Create a read replica for AWS Aurora database | Scribe

    Create a read replica for AWS Aurora database

    • Olley T |
    • 32 steps |
    • 14 minutes
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    Navigate to [https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/rds/home?region=us-east-1#databases:](https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/rds/home?region=us-east-1#databases:)
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    select the database created in the previous tutorial
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    Check the database status and wait till it becomes available
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    Refresh the database information in 3-5 minutes
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    Select the database cluster and then click "Actions"
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    Click "Add reader"
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    Click the "DB instance identifier" field.
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    Type "read-replica" or any valid name you like
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    Go to Availability Zone selector.
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    Choose an availability zone from the same region but different from the zone where master database is located. This tutorial uses us-east-1b.
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    Review all parameters and then click "Add reader"
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    A banner will pop up with a message similar to "Creating replica read-replica in US East (N. Virginia)."
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    Refresh the database information to see when the read replica is created.
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    Allow 3-5 minutes to complete the read replica creation for this exercise.
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    Tip! After the read replica was created, the exercise is finished. However, it is a good practice to clean up to avoid unexpected cost. Follow next steps to delete resources we created in the previous steps
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    Go back to RDS, find your database cluster page
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    Click on "read-replica" reader instance
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    Click "Actions"
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    Click "Delete"
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    Click this text field.