Connecting to the RDS
In this section, we are going to connect to the RDS from one of the database viewers. For that purpose, you can install a free database viewer; I will use a MySQL viewer. To install the MySQL viewer, carry out the following steps:
- Open the following link: https://www.mysql.com/products/Workbench/.
- Click Download Now on the main page:

Figure 8.17 – MySQL Workbench
- Click Download on the next page:

Figure 8.18 – MySQL Workbench download
- Double-click and install the downloaded package, and the installation will be done.
- Once the installation has been completed, click the + symbol to connect to the new database:

Figure 8.19 – New connection
- Open AWS and copy the connection details:

Figure 8.20 – Endpoint name
- Fill out the endpoint and password details in MySQL Workbench...