance class:
db.t3.micro
Connectivity
Public access:
❌ No (keep private)
Other settings
Leave all other options as default
Click Restore DB instance
🔹 Step 5: Wait for Completion
Go back to Databases
Select devops-snapshot-restore
Wait until Status = Available
⏳ This may take several minutes.
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