Setup RDS Instance

Now it's time to actually setup an RDS instance. This instance will be in the free tier, but we'll be using secrets manager (monthly charge of $0.40) to manage the admin password for the database.

• We'll start by creating the RDS instance.
• Then we'll setup a quick database on the instance for testing.
• Then we'll look at how to configure the database with parameter and option groups.

step 1:

Navigate to the RDS console

step 2:

Click on Create database

step 3:

Select Standard create

step 4:

Select MySQL

step 5:

Select Free tier

step 6:

You can leave the default identifier and admin name, or change them to something else

step 7:

Select **Managed in AWS Secrets Manager - most secure

This means we'll need to use AWS Secrets Manager to manage the admin password for this database. This also means we'll need to get the password from secrets manager after the database has been created.