Overview Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while managing time-consuming database administration tasks, freeing you up to focus on your applications and business. Amazon RDS gives you access to the full capabilities of a familiar MySQL database. This means the code, applications, and tools you already use today with your existing MySQL databases work seamlessly with Amazon RDS. Amazon RDS automatically patches the database software and backs up your database, storing the backups for a user-defined retention period. You also benefit from the flexibility of being able to scale the compute resources or storage capacity associated with your relational database instance via a single API call. As with all Amazon Web Services, there are no up-front investments required, and you pay only for the resources you use. Enabling the RDS Service for your AWS Credentials
Creating your RDS Database Once your project is created, click on the "Launch New Database" button for a one-click launch of an RDS instance. The setup and provisioning can take up to 10 minutes, at which point your fully cloud-based MySQL database will be ready to rock. Accessing your RDS Database By default, your database will have very limited access to it. Once the database is launched, go to your database details page and add either your IP address, an IP range, or a global IP (0.0.0.0/0). Amazon RDS uses the standard CIDR format for designating IP access. For more information on CIDR, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing Once you've set your access privileges, you can now access your database through any MySQL management application. One personal favorite has always been Navicat, but there are plenty of great options out there. |
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