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Exploring Options on an Existing Your First RDS Database in AWS

  • Hafeez Baig |
  • 30 steps |
  • 4 minutes
  • Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services
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Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg> Refer to this guide to learn how to create an RDS Database\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_Your_First_RDS_Database_in_AWS__npccXKYTRse0Ba8bG3fncg>
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Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice
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Type **RDS** in the search bar and click on **RDS** to view the RDS Dashboard
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**What is Amazon RDS?**\ Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) is a managed database service on AWS, offering easy setup, operation, and scaling for popular relational database engines like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and others. It handles routine tasks like provisioning, backups, and scaling, allowing users to focus on their applications.
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**Amazon RDS** page will open, click on the **Databases** from the left bar
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**Databases** wizard will open, click on the DB identifier **mysqldatabase**
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Scroll the page, click on the **Connectivity & security** tab to view **Connectivity & security** details
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Scroll to the **Connected compute resource** section to view its details
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**What are connected compute resources?** Connected compute resources are those automatically linked to a database either during database creation or through subsequent setup. Manually added compute resources, such as those connected via VPC security group rules, are not listed.
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Scroll to the **Proxies** section to view the **Proxies**
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**What are Proxies in Amazon RDS?** In Amazon RDS, proxies are a feature that helps manage database connections, particularly in applications with a large number of connections. RDS Proxy acts as an intermediary between your application and your RDS database instances, handling database connections from the application and pooling those connections to reduce the load on the database instances. It provides benefits such as improved scalability, connection pooling, and automated failover handling, helping to enhance the performance and resilience of applications using RDS databases.
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Scroll to the **Security group rules** section to view the assigned Security groups to the Database
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**What are Security group rules in Amazon RDS?** Security group rules in Amazon RDS control inbound and outbound network traffic to and from database instances, acting as virtual firewalls to manage access based on IP addresses and ports.
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Scroll to the **Replication** section to view the **Replication** details
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**What is Replication?** Replication in Amazon RDS involves copying and synchronizing data from one database instance to another for purposes like high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery.
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Click on the **Monitoring** tab to view the CloudWatch Monitoring
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**What is CloudWatch?** Amazon CloudWatch is an AWS service for monitoring and managing the performance of resources and applications, collecting metrics, setting alarms, and analyzing logs.
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Click on the **Logs & events** tab to view the **CloudWatch alarms**
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**What are CloudWatch alarms?** CloudWatch alarms notify users when metrics cross predefined thresholds, allowing for proactive monitoring and automated responses to deviations in resource or application performance.
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Scroll to the **Recent events** section to view the events for the database