Amazon RDS for MySQL

Enjoying the remaining free tier while using RDS

Creating an RDS MySQL Database

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• Important Notes!

  • Remember the Master username and Master password

    • You can check the entered password briefly during database creation, but it disappears soon, so record it well!

It takes about 5 minutes to create the database!

Creation Complete

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• Click on the DB identifier to see detailed information!

  • Remember the endpoint from the detailed information

    • You'll need it to connect from local to RDS - MySQL!

Connecting with MySQL CLI

$ mysql -u <MASTERUSER> --host endpoint -P <DBPORT> -p