Amazon RDS MySQL DB instances can be created using the Amazon Management Console, CLIs, or APIs, and the steps are as follows:
- Log in to the AWS Management Console with the appropriate user privileges and go to the Amazon RDS dashboard.
- Select
Launch a DB Instance,as shown in Figure 10.2:
Figure 10.2: Select a DB instance
- Select the engine type as MySQL, as shown in Figure 10.3:
Figure 10.3: Select Amazon RDS engine type as MySQL
- Select the
Productiontype:Dev/TestorMySQLMulti-AZ, as shown in Figure 10.4. It is also suggested to switch to Amazon Aurora as it is seamlessly compatible with MySQL:
Figure 10.4: Select Amazon RDS MySQL instance to deploy in a single or Multi-AZ
- Specify the Amazon RDS MySQL DB details as follows:
License Model: At present, it has only one license model:general-public-license.DB Engine Version: Amazon RDS MySQL engine supports various versions...