Create an RDS DB

What this card says

Why do we need it?

You want MySQL without installing or patching it.

What is it?

RDS = managed DB. Needs a DB subnet group in private subnets.

create-db-subnet-group

How to do it

create-db-instance with --manage-master-user-password.

--no-publicly-accessible

Example

wait db-instance-available, then read Endpoint.Address.

mysql -h $EP