Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a web service that allows you to create and manage a relational database in the AWS cloud. By using Amazon RDS, you can avoid the technical complexity of manually setting up and operating a highly available relational database.
By learning how to create a read-only replica instance, you can scale your applications and avoid performance bottlenecks.
In this hands-on lab, you will create a MySQL database and populate it with data. You will generate load and and run queries against the database and observe the affects.
Please note, this lab creates an Amazon RDS instance which can take up to 10 minutes to complete. Please make sure you have enough time available before starting this lab.
Upon completion of this beginner level lab, you will be able to:
Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:
The following courses and labs can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:
May 16th, 2023 - Updated the RDS MySQL database to the latest version
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.