Provisioning RDS

In this section, we are going to create a sample relational database on the cloud. To provision the RDS on AWS, carry out the following steps:

1. Open the AWS console and type rds in the search box:

Figure 8.2 – RDS on the console

2. Click Databases on the left pane to see the list of databases. To create a new database, click Create database:

Figure 8.3 – Database list

3. On the new panel, Create database, and fill out the information required for the new database. RDS supports multiple database types, such as Amazon Aurora, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server. In this example, we will use MySQL:

Figure 8.4 – MySQL selection

4. After selecting MySQL, scroll down and select the correct version of MySQL. In this example, we will use one of the latest versions, MySQL 8.0.28:

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