In this challenge lab, your AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) and Relational Database Service skills are put to the test. You need to complete several tasks that result in successfully migrating a database between two real RDS instances before time runs out.
Updates
March 21st, 2024 - Resolved deployment issue
May 22nd, 2023 - Resolved an issue that caused the lab to fail to setup on rare occasions
July 25th, 2022 - Extended lab duration and adjusted the expected lab startup time to reflect the additional delays observed in creating DMS replication instances
March 2nd, 2022 - Updated PostgreSQL version
July 29th, 2021 - Clarified that the task should be started manually if it doesn't start automatically
July 22nd, 2021 - Clarified that testing endpoint connections is required to run a migration task
April 9th, 2021 - Modified the migration task check to be more tolerant of input values for the exclude rule
February 18th, 2021 - Addressed an issue that was preventing completion of the challenge
- Completion of the Database Fundamentals for AWS Course
- AWS Certified Database Specialty Candidates
- Cloud Engineers
- Database Migration Service
- Relational Database Service
Andrew is a Labs Developer with previous experience in the Internet Service Provider, Audio Streaming, and CryptoCurrency industries. He has also been a DevOps Engineer and enjoys working with CI/CD and Kubernetes.
He holds multiple AWS certifications including Solutions Architect Associate and Professional.