25.2.3.2. Create a Relational Database Service Database Instance

Summary

This topic covers the steps to create a relational database service database instance, using MySQL as an example.

Warning

It is highly recommended that the back-up and maintenance features remain enabled for production environments.

Important

It is good practice to create separate user/password pairs for each application accessing the database. Tune other configuration options according to your application's requirements.

Procedure 25.8. Create a Relational Database Service Database Instance

  1. Click on the RDS in the AWS console.
  2. Subscribe to the service if needed.
  3. Click on Launch DB instance.
  4. Click on MySQL.
    1. Select a version. For example, 5.5.12.
    2. Select small instance.
    3. Ensure Multi-AZ Deployment and Auto upgrade are off.
    4. Set Storage to 5GB.
    5. Define the database administrator's username and password and click Next.
    6. Select a database name to be created with the instance, and click Next.
    7. Disable back-ups and maintenance, if necessary.
    8. Confirm the settings.
Result

The database is created. It will initialize and be ready for use after a few minutes.