Author: Ujwal Pachghare
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<li>Go to Amazon RDS Dashboard and Select databases from the navigation pane</li>
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<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*51g86mAPaq5W-QmPBXdX7w.png" alt />
2. Click on Create Database and Select Mysql Engine
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*bLf-imMI5EkIbBBv5apaTQ.png" alt />
3. Come down leave Engine Version default and Select Dev/Test box. if you don`t wanna spend a penny you can choose the Free tier.
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*NZLpe7LHm85Ry7PZs9Ys1Q.png" alt />
4. Change DB Instance name to DMS-instance
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*EwHqe7RIOX5A0cYfzy2ZXg.png" alt />
5. leave the user as admin and give the password admin123
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*FHijitOsCfxi4mqNszypSg.png" alt />
6. Select burstable classes and then choose db.t3.micro
7. Choose storage type General Purpose SSD(gp2) and Allocated Storage 20GB
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*zD9GZijMd7ijKPHr2ePqrA.png" alt />
8. Select Connect to an EC2 compute resource box and select our MySQL Client EC2 Instance ID
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*dpH6rzHuT5GaKJHvwnozfQ.png" alt />
9. In DB Subnet Group → Choose existing and select default vpc
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*AGMXuSJ7P6lYu3NpAuTQUQ.png" alt />
10. In VPC security group → Choose existing then choose default VPC security group
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*L4GATufKRv-xFdfjVbn_jQ.png" alt />
11. Uncheck Enable Enhanced Monitoring
12. Click on Create database
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*31ksqQk6ShJHuI3pw69DEQ.png" alt />
you can see our MySQL Database is in the creating stage.
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*DpGYf0qq01B-bIJt1r74qw.png" alt />
Note the Endpoint of RDS Instance &gt; To get Endpoint click on the RDS Instance name then you will see the following page.
<img src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*-DC461mhDZePN0M5qJitrQ.png" alt />
<h2 id="heading-we-have-learned-how-to-create-a-mysql-database-on-amazon-rds-in-the-upcoming-blogs-we-will-learn-how-to-connect-it-to-the-application">We have learned how to create a MySQL Database on Amazon RDS. In the upcoming blogs we will learn how to connect it to the application.</h2>

***Author: Ujwal Pachghare***

1. Go to **Amazon RDS Dashboard** and Select **databases** from the navigation pane
    

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*51g86mAPaq5W-QmPBXdX7w.png align="left")

2\. Click on **Create Database and Select Mysql Engine**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*bLf-imMI5EkIbBBv5apaTQ.png align="left")

3\. Come down leave **Engine Version** default and Select **Dev/Test box.** if you don\`t wanna spend a penny you can choose the **Free tier.**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*NZLpe7LHm85Ry7PZs9Ys1Q.png align="left")

4\. Change DB Instance name to **DMS-instance**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*EwHqe7RIOX5A0cYfzy2ZXg.png align="left")

5\. leave the user as **admin** and give the password **admin123**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*FHijitOsCfxi4mqNszypSg.png align="left")

6\. Select **burstable classes** and then choose **db.t3.micro**

7\. Choose storage type **General Purpose SSD(gp2)** and **Allocated Storage 20GB**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*zD9GZijMd7ijKPHr2ePqrA.png align="left")

8\. Select **Connect to an EC2 compute resource box** and select our **MySQL Client EC2 Instance ID**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*dpH6rzHuT5GaKJHvwnozfQ.png align="left")

9\. In **DB Subnet Group** → **Choose existing a**nd select **default vpc**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*AGMXuSJ7P6lYu3NpAuTQUQ.png align="left")

10\. In **VPC security group** → **Choose existing** then choose **default VPC security group**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*L4GATufKRv-xFdfjVbn_jQ.png align="left")

11\. Uncheck **Enable Enhanced Monitoring**

12\. Click on **Create database**

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*31ksqQk6ShJHuI3pw69DEQ.png align="left")

you can see our MySQL Database is in the **creating** stage.

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*DpGYf0qq01B-bIJt1r74qw.png align="left")

Note the **Endpoint** of **RDS Instance &gt;** To get **Endpoint** click on the **RDS Instance name** then you will see the following page.

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:763/1*-DC461mhDZePN0M5qJitrQ.png align="left")

## We have learned how to create a MySQL Database on Amazon RDS. In the upcoming blogs we will learn how to connect it to the application.

How To Create A MySQL Database On The Amazon RDS.

We have learned how to create a MySQL Database on Amazon RDS. In the upcoming blogs we will learn how to connect it to the application.